schooling

noun

school·​ing ˈskü-liŋ How to pronounce schooling (audio)
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1
a
: instruction in school : education
b
: training, guidance, or discipline derived from experience
2
archaic : reproof
3
: the cost of instruction and maintenance at school
4
: the training of a horse for service
especially : the teaching and exercising of horse and rider in the formal techniques of equitation

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He has had little schooling. the extended schooling needed for a horse to be able to make those precision movements
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After five years of harsh restrictions by the Taliban regime, fathers, mothers, and daughters across Afghanistan hold fast to the vision of unlocking independent inquiry and thinking through schooling. — The Christian Science Monitor, Christian Science Monitor, 17 Aug. 2026 Unfreezing these assets is one of the main bargaining chips in talks with Western governments, with the ban on girls’ education a key sticking point – meaning the very money that once funded that schooling is now being withheld to try to restore it. — Kara Fox, CNN Money, 15 Aug. 2026 His son was born in Ghent, Belgium and did the majority of his schooling in the Netherlands. — Cam Inman, Mercury News, 15 Aug. 2026 The schools were evaluated not just on cost and the quality of schooling, but also on student-faculty ratios and graduation rates using a 100-point scale. — Veronica Fernandez-Alvarado, Sacbee.com, 13 Aug. 2026 See All Example Sentences for schooling

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First Known Use

15th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1a

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The first known use of schooling was in the 15th century

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schooling

noun
school·​ing
ˈskül-iŋ
1
: instruction in school : education
2
: the cost of going to school

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