schooling

[ skoo-ling ]
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noun
  1. the process of being taught in a school.

  2. instruction, education, or training, especially when received in a school.

  1. the act of teaching.

  2. Archaic. a reprimand.

Origin of schooling

1
First recorded in 1400–50, schooling is from the late Middle English word scoling.See school1, -ing1

Other words from schooling

  • non·school·ing, noun
  • self-schooling, adjective, noun

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British Dictionary definitions for schooling

schooling

/ (ˈskuːlɪŋ) /


noun
  1. education, esp when received at school

  2. the process of teaching or being taught in a school

  1. the training of an animal, esp of a horse for dressage

  2. an archaic word for reprimand

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