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Meaning of "school playground" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF SCHOOL PLAYGROUND

school playground  [skuːl ˈpleɪˌɡraʊnd] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF SCHOOL PLAYGROUND

noun
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pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
School playground is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES SCHOOL PLAYGROUND MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of school playground in the English dictionary

The definition of school playground in the dictionary is the large open area with a hard surface just outside a school building, where the schoolchildren can play and do other activities.


WORDS THAT RHYME WITH SCHOOL PLAYGROUND


above-ground
əˌbʌvˈɡraʊnd
aground
əˈɡraʊnd
air-to-ground
ˈɛətəˌɡraʊnd
around
əˈraʊnd
background
ˈbækˌɡraʊnd
battleground
ˈbætəlɡraʊnd
belowground
bɪˈləʊˌɡraʊnd
campground
ˈkæmpɡraʊnd
fairground
ˈfɛəˌɡraʊnd
foreground
ˈfɔːˌɡraʊnd
ground
ɡraʊnd
ground-to-ground
ˌɡraʊndtəˈɡraʊnd
inground
ɪnˈɡraʊnd
overground
ˈəʊvəˌɡraʊnd
playground
ˈpleɪˌɡraʊnd
round
raʊnd
showground
ˈʃəʊˌɡraʊnd
stoneground
ˈstəʊnˌɡraʊnd
underground
ˈʌndəˌɡraʊnd
unground
ʌnˈɡraʊnd

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE SCHOOL PLAYGROUND

school life
school lunch
school meal
school medical officer
school milk
school night
school of arts
school of motoring
school outing
school phobia
school prawn
school record
school report
school run
school shark
school ship
school song
school superintendent
school teaching
school time

WORDS THAT END LIKE SCHOOL PLAYGROUND

above ground
all-around
all-round
all year round
all-year-round
bound
break new ground
fall to the ground
get around
get off the ground
go around
go round
into the ground
shop around
the high ground
the underground
thin on the ground
to the ground
turnaround
workaround
year-round

Synonyms and antonyms of school playground in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «school playground» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF SCHOOL PLAYGROUND

Find out the translation of school playground to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of school playground from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «school playground» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

学校的操场
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

patio de la escuela
570 millions of speakers

English

school playground
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

स्कूल में खेल का मैदान
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

ملعب المدرسة
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

школьном дворе
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

pátio da escola
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

স্কুল খেলার মাঠ
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

cour de l´école
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Taman permainan sekolah
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Schulhof
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

校庭
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

학교 운동장
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Sekolah playground
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

sân trường
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

பள்ளி விளையாட்டு மைதானம்
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

शाळेचे खेळाचे मैदान
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

Okul oyun alanı
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

cortile della scuola
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

szkoła plac zabaw
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

шкільному подвір´ї
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

loc de joaca școală
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

παιδική χαρά του σχολείου
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

skool speelgrond
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

skolgården
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

skolegården
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of school playground

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «SCHOOL PLAYGROUND»

The term «school playground» is regularly used and occupies the 107.437 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «SCHOOL PLAYGROUND» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «school playground» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «school playground» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about school playground

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «SCHOOL PLAYGROUND»

