A

* (highest rank, grade, music): From the initial position of the letter A in the English alphabet.
* (blood type): From A antigen

I was so happy to get an A on that test.

Darcy's pretty sharp. She pulls A's.

1999, W. Peter Iliff, Varsity Blues, spoken by Mox (James Van Der Beek):

(education) The highest letter grade assigned (disregarding plusses and minuses).


A

From the initial position of the letter A in the Indonesian alphabet.

(education) the highest letter grade assigned (disregarding plusses and minuses)


quiz

→ Danish: quiz

→ Dutch: quiz, kwis

→ German: Quiz

→ Indonesian: kuis

→ Japanese: クイズ (kuizu)

→ Korean: 퀴즈 (kwijeu)

→ Norman: quiz

→ Norwegian Bokmål: quiz, kviss

→ Norwegian Nynorsk: quiz, kviss

→ Polish: kwiz, quiz

→ Portuguese: quiz

→ Spanish: quiz

→ Swedish: kviss

→ Welsh: cwis

Attested since the 1780s, of unknown origin.
* The Century Dictionary suggests it was originally applied to a popular toy, from a dialectal variant of whiz.
* The Random House Dictionary suggests the original sense was "odd person" (circa 1780).
* Others suggest the meaning "hoax" was original (1796), shifting to the meaning "interrogate" (1847) under the influence of question and inquisitive.
* Some say without evidence it was invented by a late-18th-century Dublin theatre proprietor who bet he could add a new nonsense word to the English language; he had the word painted on walls all over the city, and the morning after, everyone was talking about it (The Pre-Victorian Drama in Dublin).
* Others suggest it was originally quies (1847), Latin qui es? (who are you?), traditionally the first question in oral Latin exams. They suggest that it was first used as a noun from 1867, and the spelling quiz first recorded in 1886, but this is demonstrably incorrect.
* A further derivation, assuming that the original sense is "good, ingenuous, harmless man, overly conventional, pedantic, rule-bound man, square; nerd; oddball, eccentric", is based on a column from 1785 which claims that the origin is a jocular translation of the Horace quotation vir bonus est quis as "the good man is a quiz" at Cambridge.

For many it is hard to envision a scenario where a student completes an online quiz (or test) without using their smartphone, tablet, or other device to look up the answers, or ‘share’ those answers with other students.

2015 May 18, Matt Farrell, Shannon Maheu, “Why open-book tests deserve a place in your courses”, in Faculty Focus:

(education) A school examination of less importance, or of greater brevity, than others given in the same course.


FTP

(education) initialism of fakultas teknologi pertanian


MBE

en-noun

MBE (countable and uncountable, plural MBEs)

Master of Bioscience Enterprise
w:Master of Bioscience Enterprise

(education) Initialism of Master of Bioscience Enterprise.


OCR

(education, UK) Initialism of Oxford, Cambridge & RSA (examination board).


CE

e.v.

Era Vulgaris; pseudo-Latin used by Thelemites

Common Entrance
w:Common Entrance Examination

(education) Initialism of Common Entrance.


DOS

(education) Initialism of director of studies.


open

en-adj

open (comparative more open or (phonetics) opener, superlative most open or (phonetics) openest)

more open (comparative)
opener (comparative)
most open (superlative)
openest (superlative)

closed-source

antonym(s) of “with a free license and no proprietary components”

Adjective from Middle English open, from Old English open (“open”), from Proto-West Germanic *opan, from Proto-Germanic *upanaz (“open”), from Proto-Indo-European *upo (“up from under, over”).
Cognates
* Scots apen (“open”)
* Saterland Frisian eepen (“open”)
* West Frisian iepen (“open”)
* Dutch open (“open”)
* Low German open, apen (“open”)
* German offen (“open”)
* Danish åben (“open”)
* Swedish öppen (“open”)
* Norwegian Bokmål åpen (“open”)
* Norwegian Nynorsk open (“open”)
* Icelandic opinn (“open”)
 Compare also Latin supinus (“on one's back, supine”), Albanian hap (“to open”). Related to up.
Verb from Middle English openen, from Old English openian (“to open”), from Proto-West Germanic *opanōn, from Proto-Germanic *upanōną (“to raise; lift; open”), from Proto-Germanic *upanaz (“open”, adjective). Cognate with Saterland Frisian eepenje (“to open”), West Frisian iepenje (“to open”), Dutch openen (“to open”), German öffnen (“to open”), Danish åbne (“to open”), Swedish öppna (“to open”), Norwegian Bokmål åpne (“to open”), Norwegian Nynorsk and Icelandic opna (“to open”). Related to English up.
Noun from Middle English open (“an aperture or opening”), from the verb. In the sports sense, however, a shortening of “open competition”.

inh

at church every time the doors swing open

Since the launch early last year of […] two Silicon Valley start-ups offering free education through MOOCs, massive open online courses, the ivory towers of academia have been shaken to their foundations. University brands built in some cases over centuries have been forced to contemplate the possibility that information technology will rapidly make their existing business model obsolete.

2013 July 20, “The attack of the MOOCs”, in The Economist, volume 408, number 8845:

(computing, education) Made public, usable with a free licence and without proprietary components.


AM

en-noun

AM (countable and uncountable, plural AMs)

AMs (plural)
A.M. (alternative)
A. M. (alternative)
A M (alternative)

(education) Initialism of Master of Arts.


AA

AA (countable and uncountable, plural AAs)

“I’m still figuring out my plans, but going back for another year is in my plans. I would be going back and getting my AA [degree], while playing another year of softball,” Enright said.

2020 March 20, Colin Peters, “Coaches, athletes react to sports being put on pause”, in Daily Iowegian, archived from the original on 2020-04-01:

He returned to community college and earned an A.A. while working as an E.M.T. and plans to become a paramedic or a nurse. He attributes much of this to his faith.

2022 March 15, Ilana M. Horwitz, “I Followed the Lives of 3,290 Teenagers. This Is What I Learned About Religion and Education.”, in The New York Times:

Associate in Arts
Associate in Arts#English

Associate of Arts
Associate of Arts#English

(education) Initialism of Associate in Arts or Associate of Arts.


shadowing

shadowing (countable and uncountable, plural shadowings)

(education) A work experience option where students learn about a job by walking through the work day as a shadow to a competent worker.

varjostaminen

Learning about a job as a shadow to a competent worker


absolute

en-adj

absolute (comparative more absolute or absoluter, superlative most absolute or absolutest)

more absolute (comparative)
absoluter (comparative)
most absolute (superlative)
absolutest (superlative)
abs. (alternative)
absolut (alternative)

conditional

antonym(s) of “free of restrictions, limitations, qualifications or conditions”

antonym(s) of “independent of references

First attested around 1380. From Middle English absolut, from Middle French absolut, from Latin absolūtus (“unconditional; unfettered; completed”), perfect passive participle of absolvō (“loosen, set free, complete”), from ab (“away”) + solvo (“to loose”). Influenced in part by Old French absolu. Compare absolve.

независим

grammar: not immediately dependent on the other parts of the sentence

categorical

(education) Pertaining to a grading system based on the knowledge of the individual and not on the comparative knowledge of the group of students.


academy

From French académie, from Latin acadēmīa, from Ancient Greek Ἀκαδημία (Akadēmía), a grove of trees and gymnasium outside of Athens where Plato taught; from the name of the supposed former owner of that estate, the Attic hero Akademos. Doublet of academia and Akademeia; compare academe.

(UK, education) A school directly funded by central government, independent of local control; a charter school.


accelerate

en-verb

accelerate (third-person singular simple present accelerates, present participle accelerating, simple past and past participle accelerated)

accelerates (present singular third-person)
accelerating (participle present)
accelerated (participle past)
accelerated (past)

First attested in the 1520s. Either from Latin accelerātus, perfect passive participle of accelerō (“to accelerate, hasten”) (see -ate (verb-forming suffix) and -ate (adjective-forming suffix)), formed from ad + celerō (“to hasten”), which is from celer (“quick”) (see celerity), or back-formation from acceleration.

(transitive, education) To enable a student to finish a course of study in less than normal time.


accreditation

en-noun

accreditation (countable and uncountable, plural accreditations)

/əˌkɹɛd.ɪˈteɪ.ʃən/

/əˌkɹɛd.ɪˈteɪ.ʃən/

[əˌkɹɛɾ.ɪˈteɪ.ʃən]

/əˌkɹɛd.əˈteɪ.ʃən/

[əˌkɹɛɾ.əˈteɪ.ʃən]

[əˌkɹeɾ.əˈtæɪ.ʃən]

First attested in 1806, from accredit + -ation.

(education) The granting of approval to an institution of higher learning by an official review board after the school has met certain requirements.

اِعْتِمادٌ

the granting of approval of achieving an official standard of some sort


accumulate

en-verb

accumulate (third-person singular simple present accumulates, present participle accumulating, simple past and past participle accumulated)

accumulates (present singular third-person)
accumulating (participle present)
accumulated (participle past)
accumulated (past)

First attested c. 1487; from Middle English accumylaten, borrowed from Latin accumulātus, perfect passive participle of accumulō (“to amass, pile up”) (see -ate (verb-forming suffix) and -ate (adjective-forming suffix)), formed from ad (“to, towards, at”) + cumulō (“to heap”), from cumulus (“a heap”) + -ō (first conjugation verb-forming suffix). Cognate with French accumuler.

(education, dated) To take a higher degree at the same time with a lower degree, or at a shorter interval than usual.


accumulation

en-noun

accumulation (countable and uncountable, plural accumulations)

From Middle English acumulacyon, from Middle French accumulation and its etymon, Latin accumulātiō, accumulātiōnis. By surface analysis, accumulate + -ion. First attested in the late 15th century. Doublet of accumulatio.

натрупване

act of accumulating, the state of being accumulated

(UK, education, historical, uncountable) The practice of taking two higher degrees simultaneously, to reduce the length of study.


accumulator

From Latin accumulātor, agent noun of accumulō (“pile up”), accumulate + -or.

1691–92, Anthony Wood (antiquary), Athenæ Oxonienses
The first of these two was a compounder, the other who was an accumulator, was lately made provost of Trin. coll. near Dublin, and on the 31st of March 1692 was nominated bish. of Kilmore.

(UK, education, historical) One who takes two higher degrees simultaneously, to reduce their length of study.


index

indexek (plural)
index (nominative singular)
indexek (nominative plural)
indexet (accusative singular)
indexeket (accusative plural)
indexnek (dative singular)
indexeknek (dative plural)
indexszel (instrumental singular)
indexekkel (instrumental plural)
indexért (causal-final singular)
indexekért (causal-final plural)
indexszé (singular translative)
indexekké (plural translative)
indexig (singular terminative)
indexekig (plural terminative)
indexként (essive-formal singular)
indexekként (essive-formal plural)
indexben (inessive singular)
indexekben (inessive plural)
indexen (singular superessive)
indexeken (plural superessive)
indexnél (adessive singular)
indexeknél (adessive plural)
indexbe (illative singular)
indexekbe (illative plural)
indexre (singular sublative)
indexekre (plural sublative)
indexhez (allative singular)
indexekhez (allative plural)
indexből (elative singular)
indexekből (elative plural)
indexről (delative singular)
indexekről (delative plural)
indextől (ablative singular)
indexektől (ablative plural)
indexé (singular)
indexeké (plural)
indexéi (singular)
indexekéi (plural)
indexem (first-person possessed-single possessive singular)
indexeim (first-person possessed-many possessive singular)
indexed (possessed-single possessive second-person singular)
indexeid (possessed-many possessive second-person singular)
indexe (possessed-single possessive singular third-person)
indexei (possessed-many possessive singular third-person)
indexünk (first-person plural possessed-single possessive)
indexeink (first-person plural possessed-many possessive)
indexetek (plural possessed-single possessive second-person)
indexeitek (plural possessed-many possessive second-person)
indexük (plural possessed-single possessive third-person)
indexeik (plural possessed-many possessive third-person)

(higher education) transcript, report card, course report (in higher education)


adjunct

/ˈæd͡ʒ.ʌŋkt/

From Latin adiunctus, perfect passive participle of adiungō (“join to”), from ad + iungō (“join”). Doublet of adjoint.

