schooling
nounverbattested in dialogue
- //ˈskuːlɪŋ//
Training or instruction.
noun
- 1
Training or instruction.
- 2
Institutional education; attendance of school.
I never let my schooling interfere with my education.
Imagine a country where children do nothing but play until they start compulsory schooling at age seven. Then, without exception, they attend comprehensives until the age of 16. Charging school fees is illegal, and so is sorting pupils into ability groups by streaming or setting.
- 3
The training of a horse at dressage.
- 4
obsoleteDiscipline; reproof; reprimand.
He gave his son a good schooling.
[…] I thought the schooling as severe as the case merited, […]
- 5
obsoleteCompensation for instruction; price or reward paid to an instructor for teaching pupils.
verb
- 1
Also a form of schoolpresent participle and gerund of school
Forms
- plural
- schoolings