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Meaning of "schoolchild" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF SCHOOLCHILD

schoolchild  [ˈskuːltʃaɪld] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF SCHOOLCHILD

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verb
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conjunction
determiner
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Schoolchild 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 SCHOOLCHILD MEAN IN ENGLISH?

schoolchild

Child

Biologically, a child is generally a human between the stages of birth and puberty. The legal definition of child generally refers to a minor, otherwise known as a person younger than the age of majority. Child may also describe a relationship with a parent or, metaphorically, an authority figure, or signify group membership in a clan, tribe, or religion; it can also signify being strongly affected by a specific time, place, or circumstance, as in "a child of nature" or "a child of the Sixties". There are many social issues that affect children, such as childhood education, bullying, child poverty, dysfunctional families and in developing countries, hunger. Children can be raised by parents, in a foster care or similar supervised arrangement, guardians or partially raised in a day care center.

Definition of schoolchild in the English dictionary

The definition of schoolchild in the dictionary is a child who attends primary school. Other definition of schoolchild is a child who attends secondary school.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH SCHOOLCHILD


brainchild
ˈbreɪnˌtʃaɪld
child
tʃaɪld
childe
tʃaɪld
exiled
ˈeksaɪld
Fylde
faɪld
godchild
ˈɡɒdˌtʃaɪld
grandchild
ˈɡrænˌtʃaɪld
great-grandchild
ˌɡreɪtˈɡræntʃaɪld
man-child
ˈmænˌtʃaɪld
merchild
ˈmɜːˌtʃaɪld
mild
maɪld
moonchild
ˈmuːnˌtʃaɪld
Rothschild
ˈrɒθtʃaɪld
stepchild
ˈstɛpˌtʃaɪld
tiled
ˈtaɪld
twichild
ˈtwaɪˌtʃaɪld
unchild
ʌnˈtʃaɪld
unfiled
ʌnˈfaɪld
wild
waɪld
Wilde
waɪld

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE SCHOOLCHILD

school-age children
school-gate mum
school-leaver
school-leaving
school-leaving age
schoolbag
schoolbook
schoolboy
schoolboy crush
schoolboyish
schoolchildren
schoolcraft
schoolday
schooldays
schoole
schoolery
schoolfellow
schoolgirl
schoolgirl complexion
schoolgirl crush

WORDS THAT END LIKE SCHOOLCHILD

an overgrown child
Brunhild
Brynhild
Christ Child
exceptional child
feral child
foster child
get with child
inner child
Kriemhild
latchkey child
love child
Moon Child
only child
poster child
quick with child
school-age child
street child
wild child
with child

Synonyms and antonyms of schoolchild in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «schoolchild» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF SCHOOLCHILD

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

Translator English - Chinese

小学生
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

alumno
570 millions of speakers

English

schoolchild
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

स्कूली बच्चे
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

تلميذ
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

школьник
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

aluno de colégio
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

schoolchild
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

élève
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Anak sekolah
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Schüler
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

学童
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

어린 학생들
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Bocah sekolah
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

schoolchild
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

schoolchild
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

बालवाडी
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

Okul çocuğu
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

scolaro
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

uczeń
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

школяр
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

elev
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

μαθητής
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

skoolkind
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

skolbarn
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

school
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of schoolchild

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «SCHOOLCHILD»

The term «schoolchild» is regularly used and occupies the 75.177 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «SCHOOLCHILD» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «schoolchild» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «schoolchild» 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 schoolchild

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «SCHOOLCHILD»