I've been given the chance to do this through my own department and through university programmes that don't have tenure-track lines and are therefore more likely to seek assistance from adjuncts.

2014 March 14, Jacqueline Taylor, “Life without tenure: how I've found fulfilment in US academia”, in The Guardian:

adjunct professor
adjunct professor#English

(education) Ellipsis of adjunct professor.


chair

→ Assamese: চেয়াৰ (sear)

desc

→ Bengali: চেয়ার (ceẏar), চ্যায়ার (cêẏar), চ্যার (cêr) — obsolete

→ Odia: ଚେଆର୍ (ceār), ଚିୟାର୍ (ciyār), ଚିଆର (ciāra)

→ Sylheti: ꠌꠤꠀꠞ (siar)

Tamil: சேர் (cēr)

Tok Pisin: sea, sia

→ Tongan: sea

From Middle English chayer, chaire, chaiere, chaere, chayre, chayere, from Old French chaiere, chaere, from Latin cathedra (“seat”), from Ancient Greek καθέδρα (kathédra), from κατά (katá, “down”) + ἕδρα (hédra, “seat”). Displaced native stool and settle, which now have more specialised senses. Doublet of cathedra and chaise.

In 1928 [Martin] Heidegger succeeded [Edmund] Husserl to take a chair at Freiburg […]

2014 April 12, Michael Inwood, “Martin Heidegger: the philosopher who fell for Hitler [print version: Hitler's philosopher]”, in The Daily Telegraph (Review), London, page R11:

(education) A distinguished professorship at a university.


taupe

Inherited from Old French taupe, inherited from Latin talpa.


worksheet

worksheets (plural)
wkst (alternative abbreviation)
wksht (alternative abbreviation)

LL-Q1860 (eng)-Flame, not lame-worksheet.wav

From work + sheet. First use appears c. 1823 in the publications of Isaac D'Israeli.

(education) A sheet of paper or computerized document on which problems are worked out or solved and the answers are recorded.


AP

en-noun

AP (countable and uncountable, plural APs)

(countable, US, education) An Advanced Placement program.


AP

Joel is AP everything and he's applied to Harvard, so I guess his dad isn't taking any chances.

2010, Jennifer Egan, “Ask Me if I Care”, in A Visit from the Goon Squad:

(US, education) Initialism of Advanced Placement.


AP

araling panlipunan
araling panlipunan#Tagalog

(education) initialism of araling panlipunan (“social studies”)


MA

madrasah aliah
madrasah aliah#Indonesian

(education) initialism of madrasah aliah


PE

PE (countable and uncountable, plural PEs)

physical education
physical education#English

(education) Initialism of physical education.

preliminary examination
preliminary examination#English

(education) Initialism of preliminary examination.


SE

SE (genitive)
SE (plural)
SE (nominative singular)
SE (definite nominative plural)
SE (genitive singular)
SE (definite genitive plural)
SE (dative singular)
SE (dative definite plural)
SE (accusative singular)
SE (accusative definite plural)

(education, computing) abbreviation of Softwareentwickler


SK

sekolah kebangsaan
sekolah kebangsaan#Malay

(Malaysia, education) initialism of sekolah kebangsaan (“state school; public school”, literally “national school”)


CS

complementary studies
complementary studies#English

(education) Initialism of complementary studies.


TA

tahun akademik
tahun akademik#Indonesian

(education) initialism of tahun akademik


TA

(education, colloquial) initialism of titip absen


VC

VC (countable and uncountable, plural VCs)

→ Bengali: ভিসি (bhiśi)

(education) Initialism of vice-chancellor.

voluntary controlled
voluntary controlled school#English

(UK, education) Initialism of voluntary controlled.


IA

IA (countable and uncountable, plural IAs)

(Philippines, education) Initialism of industrial arts, one of the strands under the TVL track in senior high school.


KS

(UK, education) Initialism of key stage.


MI

madrasah ibtidaiah
madrasah ibtidaiah#Indonesian

(education, Islam) initialism of madrasah ibtidaiah


VA

voluntary aided
voluntary aided school#English

(UK, education) Initialism of voluntary aided.


matematyka

matematyka (nominative singular)
matematyki (genitive singular)
matematyce (dative singular)
matematykę (accusative singular)
matematyką (instrumental singular)
matematyce (locative singular)
matematyko (singular vocative)

desctree

→ Russian: матема́тика (matemátika)
→ Kazakh: математика (matematika)
→ Mongolian: математик (matematik)
→ Uyghur: ماتېماتىكا (matëmatika)

Learned borrowing from Latin mathēmatica.

lbor

(education) mathematics (school subject)


SAU

(US, New Hampshire, education) Initialism of school administrative unit.


break

From Middle English breken, from Old English brecan (“to break”), from Proto-West Germanic *brekan, from Proto-Germanic *brekaną (“to break”), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰreg- (“to break”). Doublet of bray.
Cognates
Cognates of Germanic origin include Scots brek (“to break”), West Frisian brekke (“to break”), Dutch breken (“to break”), Low German breken (“to break”), German brechen (“to break”), French broyer (“to crush, grind”), Gothic 𐌱𐍂𐌹𐌺𐌰𐌽 (brikan, “to break, destroy”), Norwegian brek (“desire, yearning”).
Also cognate with Albanian brishtë (“fragile”), Latin frangō (“break, break up, shatter”, verb), whence English fracture and other terms – fragile, frail, fraction, and fragment.

cog

(UK, education) A time for students to talk or play between lessons.


reading

en-noun

reading (countable and uncountable, plural readings)

From Middle English reding, redynge, redunge, from Old English rǣding (“reading”), equivalent to read + -ing.

(education, uncountable) The content of a reading list.


internal

en-adj

internal (comparative more internal, superlative most internal)

more internal (comparative)
most internal (superlative)
internall (alternative obsolete)

From Middle English internall, internalle, borrowing from New Latin internālis (“of or pertaining to the inner part”), from internus (“inward, internal”) + -ālis (“-al”, adjectival suffix). By surface analysis, intern + -al.

af

(British, education, of a student) Attending a university as well as taking its examinations.


rhetorical

/ɹɪˈtɒɹ.ɪ.kəl/

/ɹəˈtɒɹ.ɪ.kəl/

/ɹɪˈtɔɹɪkəl/

/ɹəˈtɔɹɪkəl/

From Middle English rethorycal, rethoricalle, rethorycall, from rethorik, rhetoric (noun) or Latin rēthoricus, rhētoricus, from Ancient Greek ῥητορικός (rhētorikós, “concerning public speaking”).

der

(education, dated) A study or exercise in rhetoric.


business

business (nominative singular)
businessy (nominative plural)
businessu (genitive singular)
businessów (genitive plural)
businessowi (dative singular)
businessom (dative plural)
business (accusative singular)
businessy (accusative plural)
businessem (instrumental singular)
businessami (instrumental plural)
businessie (locative singular)
businessach (locative plural)
businessie (singular vocative)
businessy (plural vocative)

Unadapted borrowing from English business.

ubor

(business, education) alternative spelling of biznes


card

en-noun

card (countable and uncountable, plural cards)

→ Bengali: কার্ড (karḍo)

→ Burmese: ကတ် (kat)

→ Chinese: 卡 (kǎ)

→ Gujarati: કાર્ડ (kārḍ)

→ Hausa: kati

→ Hindi: कार्ड (kārḍ)

→ Italian: card

→ Japanese: カード (kādo)

→ Korean: 카드 (kadeu)

→ Malay: kad

→ Pashto: کارډ (kārḍ)

Pitcairn-Norfolk: kaad

→ Sinhalese: කාඩ් (kāḍ)

→ Swahili: kadi

→ Tagalog: kard

→ Urdu: کارڈ (kārḍ)

From Middle English carde (“playing card”), from Old French carte, from Latin charta, from Ancient Greek χάρτης (khártēs, “paper, papyrus”). Doublet of chart.

der

Where's your card? I want to see your grades.

(Philippines, education) Ellipsis of report card.


condition

en-verb

condition (third-person singular simple present conditions, present participle conditioning, simple past and past participle conditioned)

conditions (present singular third-person)
conditioning (participle present)
conditioned (participle past)
conditioned (past)

From Middle English condicioun, from Old French condicion (French condition), from Latin condicio. Unetymological change in spelling due to confusion with conditio.

to condition a student who has failed in some branch of study

(US, colleges, transitive) To put under conditions; to require to pass a new examination or to make up a specified study, as a condition of remaining in one's class or in college.


rang

head

rang m (genitive singular ranga, nominative plural ranganna)

ranga (genitive singular)
ranganna (nominative plural)
rang (indefinite nominative singular)
ranganna (indefinite nominative plural)
a rang (indefinite singular vocative)
a ranganna (indefinite plural vocative)
ranga (genitive indefinite singular)
ranganna (genitive indefinite plural)
rang (dative indefinite singular)
ranganna (dative indefinite plural)
an rang (definite nominative singular)
na ranganna (definite nominative plural)
an ranga (definite genitive singular)
na ranganna (definite genitive plural)
leis an rang (dative definite singular)
don rang (dative definite singular)
leis na ranganna (dative definite plural)

Borrowed from Old French rang (“line, row, rank”), from Frankish *hring (“ring”), from Proto-Germanic *hringaz (“something bent or curved”).


set

From Middle English set, sete, sette (“that which is set, the act of setting, seat”), from Old English set (“setting, seat, a place where people remain, habitation, camp, entrenchment, a place where animals are kept, stall, fold”) and Old English seten (“a set, shoot, slip, branch; a nursery, plantation; that which is planted or set; a cultivated place; planting, cultivation; a setting, putting; a stopping; occupied land”), related to Old English settan (“to set”). Compare Middle Low German gesette (“a set, suite”), Old English gesetl (“assembly”). According to Skeat, in senses denoting a group of things or persons, representing an alteration of sept, from Old French sette (“a religious sect”), from Medieval Latin secta (“retinue”), from Latin secta (“a faction”). See sect. It is quite possible that the modern word is more of a merger between both, however.

cog

Looking at pupil attainment, the study found that students with the same Key Stage 3 scores could have their GCSE grade raised or lowered by up to half a grade as a result of being placed in a higher or lower set.

2012 April 26, “Themes: Pupil grouping and organisation of classes”, in (Please provide the book title or journal name), Department for Education, archived from the original on 2012-06-14:

(UK, education) A class group in a subject where pupils are divided by ability.


set

en-verb

set (third-person singular simple present sets, present participle setting, simple past and past participle setted)

sets (present singular third-person)
setting (participle present)
setted (participle past)
setted (past)

In setted classes, students are brought together because they are believed to be of similar 'ability'. Yet, setted lessons are often conducted as though students are not only similar, but identical—in terms of ability, preferred learning style and pace of working.

2008, Patricia Murphy, Robert McCormick, Knowledge and Practice: Representations and Identities:

At Amber Hill, setting was a high-profile concept, and the students were frequently reminded of the set to which they belonged.

2002, Jo Boaler, Experiencing School Mathematics: Traditional and Reform Approaches and Their Impact on Student Learning:

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.

