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schooling

schooling

64 1.3
Learning a person gets at school
  • noun
  • /ˈskuːlɪŋ/
translation icon : educación
  • Technology introduced a new dimension of relevance that made a difference in the schooling experience of otherwise disengaged students.
  • formal schooling
  • years of schooling
  • schooling experience

As Mark Twain said, I do not want my schooling to interfere with my education.

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Examples

  • Are you sure there were no questions about your schooling?

  • Public education has not experienced a shortage of initiatives focused on improving schooling in the United States.

    Academic text (2015)
  • But you know, what was schooling like for you?

  • I want successful schooling for sure.

  • How much would it cost to get an additional year of schooling from all of these different programs?

  • Or should I be really paying cash for the rest of his schooling that he has?

  • And but we lost this connection through all this schooling and too much thinking, thinking, thinking.

  • How would that change how we work through our schooling and family and all of these things.

  • Younger children and children with no prior schooling experiences may not perform well on this task.

    Academic text (2013)
  • After two years of schooling, she felt more prepared for university.

Synonyms

education
vsschooling
572 1.0

The work of teaching students in schools or universities

is the process of receiving formal lessons at school rather than the profession
learning
vsschooling
508 1.0

Getting knowledge and skills from study, experience, or teaching

is the formal, school-based way of receiving knowledge rather than general acquisition
instruction
vsschooling
141 1.9

Teaching or training given to help someone learn a skill

is the process of being taught mainly within school institutions

How Educated

schooling
64 1.3

Surface Forms

schooling singular
schoolings plural

Morphology

schooling = school (transparent) = school + ing

The word is a regular -ing noun built from the verb 'school', and the meaning 'process of being taught' is directly recoverable from that base.

Etymology

Schooling comes from school, an old word that meant 'a place to learn'. So schooling is the process of being taught at a school.