(~s, ~ing, ~ed)
Frequency: The word is one of the 700 most common words in English.
1.
A ~ is a place where children are educated. You usually refer to this place as ~ when you are talking about the time that children spend there and the activities that they do there.
...a boy who was in my class at ~...
Even the good students say homework is what they most dislike about ~...
I took the kids for a picnic in the park after ~.
...a ~ built in the Sixties...
...two boys wearing ~ uniform.
N-VAR: usu prep N
2.
A ~ is the pupils or staff at a ~.
Deirdre, the whole ~’s going to hate you.
N-COUNT-COLL
3.
A privately-run place where a particular skill or subject is taught can be referred to as a ~.
...a riding ~ and equestrian centre near Chepstow.
N-COUNT; N-IN-NAMES
4.
A university, college, or university department specializing in a particular type of subject can be referred to as a ~.
...a lecturer in the ~ of veterinary medicine at the University of Pennsylvania...
Stella, 21, is at art ~ training to be a fashion designer.
N-VAR; N-IN-NAMES
5.
School is used to refer to university or college. (AM)
Moving rapidly through ~, he graduated Phi Beta Kappa from the University of Kentucky at age 18.
N-UNCOUNT
6.
A particular ~ of writers, artists, or thinkers is a group of them whose work, opinions, or theories are similar.
...the Chicago ~ of economists...
N-COUNT-COLL: usu with supp
7.
A ~ of fish or dolphins is a large group of them moving through water together.
N-COUNT-COLL: N of n
8.
If you ~ someone in something, you train or educate them to have a certain skill, type of behaviour, or way of thinking. (WRITTEN)
Many mothers ~ed their daughters in the myth of female inferiority...
He is ~ed to spot trouble.
VERB: V n in n, be V-ed to-inf
9.
To ~ a child means to educate him or her. (AM; also BRIT FORMAL)
She’s been ~ing her kids herself.
= educate
VERB: V n
10.
If you ~ a horse, you train it so that it can be ridden in races or competitions.
She bought him as a ?1,000 colt of six months and ~ed him.
= train
VERB: V n
11.
see also ~ed , ~ing , after-~ , approved ~ , boarding ~ , church ~ , convent ~ , driving ~ , finishing ~ , grade ~ , graduate ~ , grammar ~ , high ~ , infant ~ , junior ~ , middle ~ , night ~ , nursery ~ , pre-~ , prep ~ , primary ~ , private ~ , public ~ , special ~ , state ~ , summer ~ , Sunday ~