Dictionary

tuition en · NOUN

Pronunciation

• /tjuːˈɪʃən/ (Received-Pronunciation)
• /tuˈɪʃən/ (Canada, General-American)
• (Southern-England) audio
• tyo͞o'shən
• /t͡ʃuːˈɪʃən/ (Received-Pronunciation)
• /ˈtjuːʃən/ (India, Malaysia, Singapore)
• tyo͞oĭ'shən
• /t͡ʃʉːˈɪʃən/ (Australia)
• to͞oĭ'shən
• /tjʉːˈɪʃən/ (Australia)

Etymology

From Anglo-Norman tuycioun, from Old French tuicion, from Latin tuitiō (“guard, protection, defense”), from tuēri (“to watch, guard, see, observe”). Compare intuition, tutor.

Meanings

1. (Ireland, UK, countable, uncountable) The training or instruction provided by a teacher or tutor.
   • 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.[…]There are no inspectors, no exams until the age of 18, no school league tables, no private tuition industry, no school uniforms. […] 2013 July 19, Peter Wilby, “Finland spreads word on schools”, in The Guardian Weekly, volume 189, number 6, page 30:
2. (Australia, India, Malaysia, Singapore, countable, uncountable) Paid private classes taken outside of formal education; tutoring. (also used attributively)
   • tuition classes
   • Tuition in the past was like taking medicine and you sent children for it only if they were doing poorly in a subject. 2021 August 18, Qiu Guanhua, “Forum: Heavy reliance on tuition to boost performance is not healthy”, in The Straits Times, Singapore, archived from the original on 28 Dec 2022:
3. (Canada, Philippines, US, countable, uncountable) A sum of money paid for instruction (such as in a private school, boarding school, university, or college).
   • The school's tuition will increase by five percent next year.
4. (archaic, countable, uncountable) Care, guardianship.
   • BENEDICK. I have almost matter enough in me for such an embassage; and so I commit you— CLAUDIO. To the tuition of God: from my house, if I had it,— DON PEDRO. The sixth of July: your loving friend, Benedick. BENEDICK. Nay, mock not, mock not. 1598–1599 (first performance), William Shakespeare, “Much Adoe about Nothing”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act I, scene i]:

Forms

Deriveds

nontuition · tuition centre · tuitional · tuition fees · tuitionary

Relateds

tutorial · tutelary · tutelage · tutor · tutelar

Synonyms

tuition fees

Translations (55)

tr öğrenim ücreti (sum of money paid for instruction) · pl korepetycje (training or instruction provided by a teacher or tutor) · pt propina (sum of money paid for instruction) · cs školné (sum of money paid for instruction) · sv undervisning (training or instruction provided by a teacher or tutor) · es matrícula (sum of money paid for instruction) · ga teagasc (training or instruction provided by a teacher or tutor) · nl collegegeld (sum of money paid for instruction) · cmn 補習 /补习 (training or instruction provided by a teacher or tutor) · sv undervisningsavgift (sum of money paid for instruction) · de Studiengebühr (sum of money paid for instruction) · ja 教育 (training or instruction provided by a teacher or tutor) · nl studietoelage (sum of money paid for instruction) · fr frais d'inscription (sum of money paid for instruction) · de Tutorium (training or instruction provided by a teacher or tutor) · sv handledning (training or instruction provided by a teacher or tutor) · pl czesne (sum of money paid for instruction) · nl toelage (sum of money paid for instruction) · ko 학비 (sum of money paid for instruction) · tl matrikula (sum of money paid for instruction) · ko 교육 (training or instruction provided by a teacher or tutor) · sv undervisningsarvode (sum of money paid for instruction) · ru обуче́ние (training or instruction provided by a teacher or tutor) · ru заня́тия (training or instruction provided by a teacher or tutor) · tl tuwisyon (sum of money paid for instruction) · hu tandíj (sum of money paid for instruction) · pt tutelagem (training or instruction provided by a teacher or tutor) · cmn 學費 /学费 (sum of money paid for instruction) · fr cours (training or instruction provided by a teacher or tutor) · fi lukukausimaksu (sum of money paid for instruction) · mr शिकवणी (training or instruction provided by a teacher or tutor) · fi opetus (training or instruction provided by a teacher or tutor) · gd teagasg (training or instruction provided by a teacher or tutor) · az təhsil haqqı (sum of money paid for instruction) · nl bijscholing (training or instruction provided by a teacher or tutor) · fr frais de scolarité (sum of money paid for instruction) · ru пла́та за обуче́ние (sum of money paid for instruction) · el δίδακτρα (sum of money paid for instruction) · es colegiatura (sum of money paid for instruction) · cmn 講課 /讲课 (training or instruction provided by a teacher or tutor) · sw masomo ya ziada (sum of money paid for instruction) · es clases (training or instruction provided by a teacher or tutor) · bg обучение (training or instruction provided by a teacher or tutor) · it retta (sum of money paid for instruction) · fi tukiopetus (training or instruction provided by a teacher or tutor) · ja 学費 (sum of money paid for instruction) · de Unterrichtsgebühr (sum of money paid for instruction) · fr minerval (sum of money paid for instruction) · nl bijles (training or instruction provided by a teacher or tutor) · nl studiegeld (sum of money paid for instruction) · ja 授業料 (sum of money paid for instruction) · de Unterricht (training or instruction provided by a teacher or tutor) · es tutoría (training or instruction provided by a teacher or tutor) · fi koulumaksu (sum of money paid for instruction) · es enseñanza (training or instruction provided by a teacher or tutor)