educational

[ej-oo-key-shuh-nl]

adjective

1. pertaining to education.

2. tending or intended to educate, instruct, or inform.

   an educational show on television.

educational

/ ˌɛdjʊˈkeɪʃənəl /

adjective

1. providing knowledge; instructive or informative

   an educational toy

2. of or relating to education

Other Word Forms

• educationally adverb
• antieducational adjective
• antieducationally adverb
• countereducational noun
• countereducationally adverb
• noneducational adjective
• noneducationally adverb
• posteducational adjective
• preeducational adjective
• preeducationally adverb
• pseudoeducational adjective
• pseudoeducationally adverb
• quasi-educational adjective
• quasi-educationally adverb

Word History and Origins

Origin of educational¹

First recorded in 1645–55; education + -al ¹

Example Sentences

The special educational needs and disabilities system for children in England faces "total collapse" and the government must not "keep ducking" reforms, council leaders have warned.

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Participants taking longer walks “were more active, were of normal weight and had higher educational attainment.”

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Self-employed as an educational consultant, Kaczmarczyk purchases her health plan through Covered California, the state’s insurance marketplace.

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"I am just an ordinary person from the countryside. I have neither a good educational background nor a network of influential contacts, so I must work hard for a better life", he tells his followers.

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Global networks of Muslims support Islamic preachers and schools; Christians outside Africa, especially but not only in the U.S., support Christian missionary and educational work.

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Related Words

• academic 
• cultural 
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• scholarly