Nominal Forms
Infinitive: to school
Participle: schooled
Gerund: schooling
Cognates
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Indicative
Present
| I | school |
| you | school |
| he;she;it | schools |
| we | school |
| you | school |
| they | school |
Perfect
| I | have schooled |
| you | have schooled |
| he;she;it | has schooled |
| we | have schooled |
| you | have schooled |
| they | have schooled |
Past
| I | schooled |
| you | schooled |
| he;she;it | schooled |
| we | schooled |
| you | schooled |
| they | schooled |
Pluperfect
| I | had schooled |
| you | had schooled |
| he;she;it | had schooled |
| we | had schooled |
| you | had schooled |
| they | had schooled |
Future
| I | will school |
| you | will school |
| he;she;it | will school |
| we | will school |
| you | will school |
| they | will school |
Future Perfect
| I | will have schooled |
| you | will have schooled |
| he;she;it | will have schooled |
| we | will have schooled |
| you | will have schooled |
| they | will have schooled |
Subjunctive
Present
| I | school |
| you | school |
| he;she;it | school |
| we | school |
| you | school |
| they | school |
Perfect
| I | have schooled |
| you | have schooled |
| he;she;it | have schooled |
| we | have schooled |
| you | have schooled |
| they | have schooled |
Imperfect
| I | schooled |
| you | schooled |
| he;she;it | schooled |
| we | schooled |
| you | schooled |
| they | schooled |
Pluperfect
| I | had schooled |
| you | had schooled |
| he;she;it | had schooled |
| we | had schooled |
| you | had schooled |
| they | had schooled |
Conditional
Present
| I | would school |
| you | would school |
| he;she;it | would school |
| we | would school |
| you | would school |
| they | would school |
Perfect
| I | would have schooled |
| you | would have schooled |
| he;she;it | would have schooled |
| we | would have schooled |
| you | would have schooled |
| they | would have schooled |
Imperative
| you | school |
| we | Let's school |
| you | school |
Verbs conjugated like 'school'
abandon,
abduct,
abear,
aberr,
abject,
abord,
abort,
abound,
abraid,
abray,
abrook,
abscind,
abscond,
absist,
absorb,
abstain,
abstract,
accend,
accent,
accept, etc. (List truncated at 20 verbs)
Verbs similar to 'school'
shool,
achoo,
choof,
cool,
crool,
deschool,
reschool,
schmooz,
scholy,
scoon,
Synonyms & Antonyms
Additional Information
Phrasal Verbs
Etymology
1. From Middle English scole, from Old English scōl (“place of education”), from Proto-West Germanic *skōlu, from Late Latin schola, scola (“learned discussion or dissertation, lecture, school”), from Ancient Greek σχολή (skholḗ, “spare time, leisure”), from Proto-Indo-European *seǵʰ- (“to hold, have, possess”). Doublet of schola and shul.
2. Compare Old Frisian skūle, schūle (“school”) (West Frisian skoalle, Saterland Frisian Skoule), Dutch school (“school”), Low German School (“school”), Old High German scuola (“school”), German Schule (“school”), Old Norse skóli (“school”).
3. Influenced in some senses by Middle English schole (“group of persons, host, company”), from Middle Dutch scole (“multitude, troop, band”). See school (“group”). Related also to Old High German sigi (German Sieg, “victory”), Old English siġe, sigor (“victory”). See: Frisian, Saterlandic 'Skoule'.
Verbs referencing "school"
Tok Pisin skul, Tok Pisin skulim.
Sample Sentences
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Many future prime ministers were schooled in Eton.
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I tooke delights / In plucking Apples from t’Heſperian Trees, / Which Eating, I grew Learn’d: adde to All theſe / My Priuate Readings, which more School’d my Soule, / Then Tutors, when they ſternliest did Controll / With Frownes or Rods: […] [1620, Tho[mas] Dekker, “The Worme of Conscience”, in Dekker His Dreame. In Which, Beeing Rapt with a Poeticall Enthusiasme, the Great Volumes of Heauen and Hell to Him Were Opened, in Which He Read Many Wonderfull Things., London: Nicholas Okes, →OCLC, page 35:]
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A blind law graduate who put the National Conference of Bar Examiners to the test got schooled in federal court. [1998 April 13, Leigh Jones, “National Bar Exam Methods Win in ADA Regulation Test”, in The Journal Record:]
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Two weeks later, the Cornhuskers put on their road whites again and promptly got schooled by miserable Iowa State in Ames. After the shocking loss […] [2006, Steve Smith, Forever Red: Confessions of a Cornhusker Football Fan, page 67:]
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"You again?" Sandman demanded. "I guess you didn't learn your lesson."
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"This time I'm gonna school you." [2007, Peter David, Alvin Sargent, Spider-Man 3, Simon and Schuster, →ISBN, page 216:]
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Mr. Harris said he was confident he could go toe to toe with any skeptic; he bragged that he’d recently schooled some crypto haters from Vice News. [2022 March 31, David Yaffe-Bellany, “Ben McKenzie Would Like a Word With the Crypto Bros”, in The New York Times, →ISSN:]
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The speech dwindled to a halt and there was a smattering of applause from a gathering that was glad just to have been schooled for admitting migrants into their country and backing renewable energy, rather than witnessing a full-on declaration of war on the stage in front of them. [2026 January 21, Julian Borger, “Trump’s rambling Davos speech rehashes warped ideas of US supremacy”, in The Guardian, →ISSN:]
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She took care to school her expression, not giving away any of her feelings.