schooling en · NOUN
Pronunciation
- /ˈskuːlɪŋ/
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Meanings
- (countable, uncountable) Training or instruction.
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(countable, uncountable) Institutional education; attendance of school.
I never let my schooling interfere with my education.
Imagine a country where children do nothing but play until they start compulsory schooling at age seven. Then, without exception, they attend comprehensives until the age of 16. Charging school fees is illegal, and so is sorting pupils into ability groups by streaming or setting.
2013 July 19, Peter Wilby, “Finland spreads word on schools”, in The Guardian Weekly, volume 189, number 6, page 30:
- (countable, uncountable) The training of a horse at dressage.
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(countable, obsolete, uncountable) Discipline; reproof; reprimand.
[…] I thought the schooling as severe as the case merited, […]
1817 December 31 (indicated as 1818), [Walter Scott], chapter XIII, in Rob Roy. […], volume I, Edinburgh: […] James Ballantyne and Co. for Archibald Constable and Co. […]; London: Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, and Brown, →OCLC, page 295:He gave his son a good schooling.
- (countable, obsolete, uncountable) Compensation for instruction; price or reward paid to an instructor for teaching pupils.
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| schoolings | Number=Plur | lexicographic |
Deriveds
flexi-schooling · homeschooling
Translations (32)
ar تَدْرِيس (training or instruction) · ro educație (training or instruction) · mn сургуулилалт (training or instruction) · fi koulutus (institutional education) · de Einschulung (institutional education) · nb skolegang (institutional education) · gl escolarización (institutional education) · mi kuranga (training or instruction) · gl educación (training or instruction) · pl szkolenie (institutional education) · nn skolegang (institutional education) · ro învățătură (training or instruction) · fi koulutus (training of horse) · es escolarización (institutional education) · pl szkolenie (training or instruction) · fi koulutus (training or instruction) · bg дресировка (training of horse) · ro școlarizare (training or instruction) · pt escolarização (institutional education) · pdt Belia (institutional education) · ru обуче́ние (training or instruction) · ar تَعْلِيم (training or instruction) · it scolarizzazione (institutional education) · ru образова́ние (training or instruction) · mk школување (training or instruction) · fr scolarisation (institutional education) · bn তালিম (training or instruction) · bg образование (institutional education) · pdt Belia (training or instruction) · bg обучение (training or instruction) · nn skulegang (institutional education) · ro instruire (training or instruction)