noun
Meaning 1
Training or instruction.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
schooling
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Sound
Pronunciation
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/ˈskuːlɪŋ/
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noun
Meaning 2
Institutional education; attendance of school.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
Examples
- I never let my schooling interfere with my education.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 3
The training of a horse at dressage.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
Topics: dressage, hobbies, horses, lifestyle, pets, sports
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Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 4
Discipline; reproof; reprimand.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, obsolete, uncountable
Examples
- He gave his son a good schooling.
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Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 5
Compensation for instruction; price or reward paid to an instructor for teaching pupils.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, obsolete, uncountable
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Antonyms: none provided
verb
Meaning 6
present participle and gerund of school
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: form-of, gerund, participle, present
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Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 7
the act of teaching at school
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: teaching, instruction, pedagogy
noun
Meaning 8
the training of an animal (especially the training of a horse for dressage)
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: training, preparation, grooming
noun
Meaning 9
the process of being formally educated at a school
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- what will you do when you finish school?
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: school
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: education
History
Etymology
No etymology was provided for this word.
Across languages
Translations
32 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Arabic: تَدْرِيس (tadrīs) — training or instruction
- Arabic: تَعْلِيم (taʕlīm) — training or instruction
- Bengali: তালিম (talim) — training or instruction
- Bulgarian: обучение (obučenie) — training or instruction
- Finnish: koulutus — training or instruction
- Galician: educación — training or instruction
- Macedonian: школување (školuvanje) — training or instruction
- Māori: kuranga — training or instruction
- Mongolian: сургуулилалт (surguulilalt) — training or instruction
- Plautdietsch: Belia — training or instruction
- Polish: szkolenie — training or instruction
- Romanian: instruire — training or instruction
- Romanian: școlarizare — training or instruction
- Romanian: învățătură — training or instruction
- Romanian: educație — training or instruction
- Russian: обуче́ние (obučénije) — training or instruction
- Russian: образова́ние (obrazovánije) — training or instruction
- Bulgarian: образование (obrazovanie) — institutional education
- Finnish: koulutus — institutional education
- French: scolarisation — institutional education
- Galician: escolarización — institutional education
- German: Einschulung — institutional education
- Italian: scolarizzazione — institutional education
- Norwegian Bokmål: skolegang — institutional education
- Norwegian Nynorsk: skolegang — institutional education
- Norwegian Nynorsk: skulegang — institutional education
- Plautdietsch: Belia — institutional education
- Polish: szkolenie — institutional education
- Portuguese: escolarização — institutional education
- Spanish: escolarización — institutional education
- Bulgarian: дресировка (dresirovka) — training of horse
- Finnish: koulutus — training of horse
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