schooling

[skoo-ling]

noun

1. the process of being taught in a school.

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

3. the act of teaching.

4. Archaic.,  a reprimand.

schooling

/ ˈskuːlɪŋ /

noun

1. education, esp when received at school

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

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

4. an archaic word for reprimand

Other Word Forms

• nonschooling noun
• self-schooling adjective

Word History and Origins

Origin of schooling¹

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

Example Sentences

Those who began schooling in later years have paid a higher amount tied to inflation and increasing costs.

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Because they were often denied the opportunity to receive schooling around the turn of the twentieth century, when Daddy was born, about half of Colored people at that time were unable to read.

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These fisheries rely on purse-seine nets, a method that captures schooling fish by encircling them with a large wall of netting.

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That price tag also stays fixed for the duration of schooling.

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Ofsted is carrying out a criminal investigation into a business educating children who have struggled with mainstream schooling.

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