2013 July 19, Peter Wilby, “Finland spreads word on schools”, in The Guardian Weekly, volume 189, number 6, page 30:

(UK, education) To divide a class group in a subject according to ability


sat

sȃt (canonical masculine)
са̑т (Cyrillic)
sȃt (nominative singular)
sȃti (nominative plural)
sȃta (genitive singular)
sátī (genitive plural)
sȃtu (dative singular)
sȃtima (dative plural)
sȃt (accusative singular)
sȃte (accusative plural)
sȃte (singular vocative)
sȃti (plural vocative)
sȃtu (locative singular)
sȃtima (locative plural)
sȃtom (instrumental singular)
sȃtima (instrumental plural)
sȁhat / sàhat (alternative)

Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish ساعت (saʼat), from Persian ساعت (sâ'at), from Arabic سَاعَة (sāʕa).

bor+

Prvo na rasporedu je sat matematike.

(education) class, lecture (a single school period or academic lesson, typically lasting around an hour)


outcome

The outcomes of this course are outlined in your syllabus.

(education) The anticipated or desired results or evidence of a learning experience (often used in the phrase learning outcomes).


UN

ujian nasional
ujian nasional#Indonesian

(education) initialism of ujian nasional


UK

uji kompetensi
uji kompetensi#Indonesian

(education, management) initialism of uji kompetensi

uji kesetaraan
uji kesetaraan#Indonesian

(education) initialism of uji kesetaraan


ram

rams (plural)
rom (alternative Rumantsch-Grischun Surmiran Sursilvan Sutsilvan Vallander)


band

en-verb

band (third-person singular simple present bands, present participle banding, simple past and past participle banded)

bands (present singular third-person)
banding (participle present)
banded (participle past)
banded (past)

Derived from Middle English band, from Old French bande, from Old Occitan banda (“regiment of troops”), perhaps from Frankish *bend, from Proto-Germanic *bandiz, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰendʰ- (“to tie; bond, band”). Compare German Bande (“band”).

der

(transitive, education) To group (students) together by perceived ability; to stream.


suspension

en-noun

suspension (countable and uncountable, plural suspensions)

Borrowed from Late Latin suspensiōnem (“arching, vaulting; suspension”), from suspendēre (“to hang up, to suspend”), from sub- (“under”) + pendere (“to hang, to suspend”), from Proto-Italic *pendō (“to hang, to put in a hanging position”), from Proto-Indo-European *(s)pénd-e-ti, from *(s)pend- (“to pull; to spin”)). Compare Anglo-Norman suspensiun, French suspension, Occitan suspensio.

der

suspension from school as a disciplinary measure

[…] Donna Thomas, John Tiedeman, David Jones, and Richard Williams, all students in the Granville Junior-Senior High School, conceived a plan in November 1978 to produce a satirical publication addressed to the school community. […] [Assistant Principal Frederick] Reed summoned Tiedeman and discussed with him the “dangers” of publishing material that might offend or hurt others. Specifically, he told Tiedeman that a similar publication several years before had culminated in the suspension of the students involved.

1979, Irving R[obert] Kaufman, Chief Judge, United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit, “Thomas v. Board of Education”, in The Federal Reporter. Second Series. Cases Argued and Determined in the Circuit Courts of Appeals and District Courts of the United States and the Court of Appeals of the District of Columbia, with Key-number Annotations, volume 607, St. Paul, Minn.: West Publishing Company, →OCLC, page 1045; reprinted in Michael Imber; Tyll van Geel, “Student Freedom of Expression”, in Education Law, 4th edition, New York, N.Y.; Abingdon, Oxon.: Routledge, 2010, page 158

out-of-school suspension
out-of-school suspension#English

(education) The process of barring a student from school grounds as a form of punishment (particularly out-of-school suspension).

schorsing

education: process of barring a student from school grounds as a form of punishment


修

Phono-semantic compound (形聲 /形声, OC *slɯw): phonetic 攸 (OC *lɯw) + semantic 彡.

Han compound

(education) to study; to cultivate; to take a course


分

→ Malay: hun

→ Indonesian: hun

desc

→ Thai: หุน (hǔn, “a unit of length and weight”)

→ Zhuang: faen

Ideogrammic compound (會意 /会意): 八 (“to separate”) + 刀 (“knife”) – to separate with a knife.

Han compound

Obsolete. 皮 is used for SI prefix pico-.

本題佔五十分。

本题占五十分。

我得了多少分？

攞高分／𫽋高分 [Cantonese] ― lo² gou¹ fan¹ [Jyutping] ― to get high marks

(education, competition, etc.) point; mark


書

CJKV/code

Sino-Xenic (書):
* → Japanese: 書(しょ) (sho)
* → Korean: 서(書) (seo)
* → Vietnamese: thư (書)

→ Proto-Tai: *sɯːᴬ

Thai: สือ (sʉ̌ʉ)

Phono-semantic compound (形聲 /形声, OC *hlja): semantic 聿 (“writing brush”) + phonetic 者 (OC *tjaːʔ).
Unknown (Schuessler, 2007).

Han compound

聽書

听书

(Cantonese, education) teaching materials (Classifier: 課／课 c; 堂 c)


ABM

en-noun

ABM (countable and uncountable, plural ABMs)

(Philippines, education) Initialism of accountancy and business management, one of the strands under the academic track in senior high school.


PS

PS (countable and uncountable, plural PSes or PSs)

(education) Initialism of public school.


PS

(education) abbreviation of Proseminar (“proseminar”)


級

Phono-semantic compound (形聲 /形声, OC *krɯb): semantic 糹 (“thread”) + phonetic 及 (OC *ɡrɯb). According to Shuowen Jiezi, the original meaning was referred to a "sequence" related to silk (絲的次第), however Xu Shen didn't specify the exact kind of sequence he was talking about.

Han compound

同級不同班／同级不同班

to be in the same grade but different classes


quest

Blend of quiz + test, to avoid using the word test.

I had a calculus quest (not a quiz or a test, but somewhere in between...) it was on limits, and l'hopital's rule...

1998 March 20, bill kao, “3rd per”, in alt.music.ash (Usenet):

However took a quest, quiz/test combination that this math progrm^([sic]) uses, and got ten out of ten on it!

2004 September 24, Kathy, “Weekly Diary Third Semester #4”, in alt.coffee.clutch (Usenet):

Quests, bigger than quizzes and smaller than tests, consist of around 10 questions worth 2 points each, designed to take about 30–40 minutes.

2015, Kathleen Gibson-Dee, “Learning Through Questing, Not Testing”, in College Teaching, volume 63, number 3, Taylor & Francis, →ISSN, page 133:

Most outcomes were assessed with 10 min, single-page, five-question quizzes/tests (“quests”) given at the beginning of class, followed immediately with a brief discussion of the correct answers; mastery could be demonstrated by the student with four of five complete, correct answers (with no partial credit). […] Students were given a finite number of “quest” retakes. Three class periods during the semester were used as quest makeup periods, during which students would be able to take new versions of EO and GO quests.

2017, Joshua Ring, “ConfChem conference on select 2016 BCCE presentations”, in Journal of Chemical Education, volume 94, number 12, ACS Publications, →ISSN, pages 2005–2006:


beta

en-noun

beta (countable and uncountable, plural betas)

From Ancient Greek βῆτα (bêta). Doublet of beth.

But let me tell you happy extroverts that only Vera Telfer and H. A. C. Evans got even an alpha minus; only T. E. Hendrie got a beta plus […]

1957, R. Avery, “This Week’s Competition”, in Time & Tide, volume 38, number 1, page 184:

Mr Taylor would hardly give a beta minus to one of his history students […]

1964, Randolph Churchill, The Fight for the Tory Leadership: A Contemporary Chronicle, page 49:

The English class was for me delightful. My essays, still written under the influence of Kubla Khan, nearly always got a beta plus.

1979, Angus MacVicar, Silver in My Sporran: Confessions of a Writing Man, page 76:

(education, rare) An academic grade better than a gamma and worse than an alpha.


test

test (nominative singular)
testy (nominative plural)
testu (genitive singular)
testów (genitive plural)
testowi (dative singular)
testom (dative plural)
test (accusative singular)
testy (accusative plural)
testem (instrumental singular)
testami (instrumental plural)
teście (locative singular)
testach (locative plural)
teście (singular vocative)
testy (plural vocative)

Borrowed from English test, from Middle English test, teste, from Old French test, teste, from Latin testum, from *terstus.

(education) examination, exam, test (formal test)


FF

(education) initialism of fakultas farmasi


CBS

Christian Brothers School
w:List of Christian Brothers schools

(education) Initialism of Christian Brothers School.


class

class (countable and uncountable, plural classes)

→ Assamese: ক্লাছ (klas)

desc

→ Bengali: ক্লাস (klaś), কেলাস (kelaś) — nonstandard

q

or from French <i class="Latn mention" lang="fr">classe</i>

→ Gulf Arabic: كلاس (klās) (or from French classe)

→ Hindustani:

Hindi: क्लास (klās)

Urdu: کلاس

→ Japanese: クラス (kurasu)

→ Korean: 클래스 (keullaeseu)

→ Nepali: क्लास (klās)

→ Scottish Gaelic: clas

→ Thai: คลาส (kláas)

→ Yoruba: kíláàsì

From Middle French classe, from Latin classis (“a class or division of the people, assembly of people, the whole body of citizens called to arms, the army, the fleet, later a class or division in general”), from Proto-Indo-European *kelh₁- (“to call, shout”). Doublet of clas and classis.

class action

class-action, class action lawsuit, class suit

The class was noisy, but the teacher was able to get their attention with a story.

(education, countable and uncountable) A group of students in a regularly scheduled meeting with a teacher.


fag

Akin to flag (“droop, tire”). Compare Dutch vaak (“sleepiness”).

I had the character at ſchool of being the very beſt fag that ever came into it.

1791, Richard Cumberland, The Observer, volume 4, page 67:

“He was my fag at Eton,” Warrington said. “I ought to have licked him a little more.”

1848 November – 1850 December, William Makepeace Thackeray, The History of Pendennis. […], volume (please specify |volume=I or II), London: Bradbury and Evans, […], published 1849–1850, →OCLC:

A gang of fags was mobbing about by the notice-boards. They fell silent as he approached. He patted one of them on the head. ‘Pretty children,’ he sighed, digging into his waistcoat pocket and pulling out a handful of change. ‘Tonight you shall eat.’ Scattering the coins at their feet, he moved on.

(UK, Ireland, education, historical, colloquial) A younger student acting as a servant for senior students.


fag

en-verb

fag (third-person singular simple present fags, present participle fagging, simple past and past participle fagged)

fags (present singular third-person)
fagging (participle present)
fagged (participle past)
fagged (past)

(intransitive, UK, Ireland, education, historical, colloquial) (of a younger student) To act as a servant for senior students in many British boarding schools.

It is everywhere observed that a liberated slave is apt to make a merciless master, and that boys who have been cruelly fagged at school are cruel faggers.

1887, Francis Bacon, Richard Whately, Essays, page 63:

(transitive, UK, Ireland, education, historical, colloquial) To have (a younger student) act as a servant in this way.


PC

(education, in Tunisia) CP initialism of Physique-Chimie (Engineering stream)


AI

en-noun

AI (countable and uncountable, plural AIs)

Audio (US)

(education) Initialism of academic integrity.


VL

VL (genitive)
VLen (plural)
VL (nominative singular)
VLen (definite nominative plural)
VL (genitive singular)
VLen (definite genitive plural)
VL (dative singular)
VLen (dative definite plural)
VL (accusative singular)
VLen (accusative definite plural)


zes

nl-noun

zes m or f (plural zessen, diminutive zesje n)

zessen (plural)
zesje (diminutive neuter)

From Middle Dutch ses, from Old Dutch ses, from Proto-West Germanic *sehs, from Proto-Germanic *sehs, from Proto-Indo-European *swéḱs.

