an institution where instruction is given, esp. to persons under college age

The children are at school.

an institution for instruction in a particular skill or field.

a college or university.

a regular course of meetings of a teacher or teachers and students for instruction; program of instruction

summer school.

a session of such a course

no school today; to be kept after school.

the activity or process of learning under instruction, esp. at a school for the young

As a child, I never liked school.

one's formal education

They plan to be married when he finishes school.

a building housing a school.

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

The entire school rose when the principal entered the auditorium.

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.

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.

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

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

the Platonic school of philosophy.

Art .

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.

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

the French school.

any group of persons having common attitudes or beliefs.

Military, Navy . parts of close-order drill applying to the individual (school of the soldier), the squad (school of the squad), or the like.

Australian and New Zealand Informal . a group of people gathered together, esp. for gambling or drinking.

schools, Archaic . the faculties of a university.

Obsolete . the schoolmen in a medieval university.

of or connected with a school or schools.

Obsolete . of the schoolmen.

to educate in or as if in a school; teach; train.

Archaic . to reprimand.

verb

learn

noun

academy , alma mater , blackboard * , college , department , discipline , establishment , faculty , hall , halls of ivy , institute , institution , jail * , schoolhouse , seminary , university , adherents , circle , class , clique , denomination , devotees , disciples , faction , followers , following , group , party , pupils , sect , set , belief , creed , faith , outlook , persuasion , school of thought , stamp * , way , way of life , academia , clinic , conservatory , gymnasium , gymnasiumconservatory , prep school , scholasticism , shoal , yeshiva

verb

advance , coach , control , cultivate , direct , discipline , drill , educate , guide , indoctrinate , inform , instruct , lead , manage , prepare , prime , show , train , tutor , verse , teach , academy , belief , college , conservatory , convent , doctrine , elementary , faith , high , institute , institution , kindergarten , law , middle , military , philosophy , prep , primary , private , public , secondary , seminar , seminary , university , view , vocational