Past tense of school
regular verb
The past tense of school is schooled. The past participle is also schooled.
Forms of school
| Base form (V1) | school /skuːl/ |
|---|---|
| Past tense (V2) | schooled |
| Past participle (V3) | schooled |
| Present participle | schooling /ˈskuːlɪŋ/ |
| Third person singular | schools /skuːlz/ |
Schooled in a sentence
- Many future prime ministers were schooled in Eton.
- A blind law graduate who put the National Conference of Bar Examiners to the test got schooled in federal court.1998 April 13, Leigh Jones, “National Bar Exam Methods Win in ADA Regulation Test”, in The Journal Record
- All us boys were schooled in using the space-toilets, taking a space-shower, and brushing your space-teeth.2023, Christopher P. Menkhaus, “It’s Not a War”, in I Was a Teenage MILAB: A Novel, [Indianapolis, Ind.]: TimeAlpha Media, →ISBN, section ii. From the entry lavatorium
- The Personage, his face schooled to stoniness, never under any circumstances responded to the smile—these were superior and smileproof beings.2016, Gladys Malvern, Curtain Going Up!: The Story of Katharine Cornell. From the entry smileproof
- The person with whom you speak may be well schooled in the "check is in the mail" run-around.1997, Jeff Davidson, The Complete Idiot's Guide to Assertiveness, page 306. From the entry check is in the mail
Meaning of school
- noun An institution dedicated to teaching and learning; an educational institution.
- noun An educational institution providing primary and secondary education, prior to tertiary education (college or university).
- noun At Eton College, a period or session of teaching.
Questions about the past tense of school
- What is the past tense of school?
- The past tense of school is schooled.
- What is the past participle of school?
- The past participle of school is schooled.
- Is school a regular or irregular verb?
- School is a regular verb: its past tense adds -ed.
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: school (page history and authors) and the entries of its forms. Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws left out forms marked obsolete, archaic, rare or dialectal and added the examples. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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