school

school¹ W1S1 [sku:l] n

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1¦(where children learn)¦

2¦(time at school)¦

3¦(university)¦

4¦(one subject)¦

5 at school

6 in school

7¦(art)¦

8 school of thought

9 of/from the old school

10¦(fish)¦

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[: Old English; Origin: scol, from Latin schola, from Greek schole 'discussion, school']

1.) ¦(WHERE CHILDREN LEARN)¦ [U and C]

a place where children are taught

▪ His mother always used to pick him up from school.

▪ Which school do you go to (=attend) ?

▪ Starting a new school can be quite frightening.

▪ I went back to my old school in West Ham recently to talk to the children there.

▪ a play put on by the local school children

▪ the first day of the school holidays

2.) ¦(TIME AT SCHOOL)¦[U]

a) a day's work at school

▪ School begins at 8.30.

before/after school

▪ I'll see you after school.

b) the time during your life when you go to school

▪ He's one of my old friends from school.

▪ Children start school between the ages of four and five.

▪ He left school at 16 and went to work as a bank clerk.

3.) ¦(UNIVERSITY)¦

a) [U and C] AmE

a college or university, or the time when you study there

▪ Their kids are away at school now.

▪ She was going to school in Boston.

b)

a department or group of departments that teaches a particular subject at a university

school of

▪ the Harvard School of Public Health

law/medical/business/graduate school

▪ After two years of medical school, I thought I knew everything.

4.) ¦(ONE SUBJECT)¦

a place where a particular subject or skill is taught

▪ a language school in Brighton

▪ the Pastern Riding School

school of

▪ Amwell School of Motoring

5.) at school

a) in the school building

▪ I can get some work done while the kids are at school.

b) BrE attending a school, rather than being at college or university or having a job

▪ We've got two children at school, and one at university.

6.) in school

a) in the school building

▪ Sandra's not in school today.

b) AmE attending a school or university rather than having a job

▪ Are your boys still in school?

7.) ¦(ART)¦

a number of people who are considered as a group because of their similar style of work

▪ the Impressionist school

8.) school of thought

an opinion or way of thinking about something that is shared by a group of people

▪ There are two main schools of thought on the subject.

9.) of/from the old school

with old-fashioned values or qualities

▪ a family doctor of the old school

10.)¦(FISH)¦

a large group of fish, ↑whales, ↑dolphins etc that are swimming together

school of

▪ a school of whales

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COLLOCATES for sense 1

go to school

attend school formal (=go to school)

a new school (=a school that you are going to for the first time)

somebody's old school (=the school someone used to go to)

school children/pupils/teacher

school uniform

school playground/library/bus etc

school meal/dinner British English

school holiday(s) British English

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school ²

school² v [T]

1.) old-fashioned to train or teach someone to have a certain skill, type of behaviour, or way of thinking

be schooled in (doing) sth

▪ She was schooled in hiding her emotions.

2.) to educate a child