Tuition

//tjuːˈɪʃən// noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    The training or instruction provided by a teacher or tutor. Ireland, UK, countable, uncountable

    "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. […]"

  2. 2
    teaching pupils individually (usually by a tutor hired privately) wordnet
  3. 3
    Paid private classes taken outside of formal education; tutoring. (also used attributively) Australia, India, Malaysia, Singapore, countable, uncountable

    "tuition classes"

  4. 4
    a fee paid for instruction (especially for higher education) wordnet
  5. 5
    A sum of money paid for instruction (such as in a private school, boarding school, university, or college). Canada, Philippines, US, countable, uncountable

    "The school’s tuition will increase by five percent next year."

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  1. 6
    Care, guardianship. archaic, countable, uncountable

    "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."

Etymology

From Old French [Term?], from Latin tuitiō (“guard, protection, defense”), from tuēri (“to watch, guard, see, observe”). Compare intuition, tutor.

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