adult education

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noun
  1. a program of noncredit courses for adults regardless of previous education, offered typically by a university extension or institute.

Origin of adult education

1
First recorded in 1850–55

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) Wells
  • We 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. Howe
  • adult 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. Walpole
  • The lodge members became interested in a State-wide program of adult education, and began a lending library of non-fiction books.

    North Dakota | Various