school : Idioms & Phrases

• adjective satellite outside regular school hours
  
  • a special after-school class

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• noun a school specializing in art
  

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• noun a group of United States painters founded in 1907 and noted for their realistic depictions of sordid aspects of city life
  Eight.
  
• noun early 20th-century United States painting; portrays realistic and sordid scenes of city life
  Ash Can.
  

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• noun a private school where students are lodged and fed as well as taught
  

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• a school in which pupils receive board and lodging as well as instruction.

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• etc. See under Boarding, Common, District, etc.

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• (Paint.), a school of painting founded by the Carracci, otherwise called the Lombard or Eclectic school, the object of which was to unite the excellences of the preceding schools.

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• noun a graduate school offering study leading to a degree of Master in Business Administration
  

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• noun a parochial school maintained by the Catholic Church
  

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• noun an experimental public school for kindergarten through grade 12; created and organized by teachers and parents and community leaders; operates independently of other schools
  

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• noun a school that is part of a cathedral or monastery where boys with singing ability can receive a general education
  schola cantorum.
  

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• noun a private religious school run by a church or parish
  church school.
  

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• a school maintained at the public expense, and open to all.

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• noun a large British or Canadian secondary school for children of all abilities
  composite school.
  

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• noun a large British or Canadian secondary school for children of all abilities
  composite school.
  

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• noun a school that teaches nonresident students by mail
  

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• noun a school where students are taught to dance
  

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• noun a school in which students learn to dance
  

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• a school or place where dancing is taught.

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• noun a private school taking day students only
  
• noun a school giving instruction during the daytime
  
• noun a school building without boarding facilities
  

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• one which the pupils attend only in daytime, in distinction from a boarding school.

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• noun a graduate school offering study leading to degrees in dentistry
  dental school.
  

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• noun 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
  

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• a public school for the children within a school district. U.S.

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• noun a school where people are taught to drive automobiles
  

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• . (Paint.) See Bolognese school, under Bolognese.

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• noun a school for young children; usually the first 6 or 8 grades
  grade school; elementary school; grammar school.
  

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• noun a technical school offering instruction in many industrial arts and applied sciences
  polytechnic institute; polytechnic.
  

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• noun a private school for girls that emphasizes training in cultural and social activities
  

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• noun a school for teaching students to fly airplanes
  

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• in England, an endowed school.

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• . (a) A school to which pupils are admitted without discrimination and on an equal footing. (b) A school supported by general taxation, by endowmants, etc., where pupils pay nothing for tuition; a public school.

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• noun a school in a university offering study leading to degrees beyond the bachelor's degree
  grad school.
  

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• noun a school for young children; usually the first 6 or 8 grades
  grade school; elementary school; grammar school.
  

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• noun a school in a university offering study leading to degrees beyond the bachelor's degree
  grad school.
  

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• noun a secondary school emphasizing Latin and Greek in preparation for college
  
• noun a school for young children; usually the first 6 or 8 grades
  grade school; elementary school; grammar school.
  

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• . (a) A school, usually endowed, in which Latin and Greek grammar are taught, as also other studies preparatory to colleges or universities; as, the famous Rugby Grammar School. This use of the word is more common in England than in the United States.

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• an open-air school in the shelter of a hedge, in Ireland; a school for rustics.

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• noun a public secondary school usually including grades 9 through 12
  senior high; high; high school; highschool.
  
  • he goes to the neighborhood highschool

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• a free public school nearest the rank of a college. U.S.

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• noun a school of 19th century German economists and legal philosophers who tried to explain modern economic systems in evolutionary or historical terms
  

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• verb educate (one's children) at home instead of sending (them) to a school
  
  • The parents are home-schooling their daughter

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• noun the first coherent school of American art; active from 1825 to 1870; painted wilderness landscapes of the Hudson River valley and surrounding New England
  romantic realism.
  

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• a school for teaching one or more branches of industry; also, a school for educating neglected children, and training them to habits of industry.

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• noun British school for children aged 5-7
  

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• a term given to the Pythagorean and Eleatic philosophers, from the country where their doctrines were first promulgated.

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• noun a secondary school usually including 7th and 8th grades
  junior high.
  

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• noun British school for children aged 7-11
  

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• a collective name originally applied in contempt, but now in honor, to Southey, Coleridge, and Wordsworth, who lived in the lake country of Cumberland, England, Lamb and a few others were classed with these by hostile critics. Called also lakers and lakists.

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• noun a school for teaching foreign languages
  

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• noun a graduate school offering study leading to a law degree
  law school.
  

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• a school for artists in which they model, paint, or draw from living models.

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• noun a graduate school offering study leading to a medical degree
  medical school.
  

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• a school of philosophy established at Megara, after the death of Socrates, by his disciples, and remarkable for its logical subtlety.

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• noun a school for students intermediate between elementary school and college; usually grades 9 to 12
  middle school; lycee; Gymnasium; lyceum.
  

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• . (a) A school connected with a mission and conducted by missionaries . (b) A school for the religious instruction of children not having regular church privileges.

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• noun a school for the study of music
  music school.
  
• noun a school specializing in music
  

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• noun a school that holds classes in the evenings for students who cannot attend during the day
  

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• noun a two-year school for training elementary teachers
  teachers college.
  

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• a school whose methods of instruction are to serve as a model for imitation; an institution for the training of teachers.

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• noun a small preschool for small children
  

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• noun a school for training nurses
  nursing school.
  

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• noun a class of people favoring traditional ideas
  

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• a school or party belonging to a former time, or preserving the character, manner, or opinious of a former time; as, a gentleman of the old school; used also adjectively; as, Old-School Presbyterians.

