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school 1
(sko͞ol)n.
1. An institution for the instruction of children or people under college age.
2. An institution for instruction in a skill or business: a secretarial school; a karate school.
3.
a. A college or university.
b. An institution within or associated with a college or university that gives instruction in a specialized field and recommends candidates for degrees.
c. A division of an educational institution constituting several grades or classes: advanced to the upper school.
d. The student body of an educational institution.
e. The building or group of buildings housing an educational institution.
4. The process of being educated formally, especially education constituting a planned series of courses over a number of years: The children were put to school at home. What do you plan to do when you finish school?
5. A session of instruction: School will start in three weeks. He had to stay after school today.
6.
a. A group of people, especially philosophers, artists, or writers, whose thought, work, or style demonstrates a common origin or influence or unifying belief: the school of Aristotle; the Venetian school of painters.
b. A group of people distinguished by similar manners, customs, or opinions: aristocrats of the old school.
7. Close-order drill instructions or exercises for military units or personnel.
8. Australian A group of people gathered together for gambling.
tr.v. schooled, school·ing, schools
1. To educate in or as if in a school.
2. To train or discipline: She is well schooled in literature. See Synonyms at teach.
3. Slang To defeat or put down decisively, especially in a humiliating manner: Our team got schooled by the worst team in the division.
adj.
Of or relating to school or education in schools: school supplies; a school dictionary.
[Middle English scole, from Old English scōl, from Latin schola, scola, from Greek skholē; see segh- in Indo-European roots.]
school 2
(sko͞ol)n.
A large group of aquatic animals, especially fish, swimming together; a shoal.
intr.v. schooled, school·ing, schools
To swim in or form into a school.
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school
(skuːl)n
1. (Education)
a. an institution or building at which children and young people usually under 19 receive education
b. (as modifier): school bus; school day.
c. (in combination): schoolroom; schoolwork.
2. (Education) any educational institution or building
3. (Education) a faculty, institution, or department specializing in a particular subject: a law school.
4. (Education) the staff and pupils of a school
5. (Education) the period of instruction in a school or one session of this: he stayed after school to do extra work.
6. (Education) meetings held occasionally for members of a profession, etc
7. a place or sphere of activity that instructs: the school of hard knocks.
8. a body of people or pupils adhering to a certain set of principles, doctrines, or methods
9. (Art Terms) a group of artists, writers, etc, linked by the same style, teachers, or aims: the Venetian school of painting.
10. a style of life: a gentleman of the old school.
11. informal a group assembled for a common purpose, esp gambling or drinking
vb (tr)
12. to train or educate in or as in a school
13. to discipline or control
14. an archaic word for reprimand
[Old English scōl, from Latin schola school, from Greek skholē leisure spent in the pursuit of knowledge]
school
(skuːl)n
(Zoology) a group of porpoises or similar aquatic animals that swim together
vb
(Zoology) (intr) to form such a group
[Old English scolu shoal2]
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school1
(skul)n.
1. an institution for teaching persons under college age.
2. a college or university.
3. an institution or academic department for instruction in a particular skill or field.
4. a systematic program of studies: summer school.
5. the activity of teaching or of learning under instruction: No school today!
6. the body of persons belonging to an educational institution: The whole school applauded.
7. a building, room, etc., housing an academic department or institution.
8. any place, situation, etc., that instructs or indoctrinates.
9. the body of pupils or followers of a master, system, method, etc.: the Platonic school of philosophy.
10.
a. a group of artists whose works reflect a common conceptual, regional, or personal influence.
b. the art and artists of a geographical location considered independently of stylistic similarity.
11. any group of persons having common attitudes or beliefs.
adj. 12. of or connected with a school or schools.
v.t. 13. to educate in or as if in a school; teach; train.
14. Archaic. to reprimand.
[before 900; Middle English scole (n.), Old English scōl < Latin schola < Greek scholḗ leisure employed in learning]
school2
(skul)n.
1. a large number of fish, porpoises, whales, or the like, feeding or migrating together.
v.i. 2. to form into, or go in, a school, as fish.