Discover the use of school playground in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to school playground and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
Playing for keeps: life and learning on a public school ...
We need this book more than ever---bursting as it is with the words of children and with their sense of mystery, spontaneity, and sheer jubilation.
Deborah Meier, Brenda S. Engel, Beth Taylor, 2010
2
Play today in the primary school playground: life, learning, ...
This book examines the free play of children in middle childhood, exploring their actual play activities in the school playground.
Julia C. Bishop, Mavis Curtis, 2001
3
Study Of The Nature, Incidence, And Consequences Of ...
... reduced school playground injury rates. Given this initiative, ADHS has provided funding for the development and implementation of prevention or intervention programs that could be implemented statewide such as: a video for schools to ...
DIANE Publishing Company, 1996
4
School Recess and Playground Behavior: Educational and ...
While much of this work concerns children on playgrounds, not in school settings specifically, a number of school playground studies do exist and they will be the focus of this section. The studies reviewed vary in terms of specificity of the ...
Anthony D. Pellegrini, 1995
5
Report of the Commissioners of the District of Columbia
Con. Expended. Balances. Lovejoy School playground Ludlow School: Garden Playground McKinlev High School: Biological laboratory Chemical laboratory Physics department Print shop ...... School fund Tech Life Tech Year Book Madison ...
District of Columbia. Board of Commissioners, 1920
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Report
Lovejoy School playground Ludlow School: Garden Playground McKinlev Hiuh School: Biological laboratory Chemical laboratory Physics department Print shop School fund Tech Life Tech Year Hook Madison School playground Magruder ...
District of Columbia. Board of Education, 1920
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Report of the Board of Education to the Commissioners of the ...
Lovejoy School playground Ludlow School: Garden Playground McKinley High School: Biological laboratory Chemical laboratory Physics department Print shop School fund Tech Life Tech Year Hook Madison School playground Magruder ...
District of Columbia. Board of Education, 1920
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Annual Report of the Commissioners of the District of Columbia
District of Columbia. Board of Commissioners. TABL1-.' 3.——l$'llO'll'l~7l{I receipts, ea-pcnditurcs, and balances of trust funds, etc.-C011. Balances. ~'; Loveioy School playground . . . . - . . $13. 79 Ludlow School: Garden .
District of Columbia. Board of Commissioners, 1920
9
Children and Their Primary Schools: A New Perspective
The Lessons of Playtime The lessons that children learn in the school playground are usually considered by them as far more important than those which take place in the classroom. And yet teachers rarely notice that their pupils social, ...
Andrew Pollard, 1987
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Annual Report of the Actions of the Board of Education for ...
26 65. 74 1, 113.3. 83 561. 43 65. 42 ........ .. . . . . . . . . . . . . 13.79 Balances. Receipts. Interest. a',',I;3:£,lle - l_ - _ - - Loveioy School playground . . . . . . . $13. 79 566. 32 ' . . . . . . . . - - $80.11 Ludlow School: Garden ................................. .. 94.78 .
District of Columbia. Board of Education, 1920

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «SCHOOL PLAYGROUND»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term school playground is used in the context of the following news items.
1
Pa. man shoots boy, 11, in heart with BB gun on school playground
A Pennsylvania man shot an 11-year-old boy with a BB gun on a playground outside Pittsburgh in retaliation for the child shooting the man's 5-year-old son, ... «New York Daily News, May 15»
2
Photos Capture The Joy On Playgrounds Around The World
That's what photographer James Mollison learned after spending five years photographing school playgrounds around the world. The project began in 2009, ... «NPR, May 15»
3
School playground no longer a mud bath thanks to community funds
A SCHOOL playground has been transformed from a mud bath into a safer space for youngsters. The playground at St Joseph's School was renovated after it ... «Bournemouth Echo, May 15»
4
Girl stabbed on school playground at Aspen Creek K-8 back home …
The 14-year-old girl stabbed on the playground at Aspen Creek K-8 School last week is out of the hospital and home recovering. The girl was stabbed in the ... «The Denver Channel, May 15»
5
Bat Found Near Fremont Elementary School Playground Tests …
The live, but sick bat was picked up by a dog near the playground at Niles Elementary School on Friday. The dog's owner took the bat to the Tri-City Animal ... «Patch.com, Mar 15»
6
Firefighters rescue dog stuck between storage containers at …
OCEANSIDE, Calif. - Firefighters on Sunday rescued a dog that became stuck between two storage containers at an Oceanside elementary school playground. «10News, Mar 15»
7
Tragic playground death teen Oisin McGrath has "given life" to five …
OISIN McGrath, who died on Thursday after sustaining critical injuries during an incident in his school playground, has saved the lives of five people through ... «Scottish Daily Record, Feb 15»
8
Murder probe after woman's body is found in school playground
The body of a woman, thought to be in her early 20s, was discovered by a police officer at Harlescott Junior School in Shrewsbury just before midnight yesterday ... «Metro, Jan 15»
9
Swing sets becoming scarce on school playgrounds
Swings, once the emblem of school playgrounds, are slowly disappearing, with only two swing sets remaining in Washington's second-largest school district. «The Spokesman Review, Oct 14»
10
Washington Town Bans Swings From School Playgrounds
Swings are being banned on school playgrounds in Richland, Washington, according to KEPR over fears of children getting injured and the schools having to ... «The Inquisitr, Oct 14»

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