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Meaning of school

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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:

  school
      n 1: an educational institution; "the school was founded in
           1900"
      2: a building where young people receive education; "the school
         was built in 1932"; "he walked to school every morning" [syn:
         {school}, {schoolhouse}]
      3: the process of being formally educated at a school; "what
         will you do when you finish school?" [syn: {school},
         {schooling}]
      4: a body of creative artists or writers or thinkers linked by a
         similar style or by similar teachers; "the Venetian school of
         painting"
      5: the period of instruction in a school; the time period when
         school is in session; "stay after school"; "he didn't miss a
         single day of school"; "when the school day was done we would
         walk home together" [syn: {school}, {schooltime}, {school
         day}]
      6: an educational institution's faculty and students; "the
         school keeps parents informed"; "the whole school turned out
         for the game"
      7: a large group of fish; "a school of small glittering fish
         swam by" [syn: {school}, {shoal}]
      v 1: educate in or as if in a school; "The children are schooled
           at great cost to their parents in private institutions"
      2: teach or refine to be discriminative in taste or judgment;
         "Cultivate your musical taste"; "Train your tastebuds"; "She
         is well schooled in poetry" [syn: {educate}, {school},
         {train}, {cultivate}, {civilize}, {civilise}]
      3: swim in or form a large group of fish; "A cluster of
         schooling fish was attracted to the bait"

Source : WordNet ® Princeton University. 2010.

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