[1350–1400; Middle English schol(e) < Dutch school; c. Old English scolu troop; see shoal2]
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School
the body of pupils in a school; a group of painters or musicians; the disciples of a teacher; a collective body of teachers; a company of thieves; a set of persons who agree on certain philosophical, scientific, or other opinions; a herd of sea mammals or fish.Examples: school of abuse, 1579; of beggars; of bream, 1552; of card players, 1812; of clerks, 1486; of dolphins, 1615; of ducks, 1858; of experience, 1671; of fish, 1486; of gladiators, 1863; of gulls, 1894; of haddock, 1819; of hell, 1390; of herrings, 1578; of hippopotami, 1861; of oysters, 1665; of painters; of pamphlets, 1567; of patience, 1583; of patterers (thieves), 1859; of pheasants, 1592; of pickpockets; of pigeons, 1880; of pilchards, 1769; of politics, 1690; of porpoises, 1863; of scolds, 1589; of shallow coves (thieves), 1851; of smolt, 1863; of thieves, 1856; of troop of the Imperial Guard; of whales, 1585.
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school
– university1. used as countable nouns
In both British and American English, a school is a place where children are educated, and a university is a place where students study for degrees.
The village had a church and a school.
Heidelberg is a very old university.
2. used as uncountable nouns
In American English, school (without 'a' or 'the') is used to refer to both schools and universities. If someone is attending a school or university, Americans say that they are in school.
All the children were in school.
She is doing well in school.
When speakers of American English ask an adult 'Where did you go to school?', they mean 'What college or university did you study in?'.
In British English, school refers only to schools for children. If someone is attending a school, British speakers say they are at school. If they are attending a university, British speakers say they are at university.
I was at school with Joty, but I haven't seen her since I was 16.
She is studying medicine at university.
See student
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school
Past participle: schooled
Gerund: schooling
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| Noun | 1. |  school - an educational institution; "the school was founded in 1900"educational institution - an institution dedicated to education academy - a school for special training correspondence school - a school that teaches nonresident students by mail crammer - a special school where students are crammed dancing school - a school in which students learn to dance direct-grant school - formerly a school that charged tuition fees and also received government grants in return for admitting certain non-paying students who were nominated by the local authorities driving school - a school where people are taught to drive automobiles finishing school - a private school for girls that emphasizes training in cultural and social activities flying school - a school for teaching students to fly airplanes grad school, graduate school - a school in a university offering study leading to degrees beyond the bachelor's degree language school - a school for teaching foreign languages nursing school, school of nursing - a school for training nurses religious school - a school run by a religious body riding school - a school where horsemanship is taught and practiced Gymnasium, lycee, lyceum, middle school, secondary school - a school for students intermediate between elementary school and college; usually grades 9 to 12 secretarial school - a school where secretarial skills (typing and shorthand and filing etc) are taught tech, technical school - a school teaching mechanical and industrial arts and the applied sciences training school - a school providing practical vocational and technical training veterinary school - a school teaching veterinary medicine conservatory - the faculty and students of a school specializing in one of the fine arts faculty, staff - the body of teachers and administrators at a school; "the dean addressed the letter to the entire staff of the university" alma mater - your alma mater is a school you graduated from public school - a tuition free school in the United States supported by taxes and controlled by a school board private school - a school established and controlled privately and supported by endowment and tuition dance school - a school where students are taught to dance day school - a school giving instruction during the daytime night school - a school that holds classes in the evenings for students who cannot attend during the day Sabbath school, Sunday school - school meeting on Sundays for religious instruction elementary school, grade school, primary school, grammar school - a school for young children; usually the first 6 or 8 grades school teacher, schoolteacher - a teacher in a school below the college level |
