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school [n]
 
1)an educational institution; "the school was founded in 1900"
    Synonyms :
    See Also: educational_institution  academy  correspondence_school  crammer  dancing_school  direct-grant_school  driving_school  finishing_school  flying_school  grad_school  language_school  nursing_school  religious_school  riding_school  gymnasium  secretarial_school  tech  training_school  veterinary_school  conservatory  faculty  alma_mater  public_school  private_school  dance_school  day_school  night_school  sabbath_school  elementary_school  school_teacher 
 
2)a building where young people receive education; "the school was built in 1932"; "he walked to school every morning"
    Synonyms :schoolhouse 
    See Also: building  school_system  classroom  conservatoire  day_school 
 
3)the process of being formally educated at a school; "what will you do when you finish school?"
    Synonyms :schooling 
    See Also: education 
 
4)an educational institution's faculty and students; "the school keeps parents informed"; "the whole school turned out for the game"
    Synonyms :
    See Also: educational_institution 
 
5)the period of instruction in a school; the time period when schools is in session; "stay after school"; "he didn't miss a single day of school"; "when the school day was done we would walk home together"
    Synonyms :school_day schooltime 
    See Also: period  study_hall 
 
6)a body of creative artists or writers or thinkers linked by a similar style or by similar teachers; "the Venetian school of painting"
    Synonyms :
    See Also: body  ashcan_school  deconstructivism  historical_school  pointillism  art_nouveau  lake_poets  secession 
 
7)a large group of fish; "a school of small glittering fish swam by"
    Synonyms :shoal 
    See Also: animal_group  fish 
 
school [v]
 
1)educate in or as if in a school; "The children are schooled at great cost to their parents in private institutions"
    Synonyms :
    See Also: educate  schooling  home-school 
 
2)train to be discriminative in taste or judgment; "Cultivate your musical taste"; "Train your tastebuds"; "She is well schooled in poetry"
    Synonyms :civilise civilize cultivate educate train 
    See Also: down  civilisation  cultivation  breeding  sophisticate 
 
3)swim in or form a large group of fish; "A cluster of schooling fish was attracted to the bait"
    Synonyms :
    See Also: swim 
 




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