adjective
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providing knowledge; instructive or informative
an educational toy
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of or relating to education
Other Word Forms
- antieducational adjective
- antieducationally adverb
- countereducational noun
- countereducationally adverb
- educationally adverb
- noneducational adjective
- noneducationally adverb
- posteducational adjective
- preeducational adjective
- preeducationally adverb
- pseudoeducational adjective
- pseudoeducationally adverb
- quasi-educational adjective
- quasi-educationally adverb
Etymology
Origin of educational
Example Sentences
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The parents of a boy whose special educational support was removed while his family was deployed overseas have won a landmark legal battle.
From BBC
The task force will “determine whether educational services rendered by VMI are duplicated at other institutions of higher education in the Commonwealth” and “evaluate the relative cost to the Commonwealth and taxpayers.”
The educational technology company said Thursday its daily active user growth has decelerated in recent years, due in part its increased scale and recent focus on monetization.
"We also support our schools to ensure the needs of all pupils are met, including those with special educational needs".
From BBC
"It's the best learning that we can do - to watch ourselves and how we interact - so that's been quite educational for me as well," she said.
From BBC
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