(Netherlands, Suriname, education) the lowest passing grade, on a scale from 10 (highest grade) to 1 (lowest grade); D− (US)


MM

(education) Initialism of Master of Music.

(education) Initialism of Master of Management.


real

Han tok til å drikke øl i 6., vin i 7. og vodka i 1. real […]

1991, Ola Grøvdal, Engelen og måsen, page 26:

He began drinking beer in the sixth, wine in the seventh and vodka in the eighth [grade] […]

(education, historical, colloquial) short for realskuleklasse


spectrum

From Latin spectrum (“appearance, image, apparition”), from speciō (“look at, view”). Doublet of specter. See also scope.

bor

He punctuated his words with a look into my eyes that might have been read as threatening or menacing by anyone who was not on the spectrum. But I am on the spectrum, and so I stared back at him.

2022, Percival Everett, Dr. No, Influx Press (2023), page 110:

(psychology, education, usually with the) The autism spectrum.


degree

→ Burmese: ဒီဂရီ (diga.ri)

→ Juba Arabic: digrii

→ Swahili: digrii

→ Tagalog: digri

From Middle English degre, borrowed from Old French degré (French: degré), itself from Latin gradus, with the prefix de-.

Appendix:Roget MICRA thesaurus/Class I § 26. Degree

Appendix:Roget MICRA thesaurus/Class I § 31. Greatness

Appendix:Roget MICRA thesaurus/Class I § 32. Smallness

She has two bachelor's degrees and is studying towards a master's degree.

(education) A stage of proficiency or qualification in a course of study, now especially an award bestowed by a university/college, as a certification of academic achievement. (In the United States, can include secondary schools.)


crash

en-verb

crash (third-person singular simple present crashes, present participle crashing, simple past and past participle crashed)

crashes (present singular third-person)
crashing (participle present)
crashed (participle past)
crashed (past)

From Middle English crasshen, crasschen, craschen (“to break into pieces”), of uncertain origin. Perhaps from a variant of earlier *crasken, from crasen (“to break”) + -k (formative suffix); or from earlier *craskien, *craksien, a variant of craken (“to crack, break open”) (for form development compare break, brask, brash).

разбивам

to severely damage or destroy by causing to collide with something else

Joe's crashing Higher Physics, even after I told him it was a bad idea.

(transitive, Scotland, education) To take a subject at higher level without having previously studied it.

binnenvallen

slang: to turn up without having been invited


college

colleges (plural)
colledg (alternative obsolete)
colledge (alternative obsolete)

⇒ Bengali: কলেজ (kolej)

→ Finnish: college

⇒ Hindustani:

desc

Hindi: कालिज (kālij), कॉलेज (kŏlej), कालेज (kālej)

Urdu: کالِج (kālij)

→ Russian: ко́лледж (kólledž), колле́дж (kollédž)

→ Serbo-Croatian:

Cyrillic script: ко̀леџ

Latin script: kòledž

→ Slovene: koledž

→ Ukrainian: ко́ле́дж (kólédž)

Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *ḱe-?
Proto-Indo-European *ḱóm
Proto-Italic *kom
Old Latin com
Latin cum
Latin con-
Latin lēx
Latin -ō
Latin lēgō
Proto-Indo-European *-h₂
Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂
Proto-Italic *-ā
Latin -a
Latin collēga
Proto-Indo-European *-yós
Old Latin -ios
Latin -ius
Latin -ium
Latin collēgiumbor.
Old French college
Middle French collegebor.
Middle English college
English college
From Middle English college, from Middle French college, from Old French college, from Latin collēgium. Doublet of collegium.

大專 /大专

postsecondary institution that does not award bachelor's degrees

مَعْهَد

College of Engineering

(education) An academic institution.
A specialized division of a university.

She's still in college

These should be his college years, but he joined the Army.

(chiefly US) An institution of higher education teaching undergraduates.

колле́ж

somewhat dated or French/Belgian context

opiskelu

attendance at an institution of higher education

(education) An academic institution.
(Ireland, Philippines) A university.

(Canada) A postsecondary institution that offers vocational training and/or associate's degrees.

Pembroke College, Cambridge

Balliol College, Oxford

University College, London

(chiefly UK) A non-specialized, semi-autonomous division of a university, with its own faculty, departments, library, etc.

(UK) An institution of further education at an intermediate level; sixth form.

كُلِّيَّة

(UK) An institution for adult education at a basic or intermediate level (teaching those of any age).

大學 /大学

Eton College

(UK, Australia, New Zealand, Ireland, South Africa) A high school or secondary school.

An academic institution.
A high school or secondary school.

私立高中

in the formal names of private schools: secondary school

(Australia) A private (non-government) primary or high school.

(Australia) A residential hall associated with a university, possibly having its own tutors.

(Singapore) A government high school, short for junior college.

(education) An academic institution.
(in Chile) A bilingual school.

An academic institution.
A bilingual school.


college

college (nominative singular)
college'e (nominative plural)
college'u (genitive singular)
college'ów (genitive plural)
college'owi (dative singular)
college'om (dative plural)
college (accusative singular)
college'e (accusative plural)
college'em (instrumental singular)
college'ami (instrumental plural)
college'u (locative singular)
college'ach (locative plural)
college'u (singular vocative)
college'e (plural vocative)
koledż (alternative)

Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *ḱe-?
Proto-Indo-European *ḱóm
Proto-Italic *kom
Old Latin com
Latin cum
Latin con-
Latin lēx
Latin -ō
Latin lēgō
Proto-Indo-European *-h₂
Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂
Proto-Italic *-ā
Latin -a
Latin collēga
Proto-Indo-European *-yós
Old Latin -ios
Latin -ius
Latin -ium
Latin collēgiumbor.
Old French college
Middle French collegebor.
Middle English college
English collegebor.
Polish college
Unadapted borrowing from English college. Doublet of kolegium.

ubor

(education) college (specialized division of a university)

(education) college (institution of higher education teaching undergraduates)


MEP

(education, Singapore) Initialism of Music Elective Programme.


algebra

algebra (nominative singular)
algebrák (nominative plural)
algebrát (accusative singular)
algebrákat (accusative plural)
algebrának (dative singular)
algebráknak (dative plural)
algebrával (instrumental singular)
algebrákkal (instrumental plural)
algebráért (causal-final singular)
algebrákért (causal-final plural)
algebrává (singular translative)
algebrákká (plural translative)
algebráig (singular terminative)
algebrákig (plural terminative)
algebraként (essive-formal singular)
algebrákként (essive-formal plural)
algebrában (inessive singular)
algebrákban (inessive plural)
algebrán (singular superessive)
algebrákon (plural superessive)
algebránál (adessive singular)
algebráknál (adessive plural)
algebrába (illative singular)
algebrákba (illative plural)
algebrára (singular sublative)
algebrákra (plural sublative)
algebrához (allative singular)
algebrákhoz (allative plural)
algebrából (elative singular)
algebrákból (elative plural)
algebráról (delative singular)
algebrákról (delative plural)
algebrától (ablative singular)
algebráktól (ablative plural)
algebráé (singular)
algebráké (plural)
algebráéi (singular)
algebrákéi (plural)
algebrám (first-person possessed-single possessive singular)
algebráim (first-person possessed-many possessive singular)
algebrád (possessed-single possessive second-person singular)
algebráid (possessed-many possessive second-person singular)
algebrája (possessed-single possessive singular third-person)
algebrái (possessed-many possessive singular third-person)
algebránk (first-person plural possessed-single possessive)
algebráink (first-person plural possessed-many possessive)
algebrátok (plural possessed-single possessive second-person)
algebráitok (plural possessed-many possessive second-person)
algebrájuk (plural possessed-single possessive third-person)
algebráik (plural possessed-many possessive third-person)

From Latin algebra, from Arabic الْجَبْر (al-jabr).

Tudnál segíteni algebrában?

(education) algebra (the study of algebra as a school subject)


hamburger

en-noun

hamburger (countable and uncountable, plural hamburgers)

hamburgers (plural)
hamburgher (alternative dated)

→ Burmese: ဟမ်ဘာဂါ (hambhaga)

→ Dutch: hamburger

→ Estonian: hamburger

→ Finnish: hampurilainen

→ French: hamburger m

→ German: Hamburger m

→ Bulgarian: хамбургер (hamburger)

→ Hungarian: hamburger

→ Japanese: ハンバーガー

→ Italian: hamburger m

desc

→ Khmer: ហាំប៊ឺហ្គឺ (hambɨɨgɨɨ)

→ Khmer: ហាំប៊ឺហ្គឺ (hambɨɨgɨɨ)

→ Korean: 햄버거 (haembeogeo)

→ Macedonian: хамбургер (hamburger)

→ Mongolian: хамбургер (xamburger)

→ Persian: همبرگر

→ Polish: hamburger

→ Portuguese: hambúrguer m

→ Romanian: hamburger m

→ Russian: га́мбургер (gámburger)

→ Mongolian: гамбургер (gamburger)

→ Swahili: hambaga

แฮมเบอร์เกอร์

→ Thai: แฮมเบอร์เกอร์ (hɛm-bəə-gə̂ə)

→ Thai: แฮมเบอร์เกอร์ (hɛm-bəə-gə̂ə)

→ Turkish: hamburger

→ Ukrainian: га́мбургер (hámburher)

→ Vietnamese: hăm-bơ-gơ

/ˈhæmˌbɜː.ɡə/

/ˈhæmˌbɝ.ɡɚ/

Shortening of Hamburger sandwich, Hamburger steak, etc.; or, less likely, borrowed from German Hamburger (“native of Hamburg”), equivalent to Hamburg + -er.

(US, education, informal) Describing the shape of a rectangular piece of paper folded in half so that it forms a short rectangle.


grid

en-verb

grid (third-person singular simple present grids, present participle gridding, simple past and past participle gridded)

grids (present singular third-person)
gridding (participle present)
gridded (participle past)
gridded (past)

Back-formation or clipping of griddle or gridiron.

On the SAT, to answer a grid-in question, you grid in your answer by filling out the ovals.


reception

en-noun

reception (countable and uncountable, plural receptions)

/ɹɪˈsɛp.ʃn̩/

Borrowed from Middle French reception, from Latin recipiō(n) (“the act of receiving; reception”), from recipiō (“receive”), from re- (“back”) + capiō (“I hold”).

der

(UK, education) The school year, or part thereof, between preschool and Year 1, when children are introduced to formal education.


minor

en-adj

minor (comparative more minor, superlative most minor)

more minor (comparative)
most minor (superlative)
miner (alternative)
maner (alternative)
minore (alternative)
minour (alternative)
mynor (alternative)
mynour (alternative)
mynowr (alternative)
mi (alternative)

antonym(s) of

serious, grave, severe, dangerous, fatal, life-threatening, acute (informal)

From Middle English minor, menor, menour, etc., from Latin minor (“lesser; young; young person”) both directly and via Norman and Middle French menor, menour, etc. Doublet of minus but not mini-. Cognate with minister, minify, Minorca, Menshevik, and possibly minnow. Compare Latin minimum and minuō, Old High German minniro, Cornish minow.

der

The minor requirements only involve about 20 hours of classes.

Lesser, smaller in importance, size, degree, seriousness, or significance compared to another option, particularly:

(Canada, US, education) Of or related to a minor, a secondary area of undergraduate study.


minor

minors (plural)
miner (alternative)
maner (alternative)
minore (alternative)
minour (alternative)
mynor (alternative)
mynour (alternative)
mynowr (alternative)
mi (alternative)

I got a minor in English Lit.

(Canada, US, education) A formally recognized secondary area of undergraduate study, requiring fewer course credits than the equivalent major.

byvak

subject of secondary undergraduate study

I became an English minor.