| 2. |  school - a building where young people receive education; "the school was built in 1932"; "he walked to school every morning"building, edifice - a structure that has a roof and walls and stands more or less permanently in one place; "there was a three-story building on the corner"; "it was an imposing edifice" classroom, schoolroom - a room in a school where lessons take place conservatoire, conservatory - a schoolhouse with special facilities for fine arts day school - a school building without boarding facilities school system - establishment including the plant and equipment for providing education from kindergarten through high school | |
| 3. | school - the process of being formally educated at a school; "what will you do when you finish school?" education - the gradual process of acquiring knowledge; "education is a preparation for life"; "a girl's education was less important than a boy's" | |
| 4. | school - a body of creative artists or writers or thinkers linked by a similar style or by similar teachers; "the Venetian school of painting" body - a group of persons associated by some common tie or occupation and regarded as an entity; "the whole body filed out of the auditorium"; "the student body"; "administrative body" Ashcan School, Eight - a group of United States painters founded in 1907 and noted for their realistic depictions of sordid aspects of city life deconstructivism - a school of architecture based on the philosophical theory of deconstruction historical school - a school of 19th century German economists and legal philosophers who tried to explain modern economic systems in evolutionary or historical terms pointillism - a school of painters who used a technique of painting with tiny dots of pure colors that would blend in the viewer's eye; developed by Georges Seurat and his followers late in 19th century France art nouveau - a French school of art and architecture popular in the 1890s; characterized by stylized natural forms and sinuous outlines of such objects as leaves and vines and flowers lake poets - English poets at the beginning of the 19th century who lived in the Lake District and were inspired by it | |
| 5. |  school - the period of instruction in a school; the time period when school is in session; "stay after school"; "he didn't miss a single day of school"; "when the school day was done we would walk home together"period, period of time, time period - an amount of time; "a time period of 30 years"; "hastened the period of time of his recovery"; "Picasso's blue period" study hall - a period of time during the school day that is set aside for study | |
| 6. | school - an educational institution's faculty and students; "the school keeps parents informed"; "the whole school turned out for the game" educational institution - an institution dedicated to education | |
| 7. | school - a large group of fish; "a school of small glittering fish swam by" fish - any of various mostly cold-blooded aquatic vertebrates usually having scales and breathing through gills; "the shark is a large fish"; "in the living room there was a tank of colorful fish" animal group - a group of animals | |
| Verb | 1. | school - educate in or as if in a school; "The children are schooled at great cost to their parents in private institutions" educate - give an education to; "We must educate our youngsters better" home-school - educate (one's children) at home instead of sending (them) to a school; "The parents are home-schooling their daughter" |
| 2. | school - teach or refine to be discriminative in taste or judgment; "Cultivate your musical taste"; "Train your tastebuds"; "She is well schooled in poetry" fine-tune, refine, polish, down - improve or perfect by pruning or polishing; "refine one's style of writing" sophisticate - make less natural or innocent; "Their manners had sophisticated the young girls" | |
| 3. | school - swim in or form a large group of fish; "A cluster of schooling fish was attracted to the bait" swim - travel through water; "We had to swim for 20 minutes to reach the shore"; "a big fish was swimming in the tank" |
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school
noun
1. academy, college, institution, institute, discipline, seminary, educational institution, centre of learning, alma mater a boy who was in my class at school
2. group, set, circle, following, class, faction, followers, disciples, sect, devotees, denomination, clique, adherents, schism the Chicago school of economists
3. way of life, doctrine, creed, faith, outlook, persuasion, denomination, school of thought He was never a member of any school.
verb
1. train, prime, coach, prepare, discipline, educate, drill, tutor, instruct, verse, indoctrinate He is schooled to spot trouble.
