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absentee |
a person who is absent from work, school, or other duty. |
academic |
having to do with a school. [1/3 definitions] |
academy |
a private school or a school that offers special training. |
administration |
Administration is the directing or managing of things. In a school, students study and teachers teach, but there are also people who do administration. These people do the work of running the school. They do all kinds of different things like hiring teachers, disciplining students, making sure that the lights work, making sure that the school is cleaned, and making sure that the school's bills get paid. The principal does a lot of the administration of the school but there are others who take part in it too. [1/2 definitions] |
ain't |
"Ain't" is a short way to say "am not," "is not," "are not," "have not," or "has not." Some people think that using "ain't" is using English in the wrong way. Many teachers tell students not to write "ain't" in school assignments. |
all |
"All" means every one of some group, or it means the whole of something. If all children in a school are girls, then there are no boys in the school. If we say that it rained all day, it means that it never stopped raining the whole day. [1/7 definitions] |
announcement |
An announcement is something that lets people know about something new. If you want people to know about an event at your school, you might make an announcement on the radio. Usually, an announcement is made to many people at the same time. [1/2 definitions] |
application |
An application is a request to do something, especially a request for a job, or a request to get into a college or other special school, or a request for permission for something. There is usually a form people have to fill out or other things they have to write or do in order to make their application. The form that people fill out is also called an "application." [1/3 definitions] |
approximately |
If you get home at approximately four o'clock, it means you get home around four o'clock. You might get there a few minutes before or after four, but the time you get there is near four. If it's approximately two miles from your home to your school, the distance from your home to your school is about two miles. It could be a little more or a little less. |
art room |
a room in a school where art is taught and where art materials are kept. |
attempt |
When you attempt something, you try to do it. If you attempt to walk backwards all the way to school, you try to do this. Maybe you can do it, but maybe you can't. [1/2 definitions] |
attendance |
Your attendance at something, like a party or a wedding or a day of school, is the act of being there. |
audition |
An audition is a short performance that someone gives to just a few people to show how well they can act, dance, sing, or play an instrument. When someone does an audition, they hope that the people watching will choose them to be in their play, movie, or something like that. Sometimes people have to give an audition in order to be part of a musical group or to get into a special school. For example, if they want to get into a school of music or dance, they might have to give an audition. |
award |
An award is a special prize that someone gets for doing something very good or important. The reason for giving an award to someone is to make that person feel special. The award might just be a piece of paper or a small statue, but it tells you and other people that you did something very good. An award is often given by someone like a teacher, a school principal, a special group, or a town leader. |
ban1 |
When something is banned, it is not allowed because of a rule or law. If a school bans a book, then no one is allowed to read it. If a new law bans a kind of medicine, then companies cannot sell it anymore and doctors cannot give it. [1/2 definitions] |
behind |
If your brother is in second grade and you are in fourth grade, he is behind you in school. [1/6 definitions] |
beyond |
When something is beyond something else, it is farther than that thing or later in time. When you walk beyond your neighbor's house, it means that you walk farther than their house. When you stay at school beyond three o'clock, it means that you stay at school later than three o'clock. [1/2 definitions] |
blackboard |
A blackboard is a smooth, dark, hard surface that is often hung on a wall in a school classroom. It is used for writing with chalk. |
blank |
A blank is a space that is empty or missing something. When you take a test in school, sometimes you have to fill in blanks with the right answers. [1/3 definitions] |
boarding school |
a school at which students live as well as take classes. |
body |
A body is a group of people or things thought of as a whole. All the children in a school are the student body. [1/5 definitions] |
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