school
an educational institution
How often you will meet it
Rank 772 of 71,295 words measured. It occurs 24,098 times across 155,139 chapters — 0.011% of every word in the library.
It belongs to the first 1,000 words, the band worth learning before any other.
What it means
noun
- an educational institution the school was founded in 1900
- a building where young people receive education also: schoolhouse the school was built in 1932he walked to school every morning
- the process of being formally educated at a school also: schooling what will you do when you finish school?
- a body of creative artists or writers or thinkers linked by a similar style or by similar teachers the Venetian school of painting
- the period of instruction in a school; the time period when school is in session also: schooltime, school day stay after schoolhe didn't miss a single day of school
- an educational institution's faculty and students the school keeps parents informedthe whole school turned out for the game
verb
- educate in or as if in a school The children are schooled at great cost to their parents in private institutions
school in real books
Each sentence below was written by a published author and is taken from a different book in our library. Open one to read the passage it came from, with narration.
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He was at this time about leaving school.
Other People's Money · Emile Gaboriau · Chapter 1
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After this he put his two children to school.
Snowflakes and Sunbeams · R. M. (Robert Michael) Ballantyne · Chapter 1
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He did this every day at the time his brother and sisters were coming home from school.
Cornelli · Johanna Spyri · Chapter 1
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He had been an apt scholar at school, and was one of the few persons in Wythburn having claims to education.
The Shadow of a Crime: A Cumbrian Romance · Hall, Sir Caine · Chapter 1
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John never forgot that memorable morning when he learned for the first time what place he had taken in the school.
The Hill: A Romance of Friendship · Horace Annesley Vachell · Chapter 1