tuition
sustantivocorriente en diálogos
- Reino Unido//tjuːˈɪʃən//
- Reino Unido//t͡ʃuːˈɪʃən//
- Canadá//tuˈɪʃən//
- Australia//tjʉːˈɪʃən//
- Australia//t͡ʃʉːˈɪʃən//
The training or instruction provided by a teacher or tutor.
sustantivo
- 1
The training or instruction provided by a teacher or tutor.
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.[…]There are no inspectors, no exams until the age of 18, no school league tables, no private tuition industry, no school uniforms. […]
- 2
Paid private classes taken outside of formal education; tutoring. (also used attributively)
tuition classes
Tuition in the past was like taking medicine and you sent children for it only if they were doing poorly in a subject.
- 3
A sum of money paid for instruction (such as in a private school, boarding school, university, or college).
The school’s tuition will increase by five percent next year.
- 4
arcaicoCare, guardianship.
BENEDICK. I have almost matter enough in me for such an embassage; and so I commit you— CLAUDIO. To the tuition of God: from my house, if I had it,— DON PEDRO. The sixth of July: your loving friend, Benedick. BENEDICK. Nay, mock not, mock not.
Etimología
From Anglo-Norman tuycioun, from Old French tuicion, from Latin tuitiō (“guard, protection, defense”), from tuēri (“to watch, guard, see, observe”). Compare intuition, tutor.
Formas
- plural
- tuitions
tuition · The training or instruction provided by a teacher or tutor.
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