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View synonyms for schooling

schooling

[ skoo-ling ]

noun

  1. the process of being taught in a school.
  2. instruction, education, or training, especially when received in a school.
  3. the act of teaching.
  4. Archaic. a reprimand.


schooling

/ ˈskuːlɪŋ /

noun

  1. education, esp when received at school
  2. the process of teaching or being taught in a school
  3. the training of an animal, esp of a horse for dressage
  4. an archaic word for reprimand
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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  • non·schooling noun
  • self-schooling adjective noun
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Word History and Origins

Origin of schooling1

First recorded in 1400–50, schooling is from the late Middle English word scoling. See school 1, -ing 1
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Example Sentences

Carvalho said district needs to be “watchful” as federal education decisions collide with state and local schooling authorities.

Her analysis suggests that letting teacher numbers fall could free up funds - up to £500m per year by 2040 - either for other areas of schooling, or indeed for other badly-stretched budgets such as social care.

From BBC

Signed Jan. 29, Trump's most recent anti-DEI executive order sets out to end what the president described as "radical indoctrination in K-12 schooling" and restoring "patriotic education."

From Salon

Describing his schooling years as "tough", he says he's now "proud that we've given a safe space to people who felt like they were in the minority at school".

From BBC

Afghanistan is now the only country in the world where women and girls are prevented from accessing secondary and higher education - some one-and-a-half million have been deliberately deprived of schooling.

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