Discover the use of schoolchild in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to schoolchild and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
I Saw Esau: The Schoolchild's Pocket Book
A collection of rhymes and riddles traditionally passed on orally from child to child.
Iona Opie, Peter Opie, 2012
2
Martian in the Playground: Understanding the Schoolchild ...
This book holds insights that take us beyond the standard guidance on how to manage autistic spectrum disorder. It challenges the way we might handle obsessional behaviour.
Clare Sainsbury, 2009
3
The Disabled Schoolchild: A Study of Integration in Primary ...
A Study of Integration in Primary Schools Elizabeth Marian Anderson. * The Disabled Schoolchild jS&* ^ 1 THE DISABLED SCHOOLCHILD A study of integration in primary.
Elizabeth Marian Anderson, 1973
4
The Victorian and Edwardian Schoolchild
Of great interest to students and social and educational historians, this book will also prove engrossing to the general reader.
Pamela Horn, 2010
5
You Wouldn't Want to Be a Victorian Schoolchild!: Lessons ...
An entertaining and informative series which explores the more grisly aspects of life in the past.
John Malam, David Salariya, 2001
6
America's (Math) Education Crisis: Why We Have It and Why We ...
Granted, a schoolchild can just ‚walk off into the sunset‛ while an inmate cannot, but practically speaking, where is the child to go? As described, most children don't stray more than a few blocks from their home since that is all they know.
Larry Zafran, 2010
7
Medieval Literature for Children
9. A. Schoolchild's. Primer. (Plimpton. MS. 258). PAUL ACKER C. A. Martin, in an article discussing Middle English manuals of religious instruction, has proposed a classifying scheme for such manuals based on manuscript contexts.
Daniel T. Kline, 2003
8
Literary Voice: The Calling of Jonah
Every Polish schoolchild absorbs without instruction the national anthem with its negative syntax, "Poland Is Not Yet Lost," and every Polish schoolchild is made to memorize the opening, "O Lithuania!" of the national epic, Pan Tadeusz (1834), ...
Donald Wesling, Tadeusz Sławek, 1995
9
Visual Pedagogy: Media Cultures in and beyond the Classroom
7 The idea that computer access is every U.S. schoolchild's right—that this is something ''we know, purely and simply''—came into its own in the 1990s. By the end of the decade, media and communications technology had become ubiquitous ...
Brian Goldfarb, 2002
10
The Developmental Psychology of Music
Musical. development. in. the. schoolchild. The previous chapter led to the clear conclusion that by the age of six or seven, children possess many of the fundamental skills required for full-scale musical perception and performance. Gardner ...
David J. Hargreaves, 1986

7 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «SCHOOLCHILD»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term schoolchild is used in the context of the following news items.
1
Bus carrying British schoolchildren crashes in Belgium
BRUSSELS (AP) — A bus carrying British schoolchildren has gone off the highway and overturned near the Belgian coast. The mayor of Middelkerke, Janna ... «USA TODAY, Jun 15»
2
Cornwall's newest daffodil named by Falmouth schoolchild
Alfie Eustace's suggestion was chosen for the flower, created by daffodil grower Ron Scamp over the last decade. The youngster, from St Mary's School, was ... «West Briton, Mar 15»
3
It's too easy to opt your schoolchild out of immunization in …
Pennsylvania law requires that students in kindergarten through 12th grade have a state-mandated set of immunizations before they may attend school. «LancasterOnline, Feb 15»
4
Blundering council sends taxi for disabled schoolchild - just days …
The grieving family of a severely disabled schoolgirl were stunned when a taxi arrived to pick up their daughter just days after she died. Blundering town hall ... «Mirror.co.uk, Sep 14»
5
Schoolchild misspells cinnamon as semen in hilarious spelling …
When this six-year-old tried to spell 'cinnamon' they inadvertently made a joke that was far beyond their years. Amazingly the teacher managed to compose ... «Metro, Aug 14»
6
Schoolchild on sinking South Korean ferry sends text message to …
JINDO, South Korea (Reuters) - People are still alive in a capsized South Korean ferry, the father of one of the schoolchildren trapped inside the upturned ship ... «Yahoo News, Apr 14»
7
Trump on CNBC: Putin's 'Amazingly Well-Written' Op-Ed Made …
He said Putin looks like the professor and Obama's a small “schoolchild.” ADVERTISING. Trump kept piling on Obama, noting how no matter what he seems to ... «Mediaite, Sep 13»

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