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- pronunciation:
- skul
- parts of speech:
- noun, verb
- features:
- Word History, Word Builder, Word Explorer
part of speech: |
noun |
definition 1: |
A school is a place for teaching and learning.
Lara and Alex go to the same school. Sometimes they are in the same class.Our school has many classrooms, a cafeteria, a gym, and a large playground outside.
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definition 2: |
School is the time when students attend school.
Daryl's school starts in September.Layla overslept and was late for school. |
related words: |
genre, institute, movement |
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part of speech: |
verb |
inflections: |
schools, schooling, schooled |
definition: |
If someone is schooled in something, they have been trained in how to do it. If someone schools you in gardening, they give you training in how to care for a garden.
Both girls and boys of that time were schooled in formal dancing.My mom says that her grandmother schooled her in good manners.- similar words:
- instruct, teach
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related words: |
discipline, drill, educate, illuminate, train, tutor |
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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some activities associated with school |
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homework, project, schoolwork |
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some kinds of schools |
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academy, boarding school, college, elementary school, high school, institute, institution, kindergarten, nursery school, university |
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some parts of schools |
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auditorium, cafeteria, classroom, department, gym, laboratory, library, lockers, office, showers |
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some people associated with schools |
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aide, child, class, classmate, coach, custodian, freshman, instructor, janitor, librarian, parent, principal, professor, pupil, secretary, senior, sophomore, staff, student, teacher, tutor |
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some subjects studied in schools |
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geography, geometry, gym, health, history, languages, literature, mathematics, music, religion, sciences, social studies, technology |
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some things found in schools |
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blackboard, book, chalk, crayons, eraser, glue, ink, notebook, paper, paste, pen, pencil, textbook |
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some things happening in schools |
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coaching, comprehending, dividing, drilling, examine, failing, grade, instructing, learning, multiplying, passing, playing, practicing, questioning, quiz, reading, rehearsing, schooling, studying, subtracting, teaching, testing, tutoring, understanding, writing |
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time periods in schools |
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class, course, lunch, period, recess, term |
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