school1

noun

• 1an institution for educating children:Ryder’s children did not go to school at all [as modifier]:school supplies
• the buildings used by an institution for educating children:the cost of building a new school
• [treated as plural] the students and staff of a school:the principal was addressing the whole school
• a day’s work at school; lessons:school started at 7 a.m.

• 2any institution at which instruction is given in a particular discipline:a dancing school
• North American informalanother term for university.
• a department or faculty of a college concerned with a particular subject of study:the School of Dental Medicine

• 3a group of people, particularly writers, artists, or philosophers, sharing the same or similar ideas, methods, or style:the Frankfurt school of critical theory
• a style, approach, or method of a specified character:filmmakers are tired of the skin-deep school of cinema

verb

• chiefly formal or North American send to school; educate:he was schooled in Boston
• train or discipline (someone) in a particular skill or activity:he schooled her in horsemanship it’s important to school yourself to be good at exams