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1.NounAn institution dedicated to teaching and learning; an educational institution."Our children attend a public school in our neighborhood.; Harvard University is a famous American postsecondary school."
2.NounAn educational institution providing primary and secondary education, prior to tertiary education (college or university).
3.NounAt Eton College, a period or session of teaching."Divinity, history and geography are studied for two schools per week."
4.NounWithin a larger educational institution, an organizational unit, such as a department or institute, which is dedicated to a specific subject area."We are enrolled in the same university, but I attend the School of Economics and my brother is in the School of Music."
5.NounAn art movement, a community of artists."The Barbizon school of painters were part of an art movement towards Realism in art, which arose in the context of the dominant Romantic movement of the time."
6.NounThe followers of a particular doctrine; a particular way of thinking or particular doctrine; a school of thought."These economists belong to the monetarist school."
7.NounThe time during which classes are attended or in session in an educational institution."I’ll see you after school."
8.NounThe room or hall in English universities where the examinations for degrees and honours are held.
9.NounThe canons, precepts, or body of opinion or practice, sanctioned by the authority of a particular class or age."He was a gentleman of the old school."
10.NounAn establishment offering specialized instruction, as for driving, cooking, typing, coding, etc.
11.VerbTo educate, teach, or train (often, but not necessarily, in a school)."Many future prime ministers were schooled in Eton."
12.VerbTo defeat emphatically, to teach an opponent a harsh lesson.
13.VerbTo control, or compose, one’s expression."She took care to school her expression, not giving away any of her feelings."
14.NounA group of fish or a group of marine mammals such as porpoises, dolphins, or whales."The divers encountered a huge school of mackerel."
15.NounA multitude.
16.VerbTo form into, or travel in, a school.