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higher education

noun · 3 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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noun

Meaning 1

Education beyond a level viewed as basic, such as any beyond universal government-funded secondary education.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: uncountable

Examples

  • Holonym: education
  • He pursued various higher education via trade school and community college.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: further education, higher learning, tertiary education, tertiary-level education

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: education

2

noun

Meaning 2

Education beyond a level viewed as basic, such as any beyond universal government-funded secondary education.

Education at a university level or beyond. (Often with more or less connotation of education that leads to higher rank in a hierarchy of social class.)

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: uncountable

Examples

  • For some, the goals of their higher education involved deep meaningfulness or the frontiers of knowledge; others aspired merely to elitism. Some were honest enough to admit to themselves that meaning, service, money, and class rank were all among their motives.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: further education, higher learning, tertiary education, tertiary-level education

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: education

3

noun

Meaning 3

education provided by a college or university

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: education, instruction, teaching, pedagogy, didactics, educational activity

History

Etymology

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Across languages

Translations

47 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Azerbaijani: ali təhsil — education at university level or beyond
  • Bulgarian: висше образование (visše obrazovanie) — education at university level or beyond
  • Bulgarian: висше (visše) — education at university level or beyond
  • Chinese Mandarin: 高等教育 (gāoděng jiàoyù) — education at university level or beyond
  • Crimean Tatar: aliy tasil — education at university level or beyond
  • Danish: videregående uddannelse — education at university level or beyond
  • Danish: højere uddannelse — education at university level or beyond
  • Dutch: hoger onderwijs — education at university level or beyond
  • Estonian: kõrgharidus — education at university level or beyond
  • Finnish: korkeakoulutus — education at university level or beyond
  • French: études supérieures — education at university level or beyond
  • French: enseignement supérieur — education at university level or beyond
  • German: Hochschulbildung — education at university level or beyond
  • Hindi: उच्च शिक्षा (ucc śikṣā) — education at university level or beyond
  • Hungarian: felsőoktatás — education at university level or beyond
  • Icelandic: háskólamenntun — education at university level or beyond
  • Indonesian: pendidikan tinggi — education at university level or beyond
  • Irish: ardoideachas — education at university level or beyond
  • Italian: istruzione superiore — education at university level or beyond
  • Japanese: 高等教育 (kōtō kyōiku) — education at university level or beyond
  • Korean: 고등교육 (godeunggyoyuk) — education at university level or beyond
  • Lithuanian: aukštàsis išsilãvinimas — education at university level or beyond
  • Macedonian: високо образование (visoko obrazovanie) — education at university level or beyond
  • Māori: mātauranga matua — education at university level or beyond
  • Norman: êducâtion avanchie — education at university level or beyond
  • Polish: wyższe wykształcenie — education at university level or beyond
  • Portuguese: ensino superior — education at university level or beyond
  • Romanian: educație superioară — education at university level or beyond
  • Romanian: educație înaltă — education at university level or beyond
  • Romanian: pregătire universitară — education at university level or beyond
  • Romanian: învățământ superior — education at university level or beyond
  • Russian: вы́сшее образова́ние (výsšeje obrazovánije) — education at university level or beyond
  • Slovak: vysokoškolské vzdelanie — education at university level or beyond
  • Slovak: vysokoškolské vzdelávanie — education at university level or beyond
  • Slovak: vysoké školstvo — education at university level or beyond
  • Spanish: educación superior — education at university level or beyond
  • Spanish: educación más alta — education at university level or beyond
  • Sundanese: atikan luhur — education at university level or beyond
  • Swedish: högre utbildning — education at university level or beyond
  • Swedish: eftergymnasial utbildning — education at university level or beyond
  • Swedish: akademiska studier — education at university level or beyond
  • Tagalog: mataas na edukasyon — education at university level or beyond
  • Thai: อุดมศึกษา (ù-dom-sʉ̀k-sǎa) — education at university level or beyond
  • Thai: การศึกษาขั้นสูง — education at university level or beyond
  • Ukrainian: вища освіта (vyšča osvita) — education at university level or beyond
  • Vietnamese: nền giáo dục đại học — education at university level or beyond
  • Welsh: addysg uwch — education at university level or beyond