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school⋅ing

  [skoo-ling]
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–noun
1. the process of being taught in a school.
2. instruction, education, or training, esp. when received in a school.
3. the act of teaching.
4. Archaic. a reprimand.
Origin:
1400–50; late ME scoling. See school 1 , -ing 1
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school

1  [skool]
–noun
1. an institution where instruction is given, esp. to persons under college age: The children are at school.
2. an institution for instruction in a particular skill or field.
3. a college or university.
4. a regular course of meetings of a teacher or teachers and students for instruction; program of instruction: summer school.
5. a session of such a course: no school today; to be kept after school.
6. the activity or process of learning under instruction, esp. at a school for the young: As a child, I never liked school.
7. one's formal education: They plan to be married when he finishes school.
8. a building housing a school.
9. the body of students, or students and teachers, belonging to an educational institution: The entire school rose when the principal entered the auditorium.
10. a building, room, etc., in a university, set apart for the use of one of the faculties or for some particular purpose: the school of agriculture.
11. a particular faculty or department of a university having the right to recommend candidates for degrees, and usually beginning its program of instruction after the student has completed general education: medical school.
12. any place, situation, etc., tending to teach anything.
13. the body of pupils or followers of a master, system, method, etc.: the Platonic school of philosophy.
14. Art.
a. a group of artists, as painters, writers, or musicians, whose works reflect a common conceptual, regional, or personal influence: the modern school; the Florentine school.
b. the art and artists of a geographical location considered independently of stylistic similarity: the French school.
15. any group of persons having common attitudes or beliefs.
16. Military, Navy. parts of close-order drill applying to the individual (school of the soldier), the squad (school of the squad), or the like.
17. Australian and New Zealand Informal. a group of people gathered together, esp. for gambling or drinking.
18. schools, Archaic. the faculties of a university.
19. Obsolete. the schoolmen in a medieval university.
–adjective
20. of or connected with a school or schools.
21. Obsolete. of the schoolmen.
–verb (used with object)
22. to educate in or as if in a school; teach; train.
23. Archaic. to reprimand.
Origin:
bef. 900; ME scole (n.), OE scōl < L schola < Gk schol leisure employed in learning

Related forms:
school⋅a⋅ble, adjective
schoolless, adjective
schoollike, adjective

school

2  [skool]
–noun
1. a large number of fish, porpoises, whales, or the like, feeding or migrating together.
–verb (used without object)
2. to form into, or go in, a school, as fish.
Origin:
1350–1400; ME schol(e) < D school; c. OE scolu troop; see shoal 2
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school 1   (skōōl)   
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.
    1. A college or university.
    2. An institution within or associated with a college or university that gives instruction in a specialized field and recommends candidates for degrees.
    3. A division of an educational institution constituting several grades or classes: advanced to the upper school.
    4. The student body of an educational institution.
    5. The building or group of buildings housing an educational institution.
    6. 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.
    7. A group of people distinguished by similar manners, customs, or opinions: aristocrats of the old school.
  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.
    1. 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.
    2. 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.
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   (skōōl)   
n.  A large group of aquatic animals, especially fish, swimming together; a shoal. See Synonyms at flock1.
intr.v.   schooled, school·ing, schools
To swim in or form into a school.

[Middle English scole, from Middle Dutch; see skel-1 in Indo-European roots.]
school·ing   (skōō'lĭng)   
n.  
  1. Instruction or training given at school.
  2. Education obtained through experience or exposure: Her tumultuous childhood was a unique schooling.
  3. The training of a horse or a horse and rider in equitation.
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Schooling

School"ing\, n. 1. Instruction in school; tuition; education in an institution of learning; act of teaching.

2. Discipline; reproof; reprimand; as, he gave his son a good schooling. --Sir W. Scott.

3. Compensation for instruction; price or reward paid to an instructor for teaching pupils.

Schooling

School"ing\, a. [See School a shoal.] (Zo["o]l.) Collecting or running in schools or shoals.

Schooling species like the herring and menhaden. --G. B. Goode.
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