Quotations
"School is where you go between when your parents can't take you and industry can't take you" [John Updike]
"A school is not a factory. Its raison d'être is to provide opportunity for experience" [J.L. Carr The Harpole Report]
"School is where you go between when your parents can't take you and industry can't take you" [John Updike]
"A school is not a factory. Its raison d'être is to provide opportunity for experience" [J.L. Carr The Harpole Report]
Schools, colleges, and universities
academe (literary), academy, alma mater, approved school (Brit.), boarding school, choir school (Brit.), city technology college or CTC (Brit.), civic university (Brit.), classical college (Canad.), co-ed (Brit.), college, college of advanced technology or CAT, college of education, collegiate institute (Canad.), community college, community home, community school (Brit.), composite school (Canad.), comprehensive or comprehensive school (chiefly Brit.), convent or convent school, correspondence school, council school, dame school (old-fashioned), day school, direct-grant school (Brit. old-fashioned), district high school (N.Z.), elementary school (Brit. old-fashioned), finishing school, first school (Brit.), grade school (U.S.), grammar school (U.S.), Great Public Schools or GPS (Austral.), hedge-school (Irish history), hostel (Canad.), independent school, infant school, integrated school (N.Z.), intermediate school (N.Z.), Ivy League, junior college (U.S. & Canad.), junior school, kindergarten, kindy or kindie (Austral. & N.Z.), land grant university (U.S.), List D school (Scot.), magnet school, maintained school, middle school (Brit.), mixed school, multiversity (chiefly U.S. & Canad.), National School, night school, normal school, nursery or nursery school, Open College, Open University, polytechnic, preparatory school, prep school, or (chiefly U.S.) prep, primary school, private school, public school, ragged school (Brit.), reformatory or reform school, residential school, Sabbath school (chiefly U.S.), schola cantorum, secondary modern school (Brit. old-fashioned), secondary school, seminary, separate school (Canad.), single-sex school, sixth-form college, special school (Brit.), state school, summer school, Sunday school, technical college or (informal) tech (Brit.), technology college, tertiary college (Brit.), trade school, university or (informal) uni, varsity (Brit. & N.Z. informal), village college, yeshivaCollins Thesaurus of the English Language – Complete and Unabridged 2nd Edition. 2002 © HarperCollins Publishers 1995, 2002
school
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Translations
تِلْميذجامِعَه او كُلِّيَّهسِربكُلِّيَّه، قِسممَدْرَسَة
колежобучавампасажуниверситетучилище
školauniverzitafakultahejnokolej
skolestimeuniversitetafdelingfakultet
lernejo
kool
koulukoulukuntakouluttaaparviyliopisto
školasveučilištefakultet
iskola
sekolahuniversitas
skólitorfa, vaîaháskóladeildháskólinemendur
学校
학교
mokykla
apvaldītaugstskolabarsfakultātekursi
şcoală
školanaučiť sa
šolaučitifakultetapouk
јато
skolastimfakultetinstitutionlära
shule
โรงเรียน
зграяшкола
trườngtrường học
school
1 [skuːl]A. N
1. (for children)
1.1. (= institution) → escuela f, colegio m
what did you learn at school today? → ¿qué has aprendido hoy en el colegio?
to be at school → asistir a la escuela
which school were you at? → ¿a qué colegio fue?
we have to be at school by nine → tenemos que estar en el colegio a las nueve
you weren't at school yesterday → ayer faltaste a la clase
to go to school → ir a la escuela
which school did you go to? → ¿a qué colegio fue?
to leave school → terminar el colegio
see also primary C
see also secondary B
see also high D
what did you learn at school today? → ¿qué has aprendido hoy en el colegio?
to be at school → asistir a la escuela
which school were you at? → ¿a qué colegio fue?
we have to be at school by nine → tenemos que estar en el colegio a las nueve
you weren't at school yesterday → ayer faltaste a la clase
to go to school → ir a la escuela
which school did you go to? → ¿a qué colegio fue?
