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Definition of school verb from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

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/
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    yourself/animal

  1. 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.
  2. child

  3. school somebody to educate a child
    • She should be schooled with her peers.
    • They schooled the children of the working classes.
  4. 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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