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Schooling has 5 different meanings across 1 category:

Noun

Definitions
Noun
1

the act of teaching at school

"The teacher spent the afternoon helping students catch up on their schooling after they missed several weeks due to illness."

2

the process of being formally educated at a school

"what will you do when you finish school?"

3

the training of an animal (especially the training of a horse for dressage)

"The young horse required several months of schooling before it could successfully perform complex dressage movements."

4

Training or instruction.

"The new pilot received extensive schooling before being cleared to fly solo missions."

Verb
1

present participle of school

"The fish swim together in their daily schooling patterns across the open ocean."

In plain English: To school something means to train it by teaching and guiding its behavior over time.

"The parents are currently schooling their children at home instead of sending them to public classes."

Example Sentences
"The parents are currently schooling their children at home instead of sending them to public classes." verb
"The parents were trying to school their children in good manners during dinner." verb
"She spent the summer schooling herself by reading books on history and science." verb
"It takes years of schooling to become an expert at playing the piano well." verb
Related Terms
Broader Terms (hypernyms)
teaching education training
Rhyming Words
ing ging ying sing ling xing ting zing fing hing qing ving ring jing ping king ning oing ding ming
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