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school*/*/*/
[skuːl]
noun
1) [C/U] a place where children go to be taught, or the time during the day when they are there
the 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 education
Both 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 school
The whole school assembled in the hall.[/ex]
4) [C/U] a university department or a college that teaches a particular subject
the 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 skill
the Perkins School of Ballroom Dancing[/ex]
a driving school[/ex]
6) [C] a group of writers, artists etc whose work or ideas are similar
the Impressionist school of painting[/ex]
7) [C/U] American
informal a college or university
Cornell is a very good school.[/ex]
8) [C] a large group of fish, DOLPHINS, WHALES etc
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school of thought — a way of thinking about a particular subject or idea that is shared by a group of people[/ex]

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