(Canada, US, education, uncommon) A person who is completing or has completed such a course of study.


major

en-adj

major (comparative more major, superlative most major)

more major (comparative)
most major (superlative)
majour (alternative obsolete)

[ˈmeɪ̯d͡ʒɚ(ɹ)]

[ˈmeɪ̯d͡ʒə(ɹ)]

[ˈmæɪ̯d͡ʒə(ɹ)]

From Middle English major, from Latin maior, comparative of magnus (“great, large; noble, important”), from Proto-Indo-European *méǵh₂yōs (“greater”), comparative of *meǵh₂- (“great”). Compare West Frisian majoar (“major”), Dutch majoor (“major”), French majeur. Doublet of mayor.

(education) Of or relating to a subject of academic study chosen as a field of specialization.


major

majors (plural)
majour (alternative obsolete)

[ˈmeɪ̯d͡ʒɚ(ɹ)]

[ˈmeɪ̯d͡ʒə(ɹ)]

[ˈmæɪ̯d͡ʒə(ɹ)]

pääaineopiskelija

student specializing in a specified subject

Midway through his second year of college, he still hadn't chosen a major.

(education, Canada, US, Australia, New Zealand) The principal subject or course of a student working toward a degree at a college or university.

She is a math major.

A student at a college or university specializing on a given area of study.


drama

drama (nominative singular)
dramy (nominative plural)
dramy (genitive singular)
dram (genitive plural)
dramie (dative singular)
dramom (dative plural)
dramę (accusative singular)
dramy (accusative plural)
dramą (instrumental singular)
dramami (instrumental plural)
dramie (locative singular)
dramach (locative plural)
dramo (singular vocative)
dramy (plural vocative)

Borrowed from French drame, from Latin drama, from Ancient Greek δρᾶμα (drâma). First attested in 1728. Doublet of dramat.

ref

Wiesław Morawski (13.06.2019) “DRAMA”, in Elektroniczny Słownik Języka Polskiego XVII i XVIII Wieku [Electronic Dictionary of the Polish Language of the XVII and XVIII Century]

(education) roleplay (style of teaching where people act according to an assigned role)


form

en-noun

form (countable and uncountable, plural forms)

→ Korean: 폼 (pom)

→ Norwegian Bokmål: form

From Middle English forme (“shape, figure, manner, bench, frame, seat, condition, agreement, etc.”), borrowed from Old French forme, from Latin fōrma (“shape, figure, image, outline, plan, mold, frame, case, etc., manner, sort, kind, etc.”).
In sense "division grouping school students" (now dated), derived from public school nomenclature later adopted by state schools. It is sometimes said to be from the sense of "bench", where students of certain ages would sit together, though this is disputed, or alternatively from the sense of "established method of expression or practice".

der

imitation is the sincerest form of flattery

(social) To do with structure or procedure.

(UK, education) A class or year of school pupils.

To do with structure or procedure.
A class or year of school pupils.

Nathaniel: Maister, there is nobody to teach in the sixth form.
Maister: What a thing is this?
N: He is sick in bed.
M: How do you know?
N: One of the scholars in his house told me so.

1653, Corderius, Colloquia scholastica Anglo-Latina, […] 1653, page 220:

I am a very weak, insufficient scholar, sitting on the lowest form in Thy great school-house, which is the whole world, and trying to spell out the mere letters of Thy alphabet […]

1880, Charles Kingsley, Out of the Deep: Words for the Sorrowful, London: Macmillan & Co., page 190:

One other day after afternoon school, Mr. Percival came behind me and put his hand on me. "Let me see, what's your name? Which form are you in?[…]"

1928, George Bickerstaff, The mayor, and other folk:

From the sixth form will come the scholars and the administrators.

1976, Ronald King, School and college: studies of post-sixteen education:

(UK, education, dated) A numbered division grouping school students (usually every two years) in education between Years 1 and 13 (often preceded by an ordinal number to specify the form, as in sixth form).


GCSE

You need GCSEs in Maths and English to work here.

General Certificate of Secondary Education#English

(UK, education) Initialism of General Certificate of Secondary Education: a British qualification taken by secondary school students in England, Wales and Northern Ireland.


AS

(education, UK, historical) Initialism of Advanced Supplementary.

AS-level

Advanced Subsidiary
w:Advanced Subsidiary

(education, UK) Initialism of Advanced Subsidiary.


course

→ Gulf Arabic: كورس (kōrs)

From Middle English cours, from Old French cours, from Latin cursus (“course of a race”), from currō (“run”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *ḱers- (“to run”). Doublet of cursus and cour.

polku

path that something or someone moves along

the course of true love never did run smooth

I need to take a French course.

a series of lectures or lessons in a particular subject

What's your course in university?
—Business studies. And you?

During the whole time of his abode in the university he generally spent thirteen hours of the day in study; by which assiduity besides an exact dispatch of the whole course of philosophy, he read over in a manner all classic authors that are extant[…]

1661, John Fell, The Life of the most learned, reverend and pious Dr. H. Hammond:

(UK, Ireland, Philippines) an educational programme at a college or university leading to an academic degree or vocational qualification.

Her course will be ‘Communication Studies with Theatre Studies’: God, how tedious, how pointless.

Since the launch early last year of […] two Silicon Valley start-ups offering free education through MOOCs, massive open online courses, the ivory towers of academia have been shaken to their foundations. University brands built in some cases over centuries have been forced to contemplate the possibility that information technology will rapidly make their existing business model obsolete.

2013 July 20, “The attack of the MOOCs”, in The Economist, volume 408, number 8845:

A sequence of events.
(education) A learning programme

A sequence of events.
A learning programme


BBS

en-noun

BBS (countable and uncountable, plural BBSes or BBSs)

BBSes (plural)
BBSs (plural)
B.B.S. (alternative)
B. B. S. (alternative)

Business Studies
business studies#English

(education) Abbreviation of Bachelor of Business Studies.


RPG

Initialism. When applied to a "rocket-propelled grenade" it derives from Russian РПГ (RPG), initialism of ручной противотанковый гранатомёт (ručnoj protivotankovyj granatomjót, “hand-held anti-tank grenade launcher”), of which "rocket-propelled grenade" is a backronym (though an accurate description of the weapon system).

(education) Initialism of research postgraduate.


final

head

final (definite accusative finali, plural finaller)

finali (accusative definite)
finaller (plural)
final (nominative singular)
finaller (nominative plural)
finali (accusative definite singular)
finalleri (accusative definite plural)
finale (dative singular)
finallere (dative plural)
finalde (locative singular)
finallerde (locative plural)
finalden (ablative singular)
finallerden (ablative plural)
finalin (genitive singular)
finallerin (genitive plural)
finalim (first-person nominative singular)
finallerim (first-person nominative singular)
finalin (nominative second-person singular)
finallerin (nominative second-person singular)
finali (nominative singular third-person)
finalleri (nominative singular third-person)
finalimiz (first-person nominative plural)
finallerimiz (first-person nominative plural)
finaliniz (nominative plural second-person)
finalleriniz (nominative plural second-person)
finalleri (nominative plural third-person)
finalimi (accusative definite first-person singular)
finallerimi (accusative definite first-person singular)
finalini (accusative definite second-person singular)
finallerini (accusative definite second-person singular)
finalini (accusative definite singular third-person)
finallerini (accusative definite singular third-person)
finalimizi (accusative definite first-person plural)
finallerimizi (accusative definite first-person plural)
finalinizi (accusative definite plural second-person)
finallerinizi (accusative definite plural second-person)
finallerini (accusative definite plural third-person)
finalime (dative first-person singular)
finallerime (dative first-person singular)
finaline (dative second-person singular)
finallerine (dative second-person singular)
finaline (dative singular third-person)
finallerine (dative singular third-person)
finalimize (dative first-person plural)
finallerimize (dative first-person plural)
finalinize (dative plural second-person)
finallerinize (dative plural second-person)
finallerine (dative plural third-person)
finalimde (first-person locative singular)
finallerimde (first-person locative singular)
finalinde (locative second-person singular)
finallerinde (locative second-person singular)
finalinde (locative singular third-person)
finallerinde (locative singular third-person)
finalimizde (first-person locative plural)
finallerimizde (first-person locative plural)
finalinizde (locative plural second-person)
finallerinizde (locative plural second-person)
finallerinde (locative plural third-person)
finalimden (ablative first-person singular)
finallerimden (ablative first-person singular)
finalinden (ablative second-person singular)
finallerinden (ablative second-person singular)
finalinden (ablative singular third-person)
finallerinden (ablative singular third-person)
finalimizden (ablative first-person plural)
finallerimizden (ablative first-person plural)
finalinizden (ablative plural second-person)
finallerinizden (ablative plural second-person)
finallerinden (ablative plural third-person)
finalimin (first-person genitive singular)
finallerimin (first-person genitive singular)
finalinin (genitive second-person singular)
finallerinin (genitive second-person singular)
finalinin (genitive singular third-person)
finallerinin (genitive singular third-person)
finalimizin (first-person genitive plural)
finallerimizin (first-person genitive plural)
finalinizin (genitive plural second-person)
finallerinizin (genitive plural second-person)
finallerinin (genitive plural third-person)


semester

sêmèstêr (canonical)
semester-semester (plural)

From Dutch semester, from German Semester, from New Latin sēmestris ("lasting six months"), from sex (“six”) + mēnsis (“month”).

(education) half of a school year or academic year

semester:
half of a school year or academic year


IP

ilmu pemerintahan
ilmu pemerintahan#Indonesian

(education) initialism of ilmu pemerintahan

indeks prestasi
indeks prestasi#Indonesian

(education) initialism of indeks prestasi


steward

From Middle English steward, stiward, from Old English stiġweard (“steward, housekeeper, one who has the superintendence of household affairs, guardian”), from stiġ (“a wooden enclosure; house, hall”) + weard (“ward, guard, guardian, keeper”), equivalent to sty + ward. Compare Icelandic stívarður (“steward”). More at sty, ward.

управител

any administrator of the property or affairs of another

(higher education) An officer who provides food for the students and superintends the kitchen; also, an officer who attends to the accounts of the students.


leger

Borrowed from Dutch legger (“ledger”), from Middle Dutch legger.

(education) a ledger, the marking register


Oxbridge

On the previous night he had taken the manuscript out of a long neglected chest, containing old shooting jackets, old Oxbridge scribbling books, his old surplice, and battered cap and gown, and other memorials of youth, school, and home.

1848 November – 1850 December, William Makepeace Thackeray, chapter III, in The History of Pendennis. […], volume II, London: Bradbury and Evans, […], published 1850, →OCLC:

"Of course she is clever," said Mrs. Pope. "Or we shouldn't have sent her to Oxbridge. There she's doing quite well—quite well. Everyone says so. I don't know, of course, if Mr. Magnet will let her finish there."

1912, H[erbert] G[eorge] Wells, Marriage, London: Macmillan and Co., Limited […], →OCLC, book the first (Marjorie Marries), page 152:

In another, he says: “Why has the BBC allowed the format of this programme to treat all other universities in the UK apart from Oxbridge as second class?”

