schooling

noun

school·​ing ˈskü-liŋ 

1

a

: instruction in school : education

b

: training, guidance, or discipline derived from experience

2

archaic : reproof

3

: the cost of instruction and maintenance at school

4

: the training of a horse for service

especially : the teaching and exercising of horse and rider in the formal techniques of equitation

Synonyms

• education
• instruction
• teaching
• training
• tuition
• tutelage
• tutoring

Examples of schooling in a Sentence

He has had little schooling.

the extended schooling needed for a horse to be able to make those precision movements

Recent Examples on the Web

But in the Japanese tradition, schooling has been considered a shortcut and unconscionable. —Akiko Katayama, Forbes, 21 Dec. 2024

Leadership turnover is a significant problem for the nation’s schools, with many heads of districts reporting that political pressures and the stresses of pandemic-era schooling have pushed them from their jobs. —Mitch Smith, New York Times, 21 Dec. 2024

Believing that government subsidies for higher education have induced harmful over-consumption of schooling is no more against higher education than fighting obesity is against caloric intake. —Joseph Epstein, Newsweek, 10 Dec. 2024

The report also determined that Black and Hispanic elementary school students will require more schooling than their white classmates to catch up to pre-pandemic levels. —Kristina Watrobski, Baltimore Sun, 6 Dec. 2024

Word History

First Known Use

15th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1a

Kids Definition

schooling

noun

school·​ing

ˈskül-iŋ

1

: instruction in school : education

2

: the cost of going to school