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გამოთქმა: /skuːl/

ზედსართავი

Universal
  • (of a Xhosa) educated and westernized: economic considerations persuaded many Xhosa not to become school by opting for a Western lifestyleContrasted with red (sense 4 of the adjective).
  • (of a name) of Western origin: it embarrasses me to be called by the school name I was given at church
    [with reference to the mission schools, which encouraged westernized dress, language, and behaviour]

არსებითი სახელი

Universal
  • 1an institution for educating children:Ryder’s children did not go to school at all [as modifier]:school books
  • the buildings used by a school:the cost of building a new school
  • [treated as plural] the pupils and staff of a school:the head addressed the whole school
  • [mass noun] a day’s work at school: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.Harvard is certainly not a loafer’s school
  • a department or faculty of a university concerned with a particular subject of study:the School of Medicine
  • 3a group of people, particularly writers, artists, or philosophers, sharing similar ideas or methods:the Frankfurt school of critical theory
  • [with adjective or noun modifier] a style, approach, or method of a specified character:film-makers are tired of the skin-deep school of cinema
  • 4 (schools) British (at Oxford University) the hall in which final examinations are held.
  • final examinations: I never took schools. I was ill
  • 5British a group gambling together:a poker school
  • a group of people drinking together in a bar and taking turns to buy the drinks: I ordered a pint of bitter for myself—I didn’t want to get into a school

ზმნა

Universal
  • 1chiefly formal or North American send to school; educate:Taverier was born in Paris and schooled in Lyon
  • 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
  • 2 Riding train (a horse) on the flat or over fences: if you have schooled your horse properly, your riding will look better

leave school

finish one’s education:he left school at 16

of (or from) the old school

the school of hard knocks

see knock.

school of thought

a particular way of thinking, especially one not followed by the speaker:there is a school of thought that says 1960s office blocks should be refurbished as residential accommodation

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