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school
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- pronunciation:
- skul
- features:
- Word History, Word Builder, Word Explorer
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noun |
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a place for teaching and learning.
There are classrooms, a cafeteria, and a gym in this school.
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The word school comes from schole, an ancient Greek word that means "leisure time spent in learning."
Word Builder: school +
- schooling:
formal education.
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money that pays for school |
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scholarship, tuition |
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some activities associated with school |
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homework, project |
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some kinds of schools |
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college, elementary school, high school, institution, junior high school, kindergarten, university |
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some parts of schools |
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cafeteria, department, gym, laboratory, library, lockers, office |
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some people associated with schools |
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aide, child, class, coach, custodian, janitor, junior, librarian, parent, principal, professor, pupil, secretary, senior, staff, student, superintendent, teacher, tutor |
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some subjects studied in schools |
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economics, geography, geometry, health, history, languages, literature, mathematics, religion, sciences, social studies, technology |
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some things found in schools |
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book, crayons, glue, ink, paper, paste, pen, pencil, textbook |
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some things happening in schools |
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coaching, comprehending, dividing, drilling, failing, instructing, learning, multiplying, passing, playing, practicing, questioning, reading, studying, subtracting, teaching, testing, tutoring, understanding, writing |
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time periods in schools |
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class, course, lunch, semester |
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