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school

n. an educational institution's faculty and students; "the school keeps parents informed"; "the whole school turned out for the game"

school

n. a body of creative artists or writers or thinkers linked by a similar style or by similar teachers; "the Venetian school of painting"

School

n. [an institution or building where children acquire education]

school, shoal

n. a large group of fish; "a school of small glittering fish swam by"

school, schoolhouse

n. a building where young people receive education; "the school was built in 1932"; "he walked to school every morning"

school, schooling

n. the process of being formally educated at a school; "what will you do when you finish school?"

school, schooltime, school day

n. the period of instruction in a school; the time period when school is in session; "stay after school"; "he didn't miss a single day of school"; "when the school day was done we would walk home together"

school

v. swim in or form a large group of fish; "A cluster of schooling fish was attracted to the bait"

educate, school, train, cultivate, civilize, civilise

v. teach or refine to be discriminative in taste or judgment; "Cultivate your musical taste"; "Train your tastebuds"; "She is well schooled in poetry"

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institution, establishment

n. an organization founded and united for a specific purpose

institute

n. an association organized to promote art or science or education

gaggle

n. a flock of geese

eruditeness, erudition, learnedness, learning, scholarship, encyclopedism, encyclopaedism

n. profound scholarly knowledge

cognition, knowledge, noesis

n. the psychological result of perception and learning and reasoning

tutor

v. be a tutor to someone; give individual instruction; "She tutored me in Spanish"

acquaint

v. inform; "Please acquaint your colleagues of your plans to move"

instruct, apprise, apprize

v. make aware of; "Have the students been apprised of the tuition hike?"

teach, learn, instruct

v. impart skills or knowledge to; "I taught them French"; "He instructed me in building a boat"

indoctrinate

v. teach doctrines to; teach uncritically; "The Moonies indoctrinate their disciples"

infuse

v. introduce into the body through a vein, for therapeutic purposes; "Some physiologists infuses sugar solutions into the veins of animals"

propagandize, propagandise

v. subject to propaganda

temper, season, mollify

v. make more temperate, acceptable, or suitable by adding something else; moderate; "she tempered her criticism"

enact, reenact, act out

v. act out; represent or perform as if in a play; "She reenacted what had happened earlier that day"

inaugurate, usher in, introduce

v. be a precursor of; "The fall of the Berlin Wall ushered in the post-Cold War period"

prime

v. insert a primer into (a gun, mine, or charge) preparatory to detonation or firing; "prime a cannon"; "prime a mine"

prime

v. fill with priming liquid; "prime a car engine"

better, improve, amend, ameliorate, meliorate

v. to make better; "The editor improved the manuscript with his changes"

build up, develop

v. change the use of and make available or usable; "develop land"; "The country developed its natural resources"; "The remote areas of the country were gradually built up"

enhance

v. make better or more attractive; "This sauce will enhance the flavor of the meat"

enrich

v. make better or improve in quality; "The experience enriched her understanding"; "enriched foods"

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