Collocations for "school"
Common phrases and expressions where native English speakers use the word "school" in context.
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school
ⓘMost examples are given in US English. We have labeled exceptions as UK.n
- [primary, secondary, high] school
- a [private, public, state, girls', boys', single-sex] school
- go to [business, technical, drama, summer] school
- has been [enrolled, accepted, registered] at a [business] school
- at the local [elementary, high, middle] school
- the [nearest, most expensive, most prestigious] school
- my [children, daughters, grandchildren] are (all) at school
- go to school
- come home from school
- [goes to, attends] a [good, competitive] school
- is studying [art, computer engineering, German] at school
- is studying [art] in school
- there are 30 [teachers, classrooms] in my school
- school starts [at 08:30, in September]
- the whole school [laughed, applauded, turned up]
- the school of [management, law, education]
- the [ancient, Greek, Roman] school of thought
- a school of [thought, philosophy, learning, teaching]
- (went to) the school of hard knocks
- [my father, this music] is (very) old school
- (invited to) give a talk at my old school
- a school of [fish, whales]
- [before, after] school
- [children, kids, students] are [bussed, driven] to school
- is on the list of failing schools
- is [classed, listed, categorized] as a failing school
- the [neighborhood, district] is full of failing schools
- there are only failing schools in the [neighborhood]
- try to [fix, help] the failing schools
- [close, shut down] the failing school
- had no choice but (to attend) a failing school
- the school [bus, canteen, hall, day]
- school [students, teachers, rules, policy, dinners]
- wear school uniform
- go to a school reunion
- during the school [semester, vacation]
- a school-age [boy]
- UK: jobs for school leavers
- jobs for high school dropouts
- after-school [clubs, activities, daycare]
- old-school [hip hop, video games]
- an old-school [record player, deck, rapper]
- schooled (her) in [law, medicine]
- schooled at [home, a state university]
- schooled on how to [play, make, do]
- schooled to [think, believe, accept] that
- school for success
- was schooled on the [court, field]
- [highly, professionally, conventionally] schooled
- got schooled at [basketball, soccer]
- the [fish, sharks] schooled
'school' also found in these entries (note: many are not synonyms or translations):
Australia
- Britain
- Canada
- Chinese
- England
- Europe
- France
- Germany
- Greece
- ID
- Ireland
- Israel
- Italy
- Japan
- London
- Netherlands
- October
- Spanish
- Sweden
- Switzerland
- US
- Wales
- Welsh
- abroad
- absence
- absent
- abuse
- academic
- accept
- acceptance
- accepted
- access
- accident
- accomplishment
- accountant
- accounting
- achieve
- acquired
- act
- action
- actor
- address
- adjacent
- adjust
- administration
- administrator
- advancement
- advertising
- affluent
- afford