2023 March 26, Matthew Weaver, “BBC rejects charge of elitist Oxbridge bias in University Challenge”, in The Guardian, →ISSN:

(UK, education) The University of Oxford and the University of Cambridge collectively.


adviser

(Philippines, education) Ellipsis of class adviser.


intensive

The adjective is derived from Late Middle English intensive (“fervent, great, intense”), borrowed from Old French intensif, intensive (modern French intensif) + Middle English -ive (suffix meaning ‘of the nature of, relating to’ forming adjectives), equivalent to intense + -ive. Intensif is from Medieval Latin intēnsīvus, from Latin intēnsus (“attentive; eager, intent; intensive”) + -īvus (suffix forming adjectives with the sense ‘doing; related to doing’); and intēnsus is the perfect passive participle of intendō (“to stretch out, strain”), from in- (prefix meaning ‘to, towards’) + tendō (“to extend, stretch, stretch out”) (ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *tend- (“to extend, stretch”)). Doublet of intend.
The noun is derived from the adjective.

der

Beginning in 2014, ETSI [the Emory-Tibet Science Initiative] embarked on a six-year implementation phase at three monastic universities (Sera, Ganden, and Drepung). This program is composed of summer intensives taught by faculty from Emory and other institutions, year-round study led by on-site instructors, translation and production of bilingual textbooks and instructional videos, and further curriculum refinement.

2017, “Supporting Organizations”, in Wendy Hasenkamp, Janna R. White, editors, The Monastery and the Microscope: Conversations with the Dalai Lama on Mind, Mindfulness, and the Nature of Reality, New Haven, Conn.; London: Yale University Press, →ISBN, page 372:

(education) A course taught intensively, involving much activity in a short period of time.


public

en-adj

public (comparative more public, superlative most public)

more public (comparative)
most public (superlative)
publick (alternative)
publicke (alternative)
publike (alternative)
publique (alternative)

The adjective and noun are derived from Late Middle English publik, publike (“(adjective) generally observable, public; relating to the general public or public affairs; (noun) a generally observable place or situation”), from Anglo-Norman public, publik, publique, Middle French public, publique, and Old French public (“(adjective) generally observable, public; relating to the general public; official; (noun) community or its members collectively; nation, state; audience, spectators collectively”) (modern French public, publique (obsolete)); and from their etymon Latin pūblicus (“of or belonging to the community, people, or state; general, public”), an alteration of poplicus (influenced by pūbēs (“adult men; male population”)), from poplus (“community; the people, public; nation, state”) (later populus; from Proto-Italic *poplos (“army”); further origin uncertain, possibly from Etruscan or from Proto-Indo-European *pleh₁- (“to fill”)) + -icus (suffix meaning ‘of or pertaining to’). Doublet of people.
The Middle English word displaced native Old English ceorlfolc and folclic.
The verb is derived from the adjective.

publik

open to all members of a community, as opposed to only a segment of it

nobody ever went broke underestimating the good taste of the American public

nobody ever went broke underestimating the intelligence of the American public

nobody ever went broke underestimating the taste of the American public

no one ever went broke underestimating the intelligence of the American public

no one ever went broke underestimating the taste of the American public

I meruailled, why himſelf [Niccolò Leoniceno] did not practiſe Phiſike of whiche facultee he was a Doctour, and a publique reader: I auaile moche more, ſaieth he, in that I teach all thother Phiſiciãs [physicians].

1564 February, Erasmus, “The Saiynges of Socrates”, in Nicolas Udall [i.e., Nicholas Udall], transl., Apophthegmes, that is to Saie, Prompte, Quicke, Wittie and Sentẽcious Saiynges, […], London: […] Ihon Kingston, →OCLC, book I, folio 4, recto, paragraph 11:

(UK, education, chiefly historical) In some older universities in the United Kingdom: open or pertaining to the whole university, as opposed to a constituent college or an individual staff member or student.


lukea

luen (first-person indicative present singular)
en lue (first-person indicative negative present singular)
olen lukenut (first-person indicative perfect singular)
en ole lukenut (first-person indicative negative perfect singular)
luet (indicative present second-person singular)
et lue (indicative negative present second-person singular)
olet lukenut (indicative perfect second-person singular)
et ole lukenut (indicative negative perfect second-person singular)
lukee (indicative present singular third-person)
ei lue (indicative negative present singular third-person)
on lukenut (indicative perfect singular third-person)
ei ole lukenut (indicative negative perfect singular third-person)
luemme (first-person indicative plural present)
emme lue (first-person indicative negative plural present)
olemme lukeneet (first-person indicative perfect plural)
emme ole lukeneet (first-person indicative negative perfect plural)
luette (indicative plural present second-person)
ette lue (indicative negative plural present second-person)
olette lukeneet (indicative perfect plural second-person)
ette ole lukeneet (indicative negative perfect plural second-person)
lukevat (indicative plural present third-person)
eivät lue (indicative negative plural present third-person)
ovat lukeneet (indicative perfect plural third-person)
eivät ole lukeneet (indicative negative perfect plural third-person)
luetaan (indicative passive present)
ei lueta (indicative negative passive present)
on luettu (indicative passive perfect)
ei ole luettu (indicative negative passive perfect)
luin (first-person indicative past singular)
en lukenut (first-person indicative negative past singular)
olin lukenut (first-person indicative pluperfect singular)
en ollut lukenut (first-person indicative negative pluperfect singular)
luit (indicative past second-person singular)
et lukenut (indicative negative past second-person singular)
olit lukenut (indicative pluperfect second-person singular)
et ollut lukenut (indicative negative pluperfect second-person singular)
luki (indicative past singular third-person)
ei lukenut (indicative negative past singular third-person)
oli lukenut (indicative pluperfect singular third-person)
ei ollut lukenut (indicative negative pluperfect singular third-person)
luimme (first-person indicative past plural)
emme lukeneet (first-person indicative negative past plural)
olimme lukeneet (first-person indicative pluperfect plural)
emme olleet lukeneet (first-person indicative negative pluperfect plural)
luitte (indicative past plural second-person)
ette lukeneet (indicative negative past plural second-person)
olitte lukeneet (indicative pluperfect plural second-person)
ette olleet lukeneet (indicative negative pluperfect plural second-person)
lukivat (indicative past plural third-person)
eivät lukeneet (indicative negative past plural third-person)
olivat lukeneet (indicative pluperfect plural third-person)
eivät olleet lukeneet (indicative negative pluperfect plural third-person)
luettiin (indicative passive past)
ei luettu (indicative negative passive past)
oli luettu (indicative passive pluperfect)
ei ollut luettu (indicative negative passive pluperfect)
lukisin (conditional first-person present singular)
en lukisi (conditional first-person negative present singular)
olisin lukenut (conditional first-person perfect singular)
en olisi lukenut (conditional first-person negative perfect singular)
lukisit (conditional present second-person singular)
et lukisi (conditional negative present second-person singular)
olisit lukenut (conditional perfect second-person singular)
et olisi lukenut (conditional negative perfect second-person singular)
lukisi (conditional present singular third-person)
ei lukisi (conditional negative present singular third-person)
olisi lukenut (conditional perfect singular third-person)
ei olisi lukenut (conditional negative perfect singular third-person)
lukisimme (conditional first-person plural present)
emme lukisi (conditional first-person negative plural present)
olisimme lukeneet (conditional first-person perfect plural)
emme olisi lukeneet (conditional first-person negative perfect plural)
lukisitte (conditional plural present second-person)
ette lukisi (conditional negative plural present second-person)
olisitte lukeneet (conditional perfect plural second-person)
ette olisi lukeneet (conditional negative perfect plural second-person)
lukisivat (conditional plural present third-person)
eivät lukisi (conditional negative plural present third-person)
olisivat lukeneet (conditional perfect plural third-person)
eivät olisi lukeneet (conditional negative perfect plural third-person)
luettaisiin (conditional passive present)
ei luettaisi (conditional negative passive present)
olisi luettu (conditional passive perfect)
ei olisi luettu (conditional negative passive perfect)
lue (imperative present second-person singular)
älä lue (imperative negative present second-person singular)
lukekoon (imperative present singular third-person)
älköön lukeko (imperative negative present singular third-person)
olkoon lukenut (imperative perfect singular third-person)
älköön olko lukenut (imperative negative perfect singular third-person)
lukekaamme (first-person imperative plural present)
älkäämme lukeko (first-person imperative negative plural present)
lukekaa (imperative plural present second-person)
älkää lukeko (imperative negative plural present second-person)
lukekoot (imperative plural present third-person)
älkööt lukeko (imperative negative plural present third-person)
olkoot lukeneet (imperative perfect plural third-person)
älkööt olko lukeneet (imperative negative perfect plural third-person)
luettakoon (imperative passive present)
älköön luettako (imperative negative passive present)
olkoon luettu (imperative passive perfect)
älköön olko luettu (imperative negative passive perfect)
lukenen (first-person potential present singular)
en lukene (first-person negative potential present singular)
lienen lukenut (first-person perfect potential singular)
en liene lukenut (first-person negative perfect potential singular)
lukenet (potential present second-person singular)
et lukene (negative potential present second-person singular)
lienet lukenut (perfect potential second-person singular)
et liene lukenut (negative perfect potential second-person singular)
lukenee (potential present singular third-person)
ei lukene (negative potential present singular third-person)
lienee lukenut (perfect potential singular third-person)
ei liene lukenut (negative perfect potential singular third-person)
lukenemme (first-person plural potential present)
emme lukene (first-person negative plural potential present)
lienemme lukeneet (first-person perfect plural potential)
emme liene lukeneet (first-person negative perfect plural potential)
lukenette (plural potential present second-person)
ette lukene (negative plural potential present second-person)
lienette lukeneet (perfect plural potential second-person)
ette liene lukeneet (negative perfect plural potential second-person)
lukenevat (plural potential present third-person)
eivät lukene (negative plural potential present third-person)
lienevät lukeneet (perfect plural potential third-person)
eivät liene lukeneet (negative perfect plural potential third-person)
luettaneen (passive potential present)
ei luettane (negative passive potential present)
lienee luettu (passive perfect potential)
ei liene luettu (negative passive perfect potential)
lukea (infinitive infinitive-i)
lukeva (active participle present)
luettava (participle passive present)
lukeakseni (first-person possessive singular)
lukeaksemme (first-person plural possessive)
lukeaksesi (possessive second-person singular)
lukeaksenne (plural possessive second-person)
lukeakseen (possessive third-person)
lukeaksensa (possessive third-person)
lukenut (infinitive-i-long past)
luettu (infinitive-i-long past)
lukiessa (inessive second-person)
luettaessa (inessive second-person)
lukema (agent)
lukiessani (first-person possessive singular)
lukiessamme (first-person plural possessive)
lukiessasi (possessive second-person singular)
lukiessanne (plural possessive second-person)
lukiessaan (possessive third-person)
lukiessansa (possessive third-person)
lukematon (inessive negative second-person)
lukien (instructive second-person)
lukemassa (inessive third-person)
lukemasta (elative third-person)
lukemaan (illative third-person)
lukemalla (adessive third-person)
lukematta (abessive third-person)
lukeman (instructive third-person)
luettaman (instructive third-person)
lukeminen (fourth-person noun-from-verb)
lukemaisillani (first-person possessive singular)
lukemaisillamme (first-person plural possessive)
lukemaisillasi (possessive second-person singular)
lukemaisillanne (plural possessive second-person)
lukemaisillaan (possessive third-person)
lukemaisillansa (possessive third-person)

From Proto-Finnic *lukëdak, from Proto-Uralic *luke- (“to count”). Cognate with Northern Sami logi (“10”), lohkat (“read, count”), Erzya ловномс (lovnoms, “read”), ловомс (lovoms, “count”), Eastern Mari лу (lu, “10”), Udmurt лыдӟыны (lyddźyny, “count, read”) and possibly Hungarian olvas.

cog

Mitä luet yliopistossa?

What are you studying at the university?

Minun pitää lukea kokeeseen.

(transitive, education) to study (review materials; take a course, especially in an academic context)


SCR

en-noun

SCR (countable and uncountable, plural SCRs)

(education) Initialism of senior common room (in British universities).


PTC

(education) Principals' Training Center.


PAL

PAL (countable and uncountable, plural PALs)

(education) Acronym of peer-assisted learning.


