"adult education" meaning in English

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Noun

Head templates: {{en-noun|-}} adult education (uncountable)
  1. (education) The practice in which adults engage in systematic and sustained self-educating activities, either as a form of remedial education or as a form of continuing education or further education. Tags: uncountable Synonyms: LLL Hypernyms: education, learning Related terms: andragogy, pedagogy Translations (practice): 成人教育 (chéngrén jiàoyù) (Chinese Mandarin), 成教 (chéngjiào) [short-form] (Chinese Mandarin), volwassenenonderwijs [neuter] (Dutch), volwasseneneducatie [feminine] (Dutch), aikuiskoulutus (Finnish), aikuisopiskelu (Finnish), edukacja dorosłych [feminine] (Polish), edukasyong pang-adulto (Tagalog), వయోజన విద్య (vayōjana vidya) (Telugu)
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