school

/skuːl/

nounverbschool

Remember: it’s “sch” + “ool” — the “sch” sounds like “sk,” so you still say “skool.”

Yes, it's school. The tricky part is the silent “c” in “sch”—write S-C-H at the start, but pronounce it like /sk/.

Definitions

  1. nounA place where children or adults go to learn; an educational institution.
  2. nounThe students and teachers at a particular school (the school as a group).
  3. nounA group of fish or other sea animals swimming together.
  4. verbTo teach or train someone; to educate.
  5. verb(Of fish or sea animals) to gather and move together in a group.

Examples

  • “I walk to school with my sister every morning.”
  • “The school cheered when the team won the championship.”
  • “We saw a school of fish near the coral reef.”

Synonyms

academyclassinstitutioncampuseducate

Antonyms

ignorance

Translations

ES escuelaPT escolaFR école

Common misspellings

skoolscoolshcoolscholshoolschooolschoalscholl

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