Schooling

//ˈskuːlɪŋ// noun, verb

noun, verb ·Moderate ·College level

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    Training or instruction. countable, uncountable
  2. 2
    the act of teaching at school wordnet
  3. 3
    Institutional education; attendance of school. countable, uncountable

    "I never let my schooling interfere with my education."

  4. 4
    the training of an animal (especially the training of a horse for dressage) wordnet
  5. 5
    The training of a horse at dressage. countable, uncountable
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  1. 6
    the process of being formally educated at a school wordnet
  2. 7
    Discipline; reproof; reprimand. countable, obsolete, uncountable

    "He gave his son a good schooling."

  3. 8
    Compensation for instruction; price or reward paid to an instructor for teaching pupils. countable, obsolete, uncountable
Verb
  1. 1
    present participle and gerund of school form-of, gerund, participle, present

Synonyms

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book learningbooklorecatechizationcoachingdidacticsdirection

Example

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"The mandatory character of schooling is rarely analyzed in the multitude of works dedicated to the study of the various ways to develop within children the desire to learn."

Related phrases

flexi-schooling

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