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school

noun

1 the school caters for children with learning difficulties:

educational institution, centre of learning;

academy, college;

Latin alma mater;

rare phrontistery.

2 the University's School of English:

department, faculty, division.

3 he painted in oils, in a manner strongly reminiscent of the Barbizon School:

group, set, circle, clique, faction, sect;

followers, following, disciples, apostles, pupils, students, admirers, devotees, votaries;

proponents, adherents, imitators, copiers, emulators;

rare epigones.

4 the school of linguistics associated with his ideas:

way of thinking, school of thought, persuasion, creed, credo, doctrine, belief, faith, outlook, opinion, point of view;

denomination;

approach, method, style;

informal ism.

verb

1 he was born in Paris and schooled in Lyon:

educate, teach, instruct.

2 he schooled her in horsemanship | she had schooled herself to be patient:

train, teach, tutor, coach, instruct, upskill, drill, discipline, direct, guide, prepare, groom, mould, shape, form;

prime, verse;

indoctrinate, inculcate.

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scholastic relating to schools

school (1) Oxford Dictionary of English