schooling

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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

schooling

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present participle of school entry 2, school entry 4

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Noun He has had little schooling. the extended schooling needed for a horse to be able to make those precision movements
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Families all over the nation struggle to find appropriate schooling for their children with special needs. — Phaedra Trethan, USA Today, 1 Sep. 2026 In Saxony-Anhalt, AfD wants to allow home schooling, which so far isn't permitted in Germany. — ABC News, 31 Aug. 2026 Across northern Nepal, the floods have left thousands of children without classrooms, disrupted their education and raised fears that the disaster could cost them months of schooling. — Shonal Ganguly, Los Angeles Times, 31 Aug. 2026 Massachusetts, Vermont, and some other states require only 40 hours of real-estate schooling before licensure. — Michael Waters, The Atlantic, 22 Aug. 2026 See All Example Sentences for schooling

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Noun

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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