to leave school → terminar el colegio
see also primary C
see also secondary B
see also high D
1.2. (= lessons) → clase f
after school → después de clase
there's no school today → hoy no hay clase
school starts again in September → las clases empiezan de nuevo en septiembre
after school → después de clase
there's no school today → hoy no hay clase
school starts again in September → las clases empiezan de nuevo en septiembre
2. (Univ)
2.1. (= faculty) → facultad f
art school → Facultad f de bellas artes
School of Languages → departamento m de lenguas modernas
law school → Facultad f de derecho
medical school → Facultad f de medicina
art school → Facultad f de bellas artes
School of Languages → departamento m de lenguas modernas
law school → Facultad f de derecho
medical school → Facultad f de medicina
2.2. (US) (= university) → universidad f
I went back to school at 35 → a los 35 años volví a la universidad
I went back to school at 35 → a los 35 años volví a la universidad
3. (= group of artists, writers, thinkers) → escuela f
the Dutch school → la escuela holandesa
Plato and his school → Platón y su escuela, Platón y sus discípulos
the Dutch school → la escuela holandesa
Plato and his school → Platón y su escuela, Platón y sus discípulos
4. (specialist) → escuela f
school of art → escuela f de bellas artes
school of dancing → escuela f de baile
school of motoring → autoescuela f, escuela f de manejo (LAm)
school of music → academia f de música, conservatorio m
see also ballet B
see also driving C
see also riding B
school of art → escuela f de bellas artes
school of dancing → escuela f de baile
school of motoring → autoescuela f, escuela f de manejo (LAm)
school of music → academia f de música, conservatorio m
see also ballet B
see also driving C
see also riding B
B. VT [+ horse] → amaestrar; [+ person] → educar, instruir; [+ reaction, voice etc] → dominar
he has been well schooled → ha recibido una buena educación
to school sb in sth → educar or instruir a algn en algo
to school sb to do sth → preparar a algn para hacer algo
to school o.s → instruirse
to school o.s. in patience → aprender a tener paciencia
he has been well schooled → ha recibido una buena educación
to school sb in sth → educar or instruir a algn en algo
to school sb to do sth → preparar a algn para hacer algo
to school o.s → instruirse
to school o.s. in patience → aprender a tener paciencia
C. CPD school age N → edad f escolar
school-age child → niño m en edad escolar
school attendance N → asistencia f a la escuela
school attendance officer inspector de educación encargado de problemas relacionados con la falta de asistencia o el bajo rendimiento de los alumnos
school bus N → autobús m escolar
school dinner N → comida f escolar, comida f de colegio
school doctor N → médico mf de escuela
school fees NPL → matrícula fsing (escolar)
school friend N → amigo/a m/f de clase
school holidays NPL → vacaciones fpl escolares
school hours NPL during school hours → durante las horas de clase
school inspector N → inspector(a) m/f de enseñanza
school leaver N → persona f que termina la escuela
school life N → vida f escolar
school lunch N → comida f escolar, comida f de colegio
to take school lunches → comer or almorzar en la escuela
school meal N → comida f provista por la escuela
school outing N to go on a school outing to the zoo → ir de visita al zoo con el colegio
school playground N (Brit) → patio m (de recreo)
school report N → boletín m escolar
school time N = school hours school trip N = school outing school uniform N → uniforme m escolar
school yard N (US) = school playground school year N → año m escolar
school-age child → niño m en edad escolar
school attendance N → asistencia f a la escuela
school attendance officer inspector de educación encargado de problemas relacionados con la falta de asistencia o el bajo rendimiento de los alumnos
school bus N → autobús m escolar
school dinner N → comida f escolar, comida f de colegio
school doctor N → médico mf de escuela
school fees NPL → matrícula fsing (escolar)
school friend N → amigo/a m/f de clase
school holidays NPL → vacaciones fpl escolares
school hours NPL during school hours → durante las horas de clase
school inspector N → inspector(a) m/f de enseñanza
school leaver N → persona f que termina la escuela
school life N → vida f escolar
school lunch N → comida f escolar, comida f de colegio
to take school lunches → comer or almorzar en la escuela
school meal N → comida f provista por la escuela
school outing N to go on a school outing to the zoo → ir de visita al zoo con el colegio
school playground N (Brit) → patio m (de recreo)
school report N → boletín m escolar
school time N = school hours school trip N = school outing school uniform N → uniforme m escolar
school yard N (US) = school playground school year N → año m escolar
school
2 [skuːl] N [of fish, dolphins, whales] → banco mCollins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005
school
[ˈskuːl] n
(= lessons) → école f
I'll see you after school → Je te verrai après l'école.
School starts at 9 a.m → L'école commence à 9 heures.
School starts in October → L'école commence en octobre.
I'll see you after school → Je te verrai après l'école.
School starts at 9 a.m → L'école commence à 9 heures.
School starts in October → L'école commence en octobre.
