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school
What does school mean?
school (noun): an institution dedicated to teaching and learning; an educational institution.
Definition: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
How do you use school in a sentence?
- Our children attend a public school in our neighborhood. (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0)
- Just one more tardy and you'll be staying after school. (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0)
How do you pronounce school?
/skul/ (IPA, American English). The app reads every word aloud.
Words related to school
From Princeton WordNet 3.1.
Test yourself: do you know “school”?
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What does “school” mean?
the world of commercial activity where goods and services are bought and sold
Not quite: that's what market means.
an institution dedicated to teaching and learning; an educational institution
Right! That's what “school” means.
a proportion in relation to a whole (which is usually the amount per hundred)
Not quite: that's what percent means.
the general state of things; the combination of circumstances at a given time
Not quite: that's what situation means.
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