edu

American  

[ee-dee-yoo] / ˈiˈdiˈyu /

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

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edu British  

abbreviation

1. an educational establishment

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Etymology

Origin of edu

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

Example Sentences

YouTube sought to close the 80 million-hour-per-day viewing gap between school days and weekends, according to a 2016 document entitled “YouTube edu opportunities”: “Increasing usage in schools M-F could decrease this gap!”

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 29, 2026

My Green River email account ends in. edu.

From Seattle Times • Sep. 18, 2021

Our school occasionally put them in regular edu with support of 1:1 aide, Resource Room twice a day, and remendial Reading Program.

From New York Times • May 24, 2012

To the strict diggers, the edu cated estimates of the surface men are all too fallible.

From Time Magazine Archive

Tenn.   History of Methodism in Tenn.   McGarvey, John William, 1829- cl., edu.

From Southern Literature From 1579-1895 A comprehensive review, with copious extracts and criticisms for the use of schools and the general reader by Manly, Louise