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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Examples of schooling in a Sentence

He has had little schooling. the extended schooling needed for a horse to be able to make those precision movements
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And as a black family in the 80s in Detroit, home schooling was unheard of. — Kansas City Star, 17 July 2025 In theory, adding 30 extra hours of schooling seems like a sound idea. — Mike Whitmire, Forbes.com, 16 July 2025 State funds for private and religious schools Another frontier in the modern-day battle over public schooling has less to do with what should be taught in the classroom, and more to do with another controversial question: Which schools should get taxpayer money? — Rachel Wegner, USA Today, 11 July 2025 Three decades ago, Orange County was the birthplace of Proposition 187, a statewide ballot initiative that would have denied schooling, nonemergency healthcare and other public services to immigrants living in the country illegally. — Hannah Fry, Los Angeles Times, 2 July 2025 See All Example Sentences for schooling

Word History

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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