school of thought in the Oxford-Hachette French Dictionary

Translations for school of thought in the English»French Dictionary

I.thought [Brit θɔːt, Am θɔt] VB pt VB pp

thought → think

II.thought [Brit θɔːt, Am θɔt] N

See also think

I.think [Brit θɪŋk, Am θɪŋk] N

II.think <pret, pp thought> [Brit θɪŋk, Am θɪŋk] VB trans

1. think (hold view, believe):

2. think (imagine):

3. think (have thought, idea):

III.think <pret, pp thought> [Brit θɪŋk, Am θɪŋk] VB intr

1. think (engage in thought):

I.think [Brit θɪŋk, Am θɪŋk] N

II.think <pret, pp thought> [Brit θɪŋk, Am θɪŋk] VB trans

1. think (hold view, believe):

2. think (imagine):

3. think (have thought, idea):

III.think <pret, pp thought> [Brit θɪŋk, Am θɪŋk] VB intr

1. think (engage in thought):

I.school [Brit skuːl, Am skul] N

1. school SCHOOL:

III.to school oneself in VB refl

I.course [Brit kɔːs, Am kɔrs] N

2. course (route):

cap m
to be on or hold or steer a course AVIAT, NAUT
to change course AVIAT, NAUT
to set (a) course for AVIAT, NAUT

II.course [Brit kɔːs, Am kɔrs] VB trans HUNT

III.course [Brit kɔːs, Am kɔrs] VB intr

of [Brit ɒv, (ə)v, Am əv] PREP

See also late, old

I.late [Brit leɪt, Am leɪt] ADJ

1. late (after expected time):

tardif/-ive

2. late (towards end of day, season, life etc):

tardif/-ive
tardif/-ive

II.late [Brit leɪt, Am leɪt] ADV

2. late (towards end of time period):

à tout à l'heure!

I.old [Brit əʊld, Am oʊld] N The irregular form vieil of the adjective vieux/vieille is used before masculine nouns beginning with a vowel or a mute ‘h’.

III.old [Brit əʊld, Am oʊld] ADJ

2. old (of a particular age):

I.all [Brit ɔːl, Am ɔl] PRON

1. all (everything):

II.all [Brit ɔːl, Am ɔl] DET

III.all [Brit ɔːl, Am ɔl] ADV

IV.all [Brit ɔːl, Am ɔl] N

2. all+ (in the highest degree) → all-consuming

XVI.all [Brit ɔːl, Am ɔl]

it's all go inf here! Brit
it's all up with us inf Brit
all in Brit sl
all in Brit sl

See also worst, thing, place, people, best, bad, all-important, all-embracing, all-consuming

I.worst [Brit wəːst, Am wərst] N

1. worst (most difficult, unpleasant):

le/la pire m/f

II.worst [Brit wəːst, Am wərst] ADJ superlative of bad

III.worst [Brit wəːst, Am wərst] ADV

IV.worst [Brit wəːst, Am wərst] VB trans form

I.thing [Brit θɪŋ, Am θɪŋ] N

1. thing (object):

truc m inf
à quoi sert ce truc? inf

2. thing (action, task, event):

3. thing (matter, fact):

the thing is, (that) …
ce qu'il y a, c'est que
ce qu'il y a de bien, c'est que

2. things (situation, circumstances, matters):

III.thing [Brit θɪŋ, Am θɪŋ]

to make a big thing (out) of it inf

I.place [Brit pleɪs, Am pleɪs] N

1. place (location, position):

2. place (town, hotel etc):

IV.place [Brit pleɪs, Am pleɪs] VB trans

I.people [Brit ˈpiːp(ə)l, Am ˈpipəl] N (nation) gens is masculine plural and never countable (you CANNOT say ‘trois gens’). When used with gens, some adjectives such as vieux, bon, mauvais, petit, vilain placed before gens take the feminine form: les vieilles gens.

II.people [Brit ˈpiːp(ə)l, Am ˈpipəl] N npl

1. people:

gens mpl

III.people [Brit ˈpiːp(ə)l, Am ˈpipəl] VB trans liter

I.best [Brit bɛst, Am bɛst] N

II.best [Brit bɛst, Am bɛst] ADJ superlative of good

1. best (most excellent or pleasing):

III.best [Brit bɛst, Am bɛst] ADV

best superlative of well

IV.best [Brit bɛst, Am bɛst] VB trans (defeat, outdo)

II.bad <comp worse, superl worst> [Brit bad, Am bæd] ADJ

1. bad (poor, inferior, incompetent, unacceptable):

bad attr joke
not bad inf

III.bad [Brit bad, Am bæd] ADV inf esp Am

I.late [Brit leɪt, Am leɪt] ADJ

1. late (after expected time):

tardif/-ive

2. late (towards end of day, season, life etc):

tardif/-ive
tardif/-ive

II.late [Brit leɪt, Am leɪt] ADV

2. late (towards end of time period):

à tout à l'heure!

school of thought in the PONS Dictionary

Translations for school of thought in the English»French Dictionary

I.thought [θɔ:t, Am θɑ:t] VB

thought pp, pt of think

II.thought [θɔ:t, Am θɑ:t] N

See also think

I.think <thought, thought> [θɪŋk] VB intr

II.think <thought, thought> [θɪŋk] VB trans

I.think <thought, thought> [θɪŋk] VB intr

II.think <thought, thought> [θɪŋk] VB trans

of [əv, stressed: ɒv] PREP

school of thought Glossary « Intégration et égalité des chances » courtesy of the French-German Youth Office

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Monolingual examples (not verified by PONS Editors)

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With round the corner kick, one school of thought is that rugby players adopted this style from soccer.
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This school of thought holds that sovereign rights and immunities are not absolute.
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According to this school of thought, each ethnic group has a distinct worldview that is incommensurable with the worldviews of other groups.
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Advocates of this school of thought point out that words are cheap.
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Adherents of this school of thought recommend that the best way to fight poverty is not through government spending but through economic growth.
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There is also a (minority) school of thought that two authors contributed to the three versions of the poem.
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Three leading types of definition of mathematics are called logicist, intuitionist, and formalist, each reflecting a different philosophical school of thought.
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One school of thought is to make as many connections as possible without adding extra wire.
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Specifically, the debate ranges between the privately held, expansionist and free market school of thought against a public oriented, protectionist and conservation camp.
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Restoration was the conservationist school of thought that believed historic buildings could be improved, and sometimes even completed, using current day materials, design, and techniques.
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