- school
- noun ⇨ See also ↑high schoolADJECTIVE▪ nursery▪ comprehensive, first, grammar, junior, middle, prep, preparatory, senior (all in the UK)▪ elementary, grade (informal), high, junior high, middle (all in the US)▪ primary, secondary (both esp. BrE)▪ charter (AmE), fee-paying, independent, private, public, state (BrE) (In Britain ‘public schools’ are private. In the US a public school is a free local school paid for by the government. In the UK, this type of free school is called a ‘state school’.)▪ special▪
She attends a special school for children with learning difficulties.
▪ coed (informal), co-educational, mixed (BrE)▪ single-sex▪ all-boys, all-girls, boys', girls'▪ boarding, residential (BrE)▪ day▪ faith (BrE), mainstream, religious▪ Catholic, Christian, Islamic, Muslim, etc.▪ Bible, Hebrew, Sunday▪ summer▪ inner-city, local, neighbourhood/neighborhood, parochial (AmE), rural, village (BrE)▪ night (old-fashioned)▪ finishing▪ prep, preparatory (= a school that prepares students for college) (in the US)▪ grad, graduate (both AmE)▪ trade, vocational (both AmE)▪ training▪ art, business, divinity (AmE), drama, film, law, med (informal, esp. AmE), medical, military▪ dance, driving, language, riding▪ prestigious▪ beacon (BrE), magnet (AmE)▪ failing▪It is a failing school with some of the worst results in the city.
VERB + SCHOOL▪ attend, go to▪ enter (esp. AmE), start▪ finish, leave (BrE), quit (AmE)▪ stay in▪ be expelled from, be kicked out of (esp. AmE)▪He was expelled from school for verbally abusing his teacher.
▪ drop out of▪ bunk off (BrE, informal), ditch (AmE), play hooky from (AmE), play truant from (BrE), skip▪ be off (BrE), stay home from (AmE), stay off (BrE)▪Eric is off school again.
▪My parents let me stay home from school yesterday.
▪My parents let me stay off school yesterday.
▪ keep sb home from (AmE), keep sb off (BrE)▪You don't need to keep your child home from school because of a cough.
▪You don't need to keep your child off school because of a cough.
▪ teach (AmE)▪She teaches elementary school in Atlanta.
▪ run▪He runs a karate school in San Jose, California.
SCHOOL + NOUN▪ child (usually schoolchildren), kid (informal) (usually schoolkids)▪ boy, girl (usually schoolboy, schoolgirl)▪ pupil (esp. BrE, becoming old-fashioned), student▪ friend, mate (usually schoolmate) (both esp. BrE)▪ teacher (usually schoolteacher)▪She's a middle-school teacher.
▪ master, mistress (usually schoolmaster, schoolmistress) (old-fashioned, esp. BrE)▪ head teacher (BrE), principal (AmE)▪ administrator, counselor (both AmE)▪ governor (esp. BrE)▪ auditorium (esp. AmE), building, classroom, hall, library▪ playground, yard (usually schoolyard) (AmE)▪ day▪The next day was Monday, a school day.
▪It was just a typical school day.
▪ semester (esp. AmE), term, year▪ holidays (BrE), vacation (AmE)▪ bus▪ run (= the journey that parents make to take their children to school) (BrE)▪ dinners (BrE), lunch (esp. AmE), meals (BrE)▪ rules▪ uniform▪ assembly▪ age▪children of school age
▪school-age children
▪ days (usually schooldays)▪She hadn't seen Laura since her schooldays.
▪ district (AmE)▪ curriculum▪ voucher (AmE)PREPOSITION▪ after school▪We're going to play football after school.
▪a range of after-school activities
▪ at (a/the) school (BrE)▪She didn't do very well at school.
▪Their son's at the school near the station.
▪ in (a/the) school▪Are your children still in school? (AmE)
▪the cleverest child in the school
PHRASES▪ be on the way home from school▪ get ready for school▪ get out of school▪ come home from, get home from▪ do well at school (BrE), do well in school (esp. AmE)▪Amy is doing extremely well in school and gets top marks in every class.
▪ leave for school
Collocations dictionary. 2013.
