noun An institution dedicated to teaching and learning; an educational institution.
Our children attend a public school in our neighborhood.
noun An educational institution providing primary and secondary education, prior to tertiary education (college or university).
noun At Eton College, a period or session of teaching.
Divinity, history and geography are studied for two schools per week.
noun Within a larger educational institution, an organizational unit, such as a department or institute, which is dedicated to a specific subject area.
We are enrolled in the same university, but I attend the School of Economics and my brother is in the School of Music.
noun An art movement, a community of artists.
The Barbizon school of painters were part of an art movement towards Realism in art, which arose in the context of the dominant Romantic movement of the time.
noun The followers of a particular doctrine; a particular way of thinking or particular doctrine; a school of thought.
These economists belong to the monetarist school.
noun The time during which classes are attended or in session in an educational institution.
I’ll see you after school.
noun The room or hall in English universities where the examinations for degrees and honours are held.