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schooltime

noun · 4 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

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  • CMU ARPABET: S K UW1 L T AY2 M Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

1

noun

Meaning 1

Time spent in school; classtime

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, uncountable

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

Time spent at school; schooldays

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, uncountable

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

3

noun

Meaning 3

the time of life when you are going to school

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: schooldays

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: time of life

4

noun

Meaning 4

the period of instruction in a school; the time period when school is in session

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • stay after school
  • he didn't miss a single day of school
  • when the school day was done we would walk home together

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: school, school day

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: time period, period of time, period

History

Etymology

From school + time.