(= pupils and staff) → école f
(= privately-run establishment) (to learn specific subjects, skills) → école f
a riding school → une école d'équitation
a language school → une école de langues
a riding school → une école d'équitation
a language school → une école de langues
(= university faculty) → faculté f
the university's school of engineering → la faculté d'ingénierie de l'université
the university's school of engineering → la faculté d'ingénierie de l'université
(US) (= university) → faculté f
[painting, philosophy, poetry] → école f
the Romantic school of philosophy and poetry → l'école romantique de la philosophie et de la poésie
a school of thought → une école de pensée
of the old school → de la vieille école
the Romantic school of philosophy and poetry → l'école romantique de la philosophie et de la poésie
a school of thought → une école de pensée
of the old school → de la vieille école
[fish] → banc m
modif [curriculum, subject, timetable] → scolaire; [attendance, rules, life] → scolaire; [term, outing, photo, prize] → scolaire; [dance, concert, disco, magazine, play] → de l'école; [song] → scolaire; [day, desk] → d'école; [bell, gate, building, hall, canteen] → de l'école; [band, choir, orchestra, team] → de l'école; [pupil, student, captain, prefect, caretaker, governor] → de l'école; [blazer, uniform, cap] → de l'école; [nurse] → scolaire
vt
[+ animal] → dresser
(= train) [+ person] to be schooled in sth → être rompu(e) à qch
He's well schooled in survival → Il est bien rompu à l'art de la survie.
to be schooled to do sth → être rompu(e) à faire qch
We are schooled to keep negative emotions inside → Nous sommes rompus à garder pour nous les émotions négatives.
BUT On nous apprend à garder pour nous les émotions négatives.
He's well schooled in survival → Il est bien rompu à l'art de la survie.
to be schooled to do sth → être rompu(e) à faire qch
We are schooled to keep negative emotions inside → Nous sommes rompus à garder pour nous les émotions négatives.
BUT On nous apprend à garder pour nous les émotions négatives.
(= send to school) [+ child] → scolariserschool age n → âge m scolaire
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school
in cpds → Schul-;school age
n → schulpflichtiges Alter, Schulalter nt; is he of school yet? → ist er schon schulpflichtig or im schulpflichtigen Alter?
school bag
n → Schultasche f
school board
n (US) → Schulbehörde f; (Brit) → Schulaufsichtsrat m
school book
n → Schulbuch nt
schoolboy
n → Schuljunge m, → Schüler m
adj attr → Pennäler-, Schuljungen-; school prank → Pennäler- or Schuljungenstreich m; school humour or (US) humor → Pennälerhumor m
schoolchildren
pl → Schüler pl, → Schulkinder pl
school days
pl → Schulzeit f
school dinner
n → Schulessen nt
school dropout
n → Schulabbrecher(in) m(f)
school
:school fees
pl → Schulgeld nt
schoolgirl
n → Schulmädchen nt, → Schülerin f
schoolhouse
school
:school-leaver
n (Brit) → Schulabgänger(in) m(f)
school-leaving age
n (Brit) → Schulabgangsalter nt, → Schulentlassungsalter nt
schoolma’am, schoolmarm
n (pej) → Schulmeisterin f (pej)
schoolmaster
n (dated) → Lehrer m, → Schulmeister m (dated); village school → Dorfschulleiter m, → Dorfschulmeister m (dated)
schoolmate
n (Brit) → Schulkamerad(in) m(f), → Schulfreund(in) m(f)
school meals
pl → Schulessen nt
schoolmistress
n (dated) → Lehrerin f, → Schulmeisterin f (dated)
school outing
n → Schulausflug m
school report
n → Schulzeugnis nt
schoolroom
n (in school) → Klassenzimmer nt; (in private house) → Schulzimmer nt
school run
school ship
n (Mil Naut) → Schulschiff nt
school
:schoolteacher
n → Lehrer(in) m(f)
school tie
n → Schulkrawatte f ? old school tie
school uniform
n → Schuluniform f
school yard
n → Schulhof m
school year
n → Schuljahr nt
school
1n
→ Schule f; (US: = college, university) → College nt, → Universität f; at school → in der Schule/im College/an der Universität; to go to school → in die Schule/ins College/zur Universität gehen; there’s no school tomorrow → morgen ist schulfrei or keine Schule; school of art/dancing, art/dancing school → Kunst-/Tanzschule f; the school of life → die Schule des Lebens; to be brought up in the school of hard knocks → durch bittere or schlechte Erfahrungen gelernt haben; to take somebody to school (inf) → es jdm zeigen (inf)
(Univ: = department) → Fachbereich m; (of medicine, law) → Fakultät f; School of Arabic Studies → Institut nt → für Arabistik
