Adjective

Of or relating to school or education in schools:

e.g. school supplies; a school dictionary.

Origin: Middle English ‘scole’, from Old English ‘scōl’, from Latin ‘schola’, ‘scola’, from Greek ‘skholē’; see ‘segh-’ in Indo - European roots.

school ² [sku:l] noun

A large group of aquatic animals, especially fish, swimming together; a shoal. See Synonyms at ‘flock¹’.

intransitive verb schooled, schooling school·ing, schools

To swim in or form into a school.

Origin: Middle English ‘scole’, from Middle Dutch; see ‘skel’ - ¹ in Indo - European roots [Dictionary of the English Language 2010].

Collins English Dictionary enumerates such meanings:

school ¹ n

1. a place where children are educated,

2. the staff and pupils of a school,

3. a regular session of instruction in a school,

e.g. We stayed behind after school.

4. a faculty or department specializing in a particular subject,

e.g. the dental school,

5. a place or sphere of activity that instructs,

e.g. the school of hard knocks,

6. a group of artists, writers, or thinkers, linked by the same style, teachers or methods,

7. (Informal) a group assembled for a common purpose, such as gambling, a card school.

vb

to educate or train,

e.g. She schooled herself to be as ambitious as her sister.

Origin: Greek ‘skholē’ — leisure spent in the pursuit of knowledge.

school ² n

a group of sea-living animals that swim together, such as fish, whales, or dolphins.

Origin: Old English ‘scolu’, ‘shoal’ [Collins English Dictionary 2009].

Collins Thesaurus of the English Language deals with the following definitions to the word ‘school’ as a substantive:

school [¹] n

1. 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. any educational institution or building;

3. a faculty, institution, or department specializing in a particular subject
a law school;

4. the staff and pupils of a school;

5. the period of instruction in a school or one session of this,

e.g. He stayed after school to do extra work.

6. meetings held occasionally for members of a profession, etc.;

7. a place or sphere of activity that instructs,

e.g. the school of hard knocks;

8. a body of people or pupils adhering to a certain set of principles, doctrines, or methods;

9. a group of artists, writers, etc., linked by the same style, teachers, or aims
the Venetian school of painting;

10. a style of life,

e.g. 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 ‘scol’, from Latin ‘schola’ ‘school’, from Greek ‘skhole’ leisure spent in the pursuit of knowledge) [Collins Thesaurus of the English Language 1995].

The Random House Dictionary contains the following explanations of the term ‘school’:

school ¹ [sku:l] — noun

1. an institution where instruction is given, especially to person under college age:

e.g. 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:

e.g. summer school.

5. a session of such a course:

e.g. no school today; to be kept afterschool.

6. the activity or process of learning under instruction, especially at a school for the young:

e.g. As a child, I never liked school.

7. one’s formal education:

e.g. They plan to be married when hefinishes school.

8. a building housing a school.

9. the body of students, or students and teachers, belonging to an educational institution:

e.g. 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:

e.g. 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:

e.g. medical school.

12. any place, situation, etc., tending to teach anything.

13. the body of pupils or followers of a master, system, method,etc.:

e.g. 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:

e.g. the modern school; the Florentine school.

b. the art and artists of a geographical location considered independently of stylistic similarity:

e.g. 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, especially 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.

Use ‘school’ in a sentence:

Origin: before 900; Middle English ‘scole’ (noun), Old English ‘scōl’ < Latin ‘schola’ < Greek ‘scholḗ’ — leisure employed in learning.

— Related forms

school·a·ble, adjective

school·less, adjective

school·like, 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; Middle English ‘schol’ (e) < Dutch ‘school’; cognate with Old English ‘scolu’ troop; see ‘shoal²’ [The Random House Dictionary 2011].

World English Dictionary gives the following definitions of ‘school’:

school ¹ [skuːl] — n

a. an institution or building at which children and young people under 19 receive education.

b. (as modifier):

e.g. school bus; school day.

c. (in combination):

e.g. schoolroom; schoolwork.

d. any educational institution or building.

e. a faculty, institution, or department specializing in a particular subject:

e.g. a law school.

f. the staff and pupils of a school.

g. the period of instruction in a school or one session of this:

e.g. He stayed after school to do extra work.

h. meetings held occasionally for members of a profession, etc.

i. a place or sphere of activity that instructs:

e.g. the school of hard knocks.

j. a body of people or pupils adhering to a certain set of principles, doctrines or methods.

k. a group of artists, writers, etc, linked by the same style,teachers, or aims:

e.g. the Venetian school of painting.

l. a style of life:

e.g. a gentleman of the old school.

m. informal a group assembled for a common purpose, esp. gambling or drinking.

— vb

a. to train or educate in or as in a school.

b. to discipline or control.

c. an archaic word for ‘reprimand’

Origin: Old English ‘scōl’, from Latin ‘schola’ — ‘school’, from Greek ‘skholē’ — leisure spent in the pursuit of knowledge.

school ² [skuːl] — n

a group of porpoises or similar aquatic animals that swim together.

— vb

(intr) to form such a group.

(Old English ‘scolu’ — shoal²) [www.dictionary.com 2011].

І. Концепт PRIMARY SCHOOL в английских анекдотах может быть представлен следующими примерами:

1) Teacher: Jimmy? What are the three words, which children often use at school?

Jimmy: I do not know.

Teacher: That’s right [Кулинич 1999];

2) Teacher: John. Give me a sentence beginning with ‘I’.

John: I is the...

Teacher: No, John. You must say ‘I am’ not ‘I is’.

John: All right. I am the ninth letter of the alphabet [Кулинич 1999];

3) Teacher: Be sure that you go straight home.

Student: I can’t, I live just round the corner! [Муратов 2003];

4) Teacher: What is an island?

Pupil: A piece of land surrounded by water except on one side.

Teacher: On one side?

Pupil: Yes, on top! [Кулинич 1999];

5) Teacher: Give me three reasons why the world is round.

Pupil: Well my dad says so, my mum says so and you say so! [Птахина 2001];

6) Teacher: What’s your name?

Class: Ravi.

Teacher: You should say ‘Sir’.

Pupil: OK, Sir Ravi! [Кулинич 1999];

7) Teacher: Name four members of the cat family.

Pupil: Daddy cat, mummy cat and two kittens! [Муратов 2003];

8) Teacher: What is further away, Australia or the Moon?

Pupil: Australia, you can see the Moon at night! [Муратов 2003];

9) Teacher: What is the plural of mouse?

Pupil: Mice.

Teacher: Good, now what’s the plural of baby?

Pupil: Twins! [Кулинич 1999];

10) Teacher: I despair, Ravi, how do you manage to get so many things wrong in a day?

Pupil: Because I always get here early, sir! [Муратов 2003];

11) The teacher explained to the class that ‘-y’ / ‘-ie’ was a diminutive suffix:

— For example, Dad — Daddy, dog — doggie.

— Papa — puppy, — prompted a pupil [Гачечиладзе, Пассек 1988];

12) Teacher: Billy, name five things that contain milk.

Billy: Butter, cheese, ice cream, and um... two cows! [Rackley 2002];