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- [skuːl]noun1) [C/U] a place where children go to be taught, or the time during the day when they are therethe biggest school in the city[/ex]The kids will be at school until 3.00 today.[/ex]It's time to go to school.[/ex]They go swimming after school.[/ex]2) [U] the situation or period of years when you receive your educationBoth of my kids are still at school.[/ex]I left school when I was fifteen.[/ex]3) [singular] all the students and staff at a schoolThe whole school assembled in the hall.[/ex]4) [C/U] a university department or a college that teaches a particular subjectthe Slade School of Fine Art[/ex]the School of Management[/ex]medical/law school[/ex]5) [C/U] a private institution that teaches a particular skillthe Perkins School of Ballroom Dancing[/ex]a driving school[/ex]6) [C] a group of writers, artists etc whose work or ideas are similarthe Impressionist school of painting[/ex]7) [C/U] Americaninformal a college or universityCornell is a very good school.[/ex]8) [C] a large group of fish, DOLPHINS, WHALES etc•school of thought — a way of thinking about a particular subject or idea that is shared by a group of people[/ex]
Dictionary for writing and speaking English. 2014.