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As nouns the difference between school and center

is that school is a group of fish or a group of marine mammals such as porpoises, dolphins, or whales or school can be (us|canada)  an institution dedicated to teaching and learning; an educational institution while center is centre / center.

As a verb school

is (of fish) to form into, or travel in a school or school can be to educate, teach, or train (often, but not necessarily, in a school).

school

English

(wikipedia school)

Etymology 1

From (etyl) . More at .

Alternative forms

* (obsolete)

Noun

(en noun)
  • A group of fish or a group of marine mammals such as porpoises, dolphins, or whales.
    • The divers encountered a huge school of mackerel.
  • A multitude.
    • Synonyms
    * (fish) shoal

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • (of fish) To form into, or travel in a school.

    • Etymology 2

    From (etyl) scole, from (etyl) . Influenced in some senses by (etyl) .

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (US, Canada)  An institution dedicated to teaching and learning; an educational institution.
  • (British)  An educational institution providing primary and secondary education, prior to tertiary education (college or university).
  • * {{quote-magazine, date=2013-07-19, author= Mark Tran
    • , volume=189, issue=6, page=1, magazine=(The Guardian Weekly) , title= Denied an education by war , passage=One particularly damaging, but often ignored, effect of conflict on education is the proliferation of attacks on schools'
  • Within a larger educational institution, an organizational unit, such as a department or institute, which is dedicated to a specific subject area.
  • (considered collectively) The followers of a particular doctrine; a particular way of thinking or particular doctrine; a school of thought.
  • * {{quote-book, year=1963, author=(Margery Allingham), title=(The China Governess)
    • , chapter=3 citation , passage=Here the stripped panelling was warmly gold and the pictures, mostly of the English school , were mellow and gentle in the afternoon light.}}
  • * Jeremy Taylor
    • Let no man be less confident in his faith by reason of any difference in the several schools of Christians.
  • The time during which classes are attended or in session in an educational institution.
  • The room or hall in English universities where the examinations for degrees and honours are held.
  • The canons, precepts, or body of opinion or practice, sanctioned by the authority of a particular class or age.
    • He was a gentleman of the old school .
  • * A. S. Hardy
    • His face pale but striking, though not handsome after the schools .
    Synonyms
    * (institution dedicated to teaching and learning) academy, college, university * (organizational unity within an educational institution) college, department, further education college, institute * (group of fish) shoal
    Hyponyms
    * See also
    Derived terms
    * boarding school * comprehensive school * cram school * elementary school * grade school * grammar school * high school * infant school * junior high school * junior school * magnet school * middle school * nursery school * old school * prep school * primary school * private school * public school * school age * schoolbag * school band * schoolbook * schoolboy * schoolchild * school day * schoolfellow * schoolfriend * schoolgirl * school holidays * schoolma'am * schoolmaster * schoolmistress * school night * school’s out * schoolteacher * schoolwork * secondary modern school * secondary school * state school * Sunday school * tell tales out of school * upper school

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • To educate, teach, or train (often, but not necessarily, in a school.)
    • Many future prime ministers were schooled in Eton.
  • To defeat emphatically, to teach an opponent a harsh lesson.
  • * 1998 , Leigh Jones, "National bar exam methods win in ADA regulation test," , April 13,
    • A blind law graduate who put the National Conference of Bar Examiners to the test got schooled in federal court.
  • * {{quote-book, 2006, Steve Smith, Forever Red: Confessions Of A Cornhusker Football Fan, page=67
    • , passage=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
  • * 2007 , Peter David and Alvin Sargent, Spider-Man 3 , Simon and Schuster, ISBN 1416527214, pg. 216,
    • "You again?" Sandman demanded. "I guess you didn't learn your lesson."
    "This time I'm gonna school you."
  • To control, or compose, one's expression.
    • She took care to school her expression, not giving away any of her feelings.
    Derived terms
    * (l)

