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- [skoo-ling]
- /ˈsku lɪŋ/
- /ˈskuː.lɪŋ/
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- [skoo-ling]
- /ˈsku lɪŋ/
Definitions of schooling word
- noun schooling a large number of fish, porpoises, whales, or the like, feeding or migrating together. 1
- adjective schooling of or connected with a school or schools. 1
- adjective schooling Obsolete. of the schoolmen. 1
- verb with object schooling to educate in or as if in a school; teach; train. 1
- verb with object schooling Archaic. to reprimand. 1
- verb without object schooling to form into, or go in, a school, as fish. 1
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Origin of schooling
First appearance:
before 1400 One of the 24% oldest English words
First recorded in 1400-50, schooling is from the late Middle English word scoling. See school1, -ing1
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Parts of speech for Schooling
noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
schooling popularity
A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 80% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.
Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".
schooling usage trend in Literature
This diagram is provided by Google Ngram ViewerSynonyms for schooling
noun schooling
- aestheticism — the doctrine that aesthetic principles are of supreme importance and that works of art should be judged accordingly
- apprenticeship — Someone who has an apprenticeship works for a fixed period of time for a person who has a particular skill in order to learn the skill. Apprenticeship is the system of learning a skill like this.
- book learning — knowledge gained from books rather than from direct personal experience
- breeding — If someone says that a person has breeding, they mean that they think the person is from a good social background and has good manners.
- chalk talk — an informal lecture with pertinent points, explanatory diagrams, etc, shown on a blackboard
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