edu

[ ee-dee-yoo ]

1. (on the internet) a top-level domain appearing as a suffix on domain names used for postsecondary educational institutions in the United States.

edu

the internet domain name for

1. an educational establishment

Word History and Origins

Origin of edu¹

First recorded in 1985–90; by shortening of education ( def ) or educational ( def )

Example Sentences

It was there, in small type, hosted on some dot-edu domain, looking the way websites did in the mid-1990s.

From The Daily Beast

The edu-crats at the Department of Education who aim to control your local curriculum?

From The Daily Beast

For this class of grievances the present edu- cation of woman is responsible.

From Project Gutenberg

Such language was impossible for a man edu-15-cated in the Christian faith, and imbued with the instincts of romanticism.

From Project Gutenberg