School

What “School” means

Noun

1. An institution dedicated to teaching and learning; an educational institution.
2. An educational institution providing primary and secondary education, prior to tertiary education (college or university).
3. At Eton College, a period or session of teaching.
4. Within a larger educational institution, an organizational unit, such as a department or institute, which is dedicated to a specific subject area.
5. An art movement, a community of artists.

Verb

1. To educate, teach, or train (often, but not necessarily, in a school).
2. To defeat emphatically, to teach an opponent a harsh lesson.
3. To control, or compose, one’s expression.

Noun

1. A group of fish or a group of marine mammals such as porpoises, dolphins, or whales.
2. A multitude.

Verb

1. To form into, or travel in, a school.

Where the word comes from

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. 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”). 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”).

From Middle English scole, schole (“group of persons, multitude, host, school of fish”), from Middle Dutch scole (“multitude, troop of people, swarm of animals”), from Old Dutch *scola, *skola (“troop, multitude”), from Proto-West Germanic *skulu (“troop, group”), from Proto-Indo-European *(s)kʷel- (“crowd, people”). Cognate with Middle Low German schōle (“multitude, troop”), Old English scolu (“troop or band of people, host, multitude, school of fish”). Doublet of shoal.

Business name ideas with “School”

Industries where “School” fits

We suggest this word for 9 business types and industries, including:

• All Other Miscellaneous Schools and Instruction
• Automobile Driving Schools
• Business and Secretarial Schools
• Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools
• Cosmetology and Barber Schools
• Elementary and Secondary Schools
• Language Schools
• Other Technical and Trade Schools
• School and Employee Bus Transportation