PUPIL


Meaning of PUPIL in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ pju:pɪl ]

( pupils)

Frequency: The word is one of the 3000 most common words in English.

1.

The pupils of a school are the children who go to it.

Over a third of those now at secondary school in Wales attend schools with over 1,000 pupils...

N-COUNT

2.

A pupil of a painter, musician, or other expert is someone who studies under that expert and learns his or her skills.

After his education, Goldschmidt became a pupil of the composer Franz Schreker.

N-COUNT : with poss

3.

The pupils of your eyes are the small, round, black holes in the centre of them.

N-COUNT

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