Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

new school

Word Rarity Common

Frequency: Zipf frequency 5.60 in modern English

Syllables: new school
IPA

17

Scrabble Score

9

Letters

1

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A style, way of thinking, or method for accomplishing a task that is typical of the current era, as opposed to former eras.

Informal

adj

Of or pertaining to a new school style, way of thinking, or method.

Example Sentences

"Don't tell me that you understand until you hear the man / The book of the new school rap game / Writers treat me like Coltrane, insane"
"That means I fly rough early, plus, I know Tae Bo / That means I'm new-school, pop pills and stay in beef"

Usage

Informal

Inflected Forms

new schools (plural) newschool (alternative) new-school (alternative) new skool (alternative) newskool (alternative) more new school (comparative) most new school (superlative)

Antonyms

old school

Questions

What does new school mean?: A style, way of thinking, or method for accomplishing a task that is typical of the current era, as opposed to former eras.

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