USB

(education) initialism of unit sekolah baru (“new school unit”)


GCE

General Certificate of Education
w:General Certificate of Education

(education) Initialism of General Certificate of Education.


GCE

Global Campaign for Education
w:Global Campaign for Education

(education) Initialism of Global Campaign for Education.


NVQ

National Vocational Qualification
w:National Vocational Qualification

(UK, education) Initialism of National Vocational Qualification.


provost

From Middle English, from late Old English prōfost, prāfost, from Late Latin prōpositus, variant of Latin praepositus (“[one] placed in command”). In some senses, via Anglo-Norman provolt; via Anglo-Norman and Old French provost (modern French prévôt). As a Central European ecclesiastical office, via German Propst, Danish provst, etc.

steward

deputy overseeing medieval estates or fees

police officer

deputy overseeing medieval law enforcement; military police

One placed in charge: a head, a chief, particularly:

(UK, higher education) The head of various colleges and universities.

The provost of the University of Massachusetts has reversed a decision by faculty personnel committees not to renew the contracts of two professors engaged in sex research.

1982 August 21, Keith Beasley, “U/Mass Professors To Keep Positions Despite Controversy”, in Gay Community News, volume 10, number 6, page 3:

The princess, already a serious and diligent child, was given lessons on constitutional matters by Sir Henry Marten, the provost of Eton, and became aware even then that she should not show emotion and must maintain a certain reserve.

2022 September 8, Stephen Bates, “Queen Elizabeth II obituary”, in The Guardian:

A senior deputy, a superintendent, particularly:

(US, higher education) A senior deputy administrator; a vice-president of academic affairs.


toga

Borrowed from Dutch toga, from Latin toga.

(education) cap and gown; ceremonial gown or robe (worn by a graduate, lawyer, judge, professor etc.)


toga

toga (nominative singular)
togi (nominative plural)
togi (genitive singular)
tog (genitive plural)
tóg (genitive plural)
todze (dative singular)
togom (dative plural)
togę (accusative singular)
togi (accusative plural)
togą (instrumental singular)
togami (instrumental plural)
todze (locative singular)
togach (locative plural)
togo (singular vocative)
togi (plural vocative)

(education) academic dress (traditional form of clothing for academic settings, mainly tertiary (and sometimes secondary) education, worn mainly by those who have obtained a university degree (or similar), or hold a status that entitles them to assume them (e.g., undergraduate students at certain old universities))


PRC

en-noun

PRC (countable and uncountable, plural PRCs)

(education) Initialism of Preschool Referral Committee.


diez

Inherited from Old Spanish diez (“ten”), from Latin decem, from Proto-Indo-European *déḱm̥. Cognates include French dix and Portuguese dez; more distantly Ancient Greek δέκα (déka), English ten, and German zehn.

Este año voy a sacar puros dieces.

(education, number grade) A (highest grade in testing)


pogrom

pogrom (nominative singular)
pogromy (nominative plural)
pogromu (genitive singular)
pogromów (genitive plural)
pogromowi (dative singular)
pogromom (dative plural)
pogrom (accusative singular)
pogromy (accusative plural)
pogromem (instrumental singular)
pogromami (instrumental plural)
pogromie (locative singular)
pogromach (locative plural)
pogromie (singular vocative)
pogromy (plural vocative)

(education, humorous, slang) exam that turns out to be very hard and which most students fail


student

pl-noun

student m pers (female equivalent studentka, diminutive studencik or studenciak, augmentative studencina)

studentka (feminine)
studencik (diminutive)
studenciak (diminutive)
studencina (augmentative)
student (nominative singular)
studenci (nominative plural)
studenty (derogatory nominative plural)
studenta (genitive singular)
studentów (genitive plural)
studentowi (dative singular)
studentom (dative plural)
studenta (accusative singular)
studentów (accusative plural)
studentem (instrumental singular)
studentami (instrumental plural)
studencie (locative singular)
studentach (locative plural)
studencie (singular vocative)
studenci (plural vocative)

Borrowed from German Student, ultimately from Latin studēns. First attested in the 16th century.. Compare Kashubian sztudent and Silesian sztudynt.

ref

Maria Renata Mayenowa, Stanisław Rospond, Witold Taszycki, Stefan Hrabec, Władysław Kuraszkiewicz (2010-2023) “student”, in Słownik Polszczyzny XVI Wieku [A Dictionary of 16th Century Polish]

(education) student, university student (person who is enrolled at a college or university)

(education, obsolete) student, pupil (person who learns at a school)


para

(US, education, informal) Clipping of paraprofessional educator.


doyen

fr-noun

doyen m (plural doyens, feminine doyenne)

Inherited from Old French deien, from Late Latin decānus, from Latin decem.


les

Borrowed from Dutch les (“course, lesson”), from Middle Dutch lesse, from Latin lēctiō.

bor+

(education, colloquial) cram school, private tuition


les

(education, colloquial) to cram, to study hard, to learn at cram school


counselor

counselors (plural)
in Canada (US alternative)
counsellor (alternative British Canada)
counselour (alternative obsolete)
counsellour (alternative obsolete)
counseller (alternative archaic)

From Middle English conseillour, counseiler, from Anglo-Norman cunseiler, cunseiliour, from Old French conseillier, from Latin consiliator, agent noun from cōnsilior (“I take counsel”), from cōnsilium (“plan, council, wisdom, advice”). Compare councilor. Displaced native Middle English redere, Middle English redesman, and Middle English redyeve, from Old English rǣdġiefa (literally “advice giver”).

ncog

(education) A school counselor, often in a specialty such as careers, education, or health.


Michaelmas

Michaelmases (plural)
Mihilmas (alternative obsolete)

From Middle English Michelmasse, Myghelmesse; equivalent to Michael + -mas.

(UK, Ireland, law, education) Ellipsis of Michaelmas term.


block

→ Dutch: block

→ German: Block

→ Irish: bloc

→ Manx: block

→ Maori: poraka

→ Norwegian: blokk

→ Polish: blok

desctree

→ Russian: блок (blok)
→ Armenian: բլոկ (blok)
→ Yakut: блок (blok)

→ Spanish: block

→ Vietnamese: lốc

From Middle English blok (“log, stump, solid piece”), from Old French bloc (“log, block”), from Middle Dutch blok (“treetrunk”), from Old Dutch *blok (“log”), from Proto-West Germanic *blokk, from Proto-Germanic *blukką (“beam, log”), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰelǵ- (“thick plank, beam, pile, prop”). Cognate with Old Frisian blok, Old Saxon blok, Old High German bloh, bloc (“block”), Old English bolca (“gangway of a ship, plank”), Old Norse bǫlkr (“divider, partition”). More at balk. See also bloc, bulk.

طَابُوقَة

substantial often approximately cuboid piece

թաղամաս

group of buildings demarcated by streets

A logical extent or region; a grouping or apportionment of like things treated together as a unit.

(education) A yeargroup at Eton College.


hora

→ Bikol Central: oras

→ Cebuano: oras

→ Eastern Huasteca Nahuatl: hora

→ Karao: oras

→ Maranao: oras

→ Navajo: óola

→ Quechua: ura

→ Tagalog: oras

→ Taos: ùroʼóna

→ Tetelcingo Nahuatl: ura

→ Yogad: oras

⇒ Papiamentu: ora

Tengo un examen a primera hora mañana.

I have a test during first period tomorrow.

Tenemos juntos la tercera hora.


pad

padok (plural)
pad (nominative singular)
padok (nominative plural)
padot (accusative singular)
padokat (accusative plural)
padnak (dative singular)
padoknak (dative plural)
paddal (instrumental singular)
padokkal (instrumental plural)
padért (causal-final singular)
padokért (causal-final plural)
paddá (singular translative)
padokká (plural translative)
padig (singular terminative)
padokig (plural terminative)
padként (essive-formal singular)
padokként (essive-formal plural)
padban (inessive singular)
padokban (inessive plural)
padon (singular superessive)
padokon (plural superessive)
padnál (adessive singular)
padoknál (adessive plural)
padba (illative singular)
padokba (illative plural)
padra (singular sublative)
padokra (plural sublative)
padhoz (allative singular)
padokhoz (allative plural)
padból (elative singular)
padokból (elative plural)
padról (delative singular)
padokról (delative plural)
padtól (ablative singular)
padoktól (ablative plural)
padé (singular)
padoké (plural)
padéi (singular)
padokéi (plural)
padom (first-person possessed-single possessive singular)
padjaim (first-person possessed-many possessive singular)
padod (possessed-single possessive second-person singular)
padjaid (possessed-many possessive second-person singular)
padja (possessed-single possessive singular third-person)
padjai (possessed-many possessive singular third-person)
padunk (first-person plural possessed-single possessive)
padjaink (first-person plural possessed-many possessive)
padotok (plural possessed-single possessive second-person)
padjaitok (plural possessed-many possessive second-person)
padjuk (plural possessed-single possessive third-person)
padjaik (plural possessed-many possessive third-person)

From a Slavic language, compare Serbo-Croatian pod.

(education) desk (of students in school, traditionally built together with the seats)


award

en-verb

award (third-person singular simple present awards, present participle awarding, simple past and past participle awarded)

awards (present singular third-person)
awarding (participle present)
awarded (participle past)
awarded (past)

From Middle English awarden, from Anglo-Norman awarder, from Medieval Latin *exwardare, from Latin ex (“out”) + Medieval Latin wardare, guardare (“to observe, regard, guard”); see ward, guard, regard.

Do not award marks for data from previous questions.

(transitive, British, education) (in an examination) To give marks for a correct answer.


sinh viên

[sïŋ˧˧ viən˧˧]

[ʂɨn˧˧ viəŋ˧˧]

[sɨn˧˧ viəŋ˧˧]

[ʂɨn˧˧ viəŋ˧˧]

[sɨn˧˧ jiəŋ˧˧]

Sino-Vietnamese word from 生員, composed of 生 (“student”) and 員 (“-er”).

vi-etym-sino

sinh viên năm nhất

(education) a postsecondary/undergraduate student


senator

pl-noun

senator m pers (female equivalent senatorka, related adjective senatorski)

senatorka (feminine)
senatorski (adjective)
senator (nominative singular)
senatorzy (nominative plural)
senatorowie (nominative plural)
senatory (derogatory nominative plural)
senatora (genitive singular)
senatorów (genitive plural)
senatorowi (dative singular)
senatorom (dative plural)
senatora (accusative singular)
senatorów (accusative plural)
senatorem (instrumental singular)
senatorami (instrumental plural)
senatorze (locative singular)
senatorach (locative plural)
senatorze (singular vocative)
senatorzy (plural vocative)
senatorowie (plural vocative)
senatory (derogatory plural vocative)

(education) senator (a member of a college made up of the rector, vice-rectors, deans, and representatives of academic staff, students, and administrative staff, holding leadership positions at a university)


summa cum laude

Unadapted borrowing from Latin summā cum laude.

ubor

(education, postpositive) summa cum laude


section

From Middle English seccioun, from Old French section, from Latin sectiō (“cutting, cutting off, excision, amputation of diseased parts of the body, etc.”), from sectus, past participle of secāre (“to cut”). More at saw.

разрэ́з

surgery: incision or the act of making an incision

(Philippines, education) A class in a school; a group of students in a regularly scheduled meeting with a teacher in a certain school year or semester or school quarter year.


normal

en-adj

normal (comparative normaler or more normal, superlative normalest or most normal)

normaler (comparative)
more normal (comparative)
normalest (superlative)
most normal (superlative)

From Latin normālis (“made according to a carpenter's square; later: according to a rule”), from nōrma (“carpenter's square”), of uncertain origin; doublet of normale. The earliest meaning of the word in English was "perpendicular; forming a right angle" like something normālis (“made according to a carpenter's square”), but by Late Latin normālis had also come to mean "according to a rule", from which modern English senses of the word derive: in the 1800s, as people began to quantitatively study things like height, weight and blood pressure, the usual or most common values came to be called "normal", and by extension values regarded as healthy or desirable came to be called "normal" regardless of their usuality.

der

My grandmother attended Mankato State Normal School; my grandfather attended Illinois State Normal University.

