School Children Skuːl I Kids Middle Teacher Time

• my brother and i went to the same school.
• which school do they attend?
• i'm going to the school today to talk to kim's teacher.
• we need more money for roads, hospitals and schools.

school

1. a place where children go to be educated
• NOTE AT college
  https://www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com/definition/english/college#college_topg_1
• My brother and I went to the same school.
• Which school do they attend?
• I'm going to the school today to talk to Kim's teacher.
• We need more money for roads, hospitals and schools.
• The charity runs projects at local schools and youth organizations.
• a girls'/boys' school
• a school for autistic children
• school buildings
• The kids get the school bus every morning.

Extra Examples

• It is a failing school with some of the worst results in the city.
• Their son's at the school near the station.
• the cleverest child in the school
• I'll meet you outside the school.
2. the process of learning in a school; the time during your life when you go to a school
• to start/leave school
• to start/quit school
• Where did you go to school?
• All my kids are still at school.
• Can you remember you first day at school?
• All my kids are still in school.
• to teach school (= teach in a school)
• The transition from school to work can be difficult.
• The school year was nearly over.
• He was expelled from school for verbally abusing his teacher.
• She didn't do very well at school.
• In Britain children start school when they are five.
• He dropped out of school after the ninth grade.
3. the time during the day when children are working in a school
• School begins at 9.
• Shall I meet you after school today?
• The kids are at/in school until 3.30.
• I'm off school this week.
• His mum kept him off school for two weeks when he was ill.
• His mom kept him out of school for two weeks when he was sick.
• My parents let me stay home from school yesterday.
• after-school activities
• The next day was Monday, a school day.
4. all the children or students and the teachers in a school
• I had to stand up in front of the whole school.
5. a place where people go to learn a particular subject or skill
• SEE ALSO charm school
  https://www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com/definition/english/charm-school
• a drama/language/riding school
• He runs a karate school in San Jose, California.
• She wants to go to art school.
6. a college or university; the time that you spend there
• SEE ALSO graduate school
  https://www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com/definition/english/graduate-school
• famous schools like Yale and Harvard
• Where did you go to school?
7. a department of a college or university that teaches a particular subject
• SEE ALSO business school
  https://www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com/definition/english/business-school
• the business/law/medical school
• the School of Dentistry
• He was determined to get into medical school.
8. a group of writers, artists, etc. whose style of work or opinions have been influenced by the same person or ideas
• the Dutch school of painting
9. a large number of fish or other sea animals, swimming together
• COMPARE shoal
  https://www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com/definition/english/shoal
• a school of dolphins
10. an old-fashioned person who likes to do things as they were done in the past
• SEE ALSO old school
  https://www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com/definition/english/old-school
11. a way of thinking that a number of people share
• There are two schools of thought about how this illness should be treated.
• He belongs to the school of thought that says that competition can be very stimulating for children.
12. very fashionable
• The assistants look like they're too cool for school.

Word Origin

• noun senses 1 to 8 Old English scōl, scolu, via Latin from Greek skholē ‘leisure, philosophy, lecture-place’, reinforced in Middle English by Old French escole. noun sense 9 late Middle English: from Middle Low German, Middle Dutch schōle, of West Germanic origin; related to Old English scolu ‘troop’. Compare with shoal sense (1).