    See also

    * college * kindergarten * polytechnic * university *

    Statistics

    * English collective nouns 1000 English basic words ----

    center

    English

    Alternative forms

    * centre

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • The point in the interior of a circle or sphere that is equidistant from all points on the circumference.
  • * 1908 , , translating Euclid, Elements , III.9:
    • If a point be taken within a circle, and more than two equal straight lines fall from the point on the circle, the point taken is the centre of the circle.
  • * 2005 , David Adam, The Guardian , 4 Jun 2005:
    • Japanese scientists are to explore the centre of the Earth. Using a giant drill ship launched next month, the researchers aim to be the first to punch a hole through the rocky crust that covers our planet and to reach the mantle below.
  • The middle portion of something; the part well away from the edges.
  • (geometry) The point on a line that is midway between the ends.
  • (geometry) The point in the interior of any figure of any number of dimensions that has as its coordinates the arithmetic mean of the coordinates of all points on the perimeter of the figure (or of all points in the interior for a center of volume).
  • A place where some function or activity occurs.
    • shopping center
    convention center
  • A topic that is particularly important in a given context.
    • the center of the controversy
    the center of attention
  • (basketball) The player, generally the tallest, who plays closest to the basket.
  • (ice hockey) The forward that generally plays between the left wing and right wing and usually takes the faceoffs.
  • (American football) The person who holds the ball at the beginning of each play.
  • (Canadian football) The person who holds the ball at the beginning of each play.
  • (netball) A player who can go all over the court, except the shooting circles.
  • (soccer) A pass played into the centre of the pitch.
  • * {{quote-news
    • , year=2010 , date=December 28 , author=Owen Phillips , title=Sunderland 0 - 2 Blackpool , work=BBC citation , page= , passage=Bent twice sent efforts wide of the far post after cutting in from the left, Wellbeck missed his kick from an inviting centre and failed to get on the end of a looping pass when six yards out.}}
  • (rugby) One of the backs operating in a central area of the pitch, either the inside centre or outside centre.
  • * {{quote-news
    • , year=2011 , date=February 4 , author=Gareth Roberts , title=Wales 19-26 England , work=BBC citation , page= , passage=Gatland's side got back to within striking distance when fly-half Jones's clever pass sent centre Jonathan Davies arcing round Shontayne Hape.}}
  • (architecture) A temporary structure upon which the materials of a vault or arch are supported in position until the work becomes self-supporting.
  • (engineering) One of the two conical steel pins in a lathe, etc., upon which the work is held, and about which it revolves.
  • (engineering) A conical recess or indentation in the end of a shaft or other work, to receive the point of a center, on which the work can turn, as in a lathe.

    • Synonyms

    * (point on a line midway between the ends) midpoint * (point in the interior of figure with mean coordinates) centroid, center of gravity, center of mass

    Antonyms

    * periphery

    Derived terms

    * center of attention * center of curvature * center of gravity * center of inertia * center of lift * center of mass * center stage * centerpiece * community center * job center * music center * pleasure center * shopping center

    Adjective

    (-)
  • Of, at, or related to a center.

    • Synonyms

    * central

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • To cause (an object) to occupy the center of an area.
  • * Prior
    • Thy joys are centred all in me alone.
  • To cause (some attribute, such as a mood or voltage) to be adjusted to a value which is midway between the extremes.
  • To concentrate on (something), to pay close attention to (something).
  • (engineering) To form a recess or indentation for the reception of a center.

    • Related terms

    * central

    Usage notes

    The spelling centre is standard in UK English. In Canada it is typical in proper names, e.g. Toronto Centre for the Arts'', but "center" is also commonly used otherwise, e.g. ''shopping center'', ''center of town . Both spellings can be encountered even in the same text, e.g. in NHL hockey where there are many Canadian and US teams, reference might be made to the "center" forward position and a "centre" where a game is played. The indirect object of the intransitive verb is given the prepositions (on), (in), (at) or (around). (term) is primary used only in mathematical contexts. Merriam-Webster's Collegiate Dictionary observes that (term) is objected to by some people on the grounds that it is illogical, but states that it is an idiom, and thus that such objections are irrelevant. It offers (term) as an alternative to (term) for those who would avoid the idiom.

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