adult education
noun
a program of noncredit courses for adults regardless of previous education, offered typically by a university extension or institute.
Origin of adult education
1First recorded in 1850–55
- Also called continued education, continuing education.
Words Nearby adult education
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How to use adult education in a sentence
It stands very much in the way of that universal adult education which is our present concern.
The Salvaging Of Civilisation | H. G. (Herbert George) WellsWe need more adult education, and our children must be filled with the truth so they can recite it forwards and backwards.
Herein is Love | Reuel L. Howeadult education as a supplementary form of instruction was considered an integral part of the educational process.
Area Handbook for Romania | Eugene K. Keefe, Donald W. Bernier, Lyle E. Brenneman, William Giloane, James M. Moore, and Neda A. WalpoleThe lodge members became interested in a State-wide program of adult education, and began a lending library of non-fiction books.
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