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• noun necktie indicating the school the wearer attended
  

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• adjective satellite not attending school and therefore free to work
  
  • opportunities for out-of-school youth

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• noun a private religious school run by a church or parish
  church school.
  

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• noun a private secondary school
  prep school.
  

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• noun a private secondary school
  prep school.
  

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• noun a school for young children; usually the first 6 or 8 grades
  grade school; elementary school; grammar school.
  

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• noun a school established and controlled privately and supported by endowment and tuition
  

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• noun a tuition free school in the United States supported by taxes and controlled by a school board
  
• noun private independent secondary school in Great Britain supported by endowment and tuition
  

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• a free school for poor children, where they are taught and in part fed; a name given at first because they came in their common clothing. Eng.

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• noun correctional institution for the detention and discipline and training of young or first offenders
  reformatory; reform school.
  

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• a school established by a state or city government, for the confinement, instruction, and reformation of juvenile offenders, and of young persons of idle, vicious, and vagrant habits. U. S.

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• in the British army, a school for the instruction of the private soldiers of a regiment, and their children, in the rudimentary branches of education.

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• noun a school run by a religious body
  

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• noun a school where horsemanship is taught and practiced
  

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• a school or place where the art of riding is taught.

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• noun school meeting on Sundays for religious instruction
  Sabbath school.
  

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• noun a school task performed by a student to satisfy the teacher
  schoolwork.
  

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• noun a bell rung to announce beginning or ending of class
  

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• noun a board in charge of local public schools
  board of education.
  

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• a corporation established by law in every borough or parish in England, and elected by the burgesses or ratepayers, with the duty of providing public school accomodation for all children in their dictrict.

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• noun a bus used to transport children to or from school
  

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• an elected commitee of citizens having charge and care of the public schools in any district, town, or city, and responsible control of the money appropriated for school purposes. U.S.

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• noun a pedestrian crossing where school children cross a street on the way to school
  

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• noun any day on which school is in session
  school day.
  
  • go to bed early because tomorrow is a school day
• noun the period of instruction in a school; the time period when school is in session
  school day; school; schooltime.
  
  • stay after school
  • he didn't miss a single day of school
  • when the school day was done we would walk home together

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• noun any day on which school is in session
  school day.
  
  • go to bed early because tomorrow is a school day
• noun the period of instruction in a school; the time period when school is in session
  school day; school; schooltime.
  
  • stay after school
  • he didn't miss a single day of school
  • when the school day was done we would walk home together

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• the period in which youth are sent to school.

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• noun a dictionary specially written for those learning a foreign language
  learner's dictionary.
  

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• noun a district whose public schools are administered together
  

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• a division of a town or city for establishing and conducting schools. U.S.

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• noun a newspaper written and published by students in a school
  school newspaper.
  

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• noun a graduate school offering study leading to degrees in dentistry
  dental school.
  

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• noun a graduate school offering study leading to a law degree
  law school.
  

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• noun a graduate school offering study leading to a medical degree
  medical school.
  

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• noun a school for the study of music
  music school.
  

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• noun a school for training nurses
  nursing school.
  

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• noun a belief (or system of beliefs) accepted as authoritative by some group or school
  philosophical system; philosophy; ism; doctrine.
  

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• noun a newspaper written and published by students in a school
  school newspaper.
  

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• noun a child's sudden fear of attending school
  

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• noun the educator who has executive authority for a school
  head; head teacher; principal.
  
  • she sent unruly pupils to see the principal

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• noun a ship used to train students as sailors
  training ship.
  

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• noun the superintendent of a school system
  

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• noun establishment including the plant and equipment for providing education from kindergarten through high school
  

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• noun a teacher in a school below the college level
  schoolteacher.
  

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• noun the time during which a school holds classes
  academic session; session; academic term.
  
  • they had to shorten the school term

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• noun a book prepared for use in schools or colleges
  text; text edition; textbook; schoolbook.
  
  • his economics textbook is in its tenth edition
  • the professor wrote the text that he assigned students to buy

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• noun the period of time each year when the school is open and people are studying
  academic year.
  

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• noun a young person attending school (up through senior high school)
  pupil; schoolchild.
  

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School"-teach`er noun

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1. One who teaches or instructs a school. -- School"-teach`ing, n.

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• noun a former British secondary school emphasizing practical rather than academic education
  

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• noun a school for students intermediate between elementary school and college; usually grades 9 to 12
  middle school; lycee; Gymnasium; lyceum.
  

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• noun a school where secretarial skills (typing and shorthand and filing etc) are taught
  

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• noun a public secondary school usually including grades 9 through 12
  senior high; high; high school; highschool.
  
  • he goes to the neighborhood highschool

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• a school in which persons are instructed in singing.

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• noun an academic session during the summer; usually for remedial or supplementary study
  

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• noun school meeting on Sundays for religious instruction
  Sabbath school.
  

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• . See under School.

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• a school held on Sunday for study of the Bible and for religious instruction; the pupils, or the teachers and pupils, of such a school, collectively.

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• noun a school teaching mechanical and industrial arts and the applied sciences
  tech.
  

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• to govern, manage and instruct or teach a school, as a preceptor.

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• noun a secondary school teaching the skilled trades
  trade school.
  

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• noun a school providing practical vocational and technical training
  
• noun correctional institution for the detention and discipline and training of young or first offenders
  reformatory; reform school.
  

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• noun a school teaching veterinary medicine
  

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• noun a secondary school teaching the skilled trades
  trade school.
  

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• a school for instruction in penmanship.

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