school
verb/skuːl/
/skuːl/
(formal)Verb Forms
| present simple I / you / we / they school | /skuːl/ /skuːl/ |
| he / she / it schools | /skuːlz/ /skuːlz/ |
| past simple schooled | /skuːld/ /skuːld/ |
| past participle schooled | /skuːld/ /skuːld/ |
| -ing form schooling | /ˈskuːlɪŋ/ /ˈskuːlɪŋ/ |
- to train somebody/yourself/an animal to do something
- school somebody/something/yourself (in something) to school a horse
- She had schooled herself in patience.
- school somebody/something/yourself to do something I have schooled myself to remain calm under pressure.
- He was well schooled in hiding his emotions.
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- school somebody to educate a child
- She should be schooled with her peers.
- They schooled the children of the working classes.
yourself/animal
child
Word Originverb Old English scōl, scolu, via Latin from Greek skholē ‘leisure, philosophy, lecture-place’, reinforced in Middle English by Old French escole.
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