"new school" meaning in English

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Adjective

Audio: En-au-new school.ogg Forms: more new school [comparative], most new school [superlative]
Head templates: {{en-adj}} new school (comparative more new school, superlative most new school)
  1. Of or pertaining to a new school style, way of thinking, or method. Synonyms: newschool, new-school, new skool, newskool
    Sense id: en-new_school-en-adj-F-Q9drMb

Noun

Audio: En-au-new school.ogg Forms: new schools [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} new school (plural new schools)
  1. (informal, also attributive, idiomatic) A style, way of thinking, or method for accomplishing a task that is typical of the current era, as opposed to former eras. Tags: also, attributive, idiomatic, informal
    Sense id: en-new_school-en-noun-d5kdUYXg Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 43 57 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 43 57 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 44 56

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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