PURPOSE AND SCOPE[:] The State Normal College prepares teachers for the public schools of Montana. It accomplishes its work through professional courses, directed observation of expert teaching, and […]

1928, Western Montana College, Western Montana College of Education, Catalogue of the Montana State Normal College, page 10:

(education, of a school) Teaching teachers how to teach; teaching teachers the norms of education.

師範 /师范

pertaining to a school to teach teachers how to teach


normal

(education) a school for becoming a teacher


normal

tl-adj

normál or normal (Baybayin spelling ᜈᜓᜇ᜔ᜋᜎ᜔)

normál (canonical)
normal (canonical)
ᜈᜓᜇ᜔ᜋᜎ᜔ (Baybayin)

Borrowed from Spanish normal, from Latin nōrmālis.

(education) normal (pertaining to a school to teach teachers how to teach)


material

Borrowed from Late Latin māteriālis, from Latin māteria (“wood, material, substance”), from māter (“mother”).

der

Os equipamentos utilizados (notebook, mesa de som, aparelho mini system - caixa de retorno, microfones e gravadores) eram escassos e insuficientes pois muito material licitado pela Instituição ainda não havia chegado. Somente no segundo semestre de 2008 pode se contar com um computador exclusivo para as aulas de rádio, no qual foram instalados software de programas de captação e edição de áudio.

2010, Luiz Artur Ferrareto, Luciano Klöckner, E o rádio?: novos horizontes midiáticos, EDIPUCRS, →ISBN, page 130:

material (sample or specimens for study)


strand

Origin uncertain. Cognate with Scots stran, strawn, strand (“strand”). Perhaps the same as strand ("rivulet, stream, gutter"; see Etymology 1 above); or from Middle English *stran, from Old French estran (“a rope, cord”), from Middle High German stren, strene (“skein, strand”), from Old High German streno, from Proto-West Germanic *strenō, from Proto-Germanic *strinô (“strip, strand”), from Proto-Indo-European *strēy-, *ster- (“strip, line, streak, ray, stripe, row”); related to Dutch streng (“skein, hank of thread, strand, string”), German Strähne (“skein, hank of thread, strand of hair”). Compare also Old High German stranga (“strand of hair”), modern German Strang (“strand, thread, cord”).

cog

(formal) A specialization of a senior high school track.

(Philippines, education)
(informal) Synonym of track.


EI

en-noun

EI (countable and uncountable, plural EIs)

(education) Initialism of extra instruction.


level

level (countable and uncountable, plural levels)

→ German: Level

→ Irish: leibhéal

desctree

→ Japanese: レベル (reberu)
→ Korean: 레벨 (rebel)

→ Welsh: lefel

From Middle English level, from Old French livel, liveau m, later nivel, niveau, from Latin libella f (“a balance, a level”), diminutive of libra f (“a balance, a level”); see libra, librate. Doublet of libella and niveau.
The verb is from Middle English levelen, from the noun.

(Singapore, education) A school grade or year.


час

bg-noun

час • (čas) m (relational adjective ча́сов)

čas (romanization)
ча́сов (adjective relational)
час (indefinite singular)
часове́ (indefinite plural)
часъ́т (definite singular subjective)
часове́те (definite plural subjective)
часа́ (definite objective singular)
часове́те (definite objective plural)
ча́са (count-form plural)
часъ (alternative)


guru

guru-guru (plural)
para guru (plural)
goeroe (alternative)

From Malay guru, ultimately Sanskrit गुरु (gurú, “guru, teacher, sage”), from Proto-Indo-Aryan *gr̥Húṣ, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *gr̥Húš, from Proto-Indo-European *gʷr̥h₂ús (“heavy”). Doublet of brutal and bruto.

der

(education) teacher: a person who teaches, especially one employed in a school

specifically, graduate of teacher professional education


letter grade

Do you give letter grades for class participation, or just for homework and exams?

(education) A letter of the alphabet assigned as an evaluation of schoolwork.


KERA

(US, education) Acronym of Kentucky Education Reform Act (1990).


master

id-noun

mastêr (plural master-master or para master)

mastêr (canonical)
master-master (plural)
para master (plural)

From Dutch master. Doublet of maestro, magister, and mester.

doublet

(education) master (a type of postgraduate degree, usually undertaken after a bachelor degree)


examination

en-noun

examination (countable and uncountable, plural examinations)

/ɪɡˌzæmɪˈneɪʃən/

/ɪɡˌzæməˈneɪʃən/

[ɪɡˌzɛəm.əˈneɪ.ʃn̩]

/ɪɡˌzæməˈnæɪʃən/

From Middle English examinacioun, from Old French examinacion, from Latin exāminātiō.
Morphologically examine + -ation

(education) A formal test involving answering written or oral questions under a time constraint and usually without access to textbooks; typically, a large, written test administered to high school and college students covering course material studied in a semester.


comp

In mid-April I took my comp test at the Mather AFB education office. Two weeks later I got a letter telling me I had passed my comp test on the first try.

2019, Kelly D. Harrison, Air Force Cop: An Autobiography, Dorrance Publishing, →ISBN, page 389:

(education) Clipping of comprehensive examination.

Although she got expelled from Pennington after three months and ended up at Broadmead, which is like this totally tough comp where they have to check you for weapons at the door.

2011, Joanna Nadin, Buttercup Mash, OUP Oxford, →ISBN:

comprehensive school
comprehensive school#English

(British, education) Clipping of comprehensive school.


cosh

There is no need here to digress on the advantages or otherwise of using a 'cosh' in schools […]

1959, Iona Opie, Peter Opie, The lore and language of schoolchildren, page 374:

Often, he walked around the room with the cosh in his hand, taking slashes at legs that happened to stray sideways […]

2019, John Loveday, The Boy from Rod Alley, page 115:


higher

(Scotland, education) A national school-leaving examination and university entrance qualification.

àrd-ìre

a non-compulsory examination taken in the final two years in Scottish high schools


culmination

culmination (countable and uncountable, plural culminations)

Borrowed from French culmination, from culminer, or from Medieval Latin culminatus + -tion.
Morphologically culminate + -ion.

(US, education) A ceremony marking the completion of studies at an elementary school, middle school or junior high school.


extension

extension (countable and uncountable, plural extensions)

From Middle English extensioun, from Old French estension, from Latin extensiō, extensiōnem.

(education) University programs that are targeted at the broader (usually adults) community whose participants are not full-time enrolled students.


inarticulation

inarticulation (countable and uncountable, plural inarticulations)

"Another traditional source of inarticulation is the requirement of an eighth-grade diploma for entrance to high school."

1937, Fred Engelhardt, Alfred Victor Overn, Secondary Education: Principles and Practices, page 124:

(education, US) Any point in the educational system in which the development of the individual is hindered.


piquet

→ English: piquet

→ Italian: picchetto

(education) a school punishment in which a student has to remain standing for some time by a tree or a wall, usually in the corner of the classroom


secondary

en-adj

secondary (not generally comparable, comparative more secondary, superlative most secondary)

more secondary (comparative)
most secondary (superlative)

From Middle English secundarie, from Latin secundārius (“of the second class or quality”), from secundus (whence the English second) + -ārius (whence the English suffix -ary), equivalent to second + -ary; compare the French secondaire, the Italian secondario, the Occitan secundari, the Portuguese secundario, and the Spanish secundario.

der

English numerals#Ordinal numbers
secondary

(education) Related to secondary education, i.e. schooling between the ages of (approximately) 11 and 18.


secondary

There are four secondaries in this district, each with several thousand pupils.


shell

From Middle English schelle, from Old English sċiell, from Proto-West Germanic *skallju, from Proto-Germanic *skaljō, from Proto-Indo-European *(s)kelH- (“to split, cleave”).
Compare West Frisian skyl (“peel, rind”), Dutch schil (“peel, skin, rink”), Low German Schell (“shell, scale”), Irish scelec (“pebble”), Old Church Slavonic сколика (skolika, “shell”). More at shale.
Doublet of sheal.
* (computing): From being viewed as an outer layer of interface between the user and the operating-system internals.

cog

Chinese (Mandarin) is taught at Westminster from the Lower Shell as an optional subject.

2013, “Chinese (Mandarin)”, in Westminster School, retrieved 2023-12-04:

(British, education) One or more school grades within secondary education, at certain public schools.


track

→ Kashubian: trak (Canada)

From Middle English trak, tracke, from Old French trac (“track of horses, trail, trace”), of uncertain origin. Likely from a Germanic source, either Old Norse traðk ("a track; path; trodden spot"; > Icelandic traðk (“a track; path; tread”), Faroese traðk (“track; tracks”), Norwegian tråkke (“to trample”)) or from Middle Dutch trec, *trac, treck ("line, row, series"; > Dutch trek (“a draft; feature; trait; groove; expedition”)), German Low German Treck (“a draught; movement; passage; flow”). See tread, trek.

gloss

"line, row, series"; > Dutch <i class="Latn mention" lang="nl">trek</i> (“a draft; feature; trait; groove; expedition”)

cog

(Philippines, education) A specialization in senior high school. Some tracks consist of strands.


transcript

[ˈtʃɹʷænskɹʷɪp̚t]

From Latin transcriptum, from transcribere.

The grading policy now specifies that all students enrolled before the spring 1982 semester in classes of less than 40 students will receive written evaluations, with either a nonletter grade (honors, pass or no credit) or a letter grade on their transcripts. Under the old system, the no-credit notation did not appear on the transcript.

1982 April 11, Timothy McDarrah, “THE LETTER-GRADE CONTROVERSY”, in The New York Times:

(education) An inventory of the courses taken and grades earned of a student alleged throughout a course.


FT

(education) initialism of fakultas teknik


GC

(education) Initialism of Google Classroom.


DFA

(education) Initialism of doctor of fine arts.


cloze

The clozes, at least those used in the examinations, have the distinct advantage that they expose the students to continuous and reasonably authentic text[…]

1994, Joseph Boyle, Peter Falvey, English Language Testing in Hong Kong, page 8:

this time the cloze is about the declination of adjectives

2013 March 13, “Lückentext - cloze”, in German Language Blog, retrieved 2013-03-15:

(education) A form of written examination in which candidates are required to provide words that have been omitted from sentences, thereby demonstrating their knowledge and comprehension of the text.


progressive

en-adj

progressive (comparative more progressive, superlative most progressive)

more progressive (comparative)
most progressive (superlative)
prog. (alternative abbreviation)
prog (alternative clipping)

/pɹəˈɡɹɛsɪv/

/pɹəˈɡɹɛsɪv/

/pɹəˈɡɹesɪv/

From the Middle French progressif, from the Latin prōgressīvus, from prōgredior (perfect participial stem: prōgress-) + -īvus. Displaced native Old English forþgenġe. By surface analysis, progress + -ive.

af

perfect participial stem: <i class="Latn mention" lang="la">prōgress-</i>

a progressive school

progressive education
progressive education

(education) Of or relating to progressive education.


magister

magistêr (canonical)
magister-magister (plural)

Borrowed from Dutch magister, from Latin magister. Doublet of maestro, master, and mester.


PPG

en-noun

PPG (countable and uncountable, plural PPGs)

(UK, education) Initialism of pupil premium grant.


PPG

pendidikan profesi guru
pendidikan profesi guru#Indonesian

(education) initialism of pendidikan profesi guru