(= group of artists, philosophers etc) → Schule f; Plato and his school → Platon und seine Schüler(schaft); I’m not one of that school → ich gehöre nicht zu den Leuten, die das meinen; he adheres to another school of thought → er vertritt eine andere Lehrmeinung; he’s a diplomat of the old school → er ist ein Diplomat der alten Schule
vt → lehren; animal → dressieren; one’s temper → zügeln; to school somebody in a technique → jdn eine Technik lehren, jdn in einer Technik unterrichten or unterweisen; he schooled himself to control his temper → er hatte sich dazu erzogen, sich zu beherrschen
school
2Collins German Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged 7th Edition 2005. © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1980 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2007
school
1 [skuːl]1. n
a. (gen) → scuola
to be at/go to school → frequentare la/andare a scuola
to leave school → terminare gli studi
school of motoring → scuola guida, autoscuola
the Dutch school (Art) → la scuola olandese
school of thought → corrente f di pensiero
of the old school (fig) → di vecchio stampo
to be at/go to school → frequentare la/andare a scuola
to leave school → terminare gli studi
school of motoring → scuola guida, autoscuola
the Dutch school (Art) → la scuola olandese
school of thought → corrente f di pensiero
of the old school (fig) → di vecchio stampo
b. (Univ) → facoltà f inv
medical/law school → facoltà di medicina/giurisprudenza
art school → istituto d'arte
she's at law school → studia legge
School of Interpreters → Scuola Interpreti
medical/law school → facoltà di medicina/giurisprudenza
art school → istituto d'arte
she's at law school → studia legge
School of Interpreters → Scuola Interpreti
2. vt (animal) → addestrare; (reaction, voice) → controllare
he schooled himself in patience or to be patient → ha imparato ad essere paziente
he schooled himself in patience or to be patient → ha imparato ad essere paziente
school
2 [skuːl] n (of fish) → bancoCollins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995
school1
(skuːl) noun1. a place for teaching especially children. She goes to the school; He's not at university – he's still at school; (American) He's still in school.
2. the pupils of a school. The behaviour of this school in public is sometimes not very good.
3. a series of meetings or a place for instruction etc. She runs a sewing school; a driving school.
4. a department of a university or college dealing with a particular subject. the School of Mathematics.
5. (American) a university or college.
6. a group of people with the same ideas etc. There are two schools of thought about the treatment of this disease.
verb to train through practice. We must school ourselves to be patient.
ˈschoolbag noun a bag for carrying books etc to and from school. She had a schoolbag on her back.
ˈschoolboy, ˈschoolgirl nouns a boy or girl who goes to school.
ˈschoolchild noun – plural ˈschoolchildren – a child who goes to school.
ˈschool-day noun a day on which children go to school. On a school-day I get up at seven o'clock.
ˈschooldays noun plural the time of a person's life during which he goes to school.
ˈschoolfellow noun a person who is or was taught at the same school, especially in the same class. I met an old schoolfellow of yours.
ˈschool-leaver noun a school-pupil who is about to leave, or has just left, school eg because he has finished his course of education there.
ˈschoolmaster noun – feminine ˈschoolmistress – a person who teaches in school.
ˈschoolmate noun a schoolfellow, especially a friend.
ˈschool-teacher noun a person who teaches in a school.
school2
(skuːl) noun a group of certain kinds of fish, whales or other water animals swimming about. a school of porpoises.
Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary © 2006-2013 K Dictionaries Ltd.
school
→ مَدْرَسَة škola skole Schule σχολείο colegio koulu école škola scuola 学校 학교 school skole szkoła escola школа skola โรงเรียน okul trường học 学校Multilingual Translator © HarperCollins Publishers 2009
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school
n escuela; medical — facultad f or escuela de medicinaEnglish-Spanish/Spanish-English Medical Dictionary Copyright © 2006 by The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. All rights reserved.