"tuition" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /tuˈɪʃən/ [General-American], /tjuːˈɪʃən/ [Received-Pronunciation], /ˈtjuːʃən/ [Indian-English, Malaysia, Singapore] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-tuition.wav [Southern-England] Forms: tuitions [plural]
enPR: to͞oĭ'shən [Indian-English, Malaysia, Singapore], tyo͞oĭ'shən [Indian-English, Malaysia, Singapore], tyo͞o'shən [Indian-English, Malaysia, Singapore] Rhymes: -ɪʃən Etymology: From Old French [Term?], from Latin tuitiō (“guard, protection, defense”), from tuēri (“to watch, guard, see, observe”). Compare intuition, tutor. Etymology templates: {{der|en|fro}} Old French [Term?], {{der|en|la|tuitiō|t=guard, protection, defense}} Latin tuitiō (“guard, protection, defense”), {{m|la|tuēri|t=to watch, guard, see, observe}} tuēri (“to watch, guard, see, observe”), {{m|en|intuition}} intuition, {{m|en|tutor}} tutor Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} tuition (countable and uncountable, plural tuitions)
  1. (Canada, US) A sum of money paid for instruction (such as in a high school, boarding school, university, or college). Tags: Canada, US, countable, uncountable Categories (topical): Money Synonyms: tuition fees Translations (sum of money paid for instruction): 學費 (Chinese Mandarin), 学费 (xuéfèi) (Chinese Mandarin), školné [neuter] (Czech), toelage [feminine] (Dutch), studietoelage [feminine] (Dutch), lukukausimaksu (Finnish), koulumaksu (Finnish), frais de scolarité [masculine, plural] (French), frais d’inscription [masculine, plural] (French), minerval [masculine] (French), Studiengebühr [feminine] (German), Unterrichtsgebühr [feminine] (German), tandíj (Hungarian), retta [feminine] (Italian), 学費 (gakuhi) (alt: がくひ) (Japanese), 授業料 (jugyōryō) (alt: じゅぎょうりょう) (Japanese), 학비 (hakbi) (alt: 學費) (Korean), czesne [neuter] (Polish), пла́та за обуче́ние (pláta za obučénije) [feminine] (Russian), colegiatura [feminine] (Spanish), masomo ya ziada (Swahili), undervisningsarvode (Swedish), undervisningsavgift (Swedish), bayadturo (Tagalog)
    Sense id: en-tuition-en-noun-SCM7gSM7 Disambiguation of Money: 46 4 31 19 Categories (other): American English, Canadian English Disambiguation of 'sum of money paid for instruction': 56 22 22 0
  2. The training or instruction provided by a teacher or tutor. Tags: countable, uncountable
    Sense id: en-tuition-en-noun-dnGjJb4b
  3. The training or instruction provided by a teacher or tutor.
    (India, Malaysia, Singapore) Paid private classes taken outside of formal education; tutoring. (also used attributively)
    Tags: India, Malaysia, Singapore, countable, uncountable
    Sense id: en-tuition-en-noun-5x0rJUOF Categories (other): Indian English, Malaysian English, Singapore English, English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 28 5 45 22 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 30 8 46 16
  4. (archaic) Care, guardianship. Tags: archaic, countable, uncountable
    Sense id: en-tuition-en-noun-min9WCOr
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: tutelage, tutelar, tutelary, tutor, tutorial Translations (training or instruction provided by a teacher or tutor): обучение (obučenie) [neuter] (Bulgarian), 講課 (Chinese Mandarin), 讲课 (jiǎngkè) (Chinese Mandarin), 補習 [especially] (Chinese Mandarin), 补习 (bǔxí) (Chinese Mandarin), bijscholing [feminine] (Dutch), bijles [feminine] (Dutch), tukiopetus (Finnish), opetus (Finnish), cours [masculine, plural] (French), Tutorium [neuter] (German), Unterricht [masculine] (German), teagasc [masculine] (Irish), 教育 (kyōiku) (alt: きょういく) (Japanese), 교육 (gyoyuk) (Korean), शिकवणी (śikavṇī) [feminine] (Marathi), korepetycje [feminine] (Polish), tutelagem [feminine] (Portuguese), обуче́ние (obučénije) [neuter] (Russian), заня́тия (zanjátija) [plural] (Russian), teagasg [masculine] (Scottish Gaelic), enseñanza [feminine] (Spanish), clases [feminine, plural] (Spanish), undervisning (Swedish), handledning (Swedish)
Disambiguation of 'training or instruction provided by a teacher or tutor': 7 46 46 0

Inflected forms

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      "sense": "sum of money paid for instruction",
      "word": "學費"
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      "sense": "sum of money paid for instruction",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
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      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "sum of money paid for instruction",
      "word": "koulumaksu"
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    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "sum of money paid for instruction",
      "tags": [
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        "plural"
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    },
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      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "sum of money paid for instruction",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "minerval"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "sum of money paid for instruction",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Studiengebühr"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "sum of money paid for instruction",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
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      "sense": "sum of money paid for instruction",
      "word": "tandíj"
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      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "sum of money paid for instruction",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "retta"
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      "alt": "がくひ",
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      "sense": "sum of money paid for instruction",
      "word": "学費"
    },
    {
      "alt": "じゅぎょうりょう",
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      "roman": "jugyōryō",
      "sense": "sum of money paid for instruction",
      "word": "授業料"
    },
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      "alt": "學費",
      "code": "ko",
      "lang": "Korean",
      "roman": "hakbi",
      "sense": "sum of money paid for instruction",
      "word": "학비"
    },
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      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "sum of money paid for instruction",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "czesne"
    },
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      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "pláta za obučénije",
      "sense": "sum of money paid for instruction",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "пла́та за обуче́ние"
    },
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      "sense": "sum of money paid for instruction",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "colegiatura"
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      "code": "sw",
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      "sense": "sum of money paid for instruction",
      "word": "masomo ya ziada"
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      "sense": "sum of money paid for instruction",
      "word": "undervisningsarvode"
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      "word": "undervisningsavgift"
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      "sense": "sum of money paid for instruction",
      "word": "bayadturo"
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      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "obučenie",
      "sense": "training or instruction provided by a teacher or tutor",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "обучение"
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      "word": "講課"
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      "roman": "jiǎngkè",
      "sense": "training or instruction provided by a teacher or tutor",
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      "sense": "training or instruction provided by a teacher or tutor",
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      "sense": "training or instruction provided by a teacher or tutor",
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      "sense": "training or instruction provided by a teacher or tutor",
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      "lang": "Finnish",
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      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "training or instruction provided by a teacher or tutor",
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      "sense": "training or instruction provided by a teacher or tutor",
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      "tags": [
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      "sense": "training or instruction provided by a teacher or tutor",
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      "lang": "Irish",
      "sense": "training or instruction provided by a teacher or tutor",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "teagasc"
    },
    {
      "alt": "きょういく",
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "kyōiku",
      "sense": "training or instruction provided by a teacher or tutor",
      "word": "教育"
    },
    {
      "code": "ko",
      "lang": "Korean",
      "roman": "gyoyuk",
      "sense": "training or instruction provided by a teacher or tutor",
      "word": "교육"
    },
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      "code": "mr",
      "lang": "Marathi",
      "roman": "śikavṇī",
      "sense": "training or instruction provided by a teacher or tutor",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "शिकवणी"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "training or instruction provided by a teacher or tutor",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "korepetycje"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "training or instruction provided by a teacher or tutor",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "tutelagem"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
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      "roman": "obučénije",
      "sense": "training or instruction provided by a teacher or tutor",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "обуче́ние"
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      "word": "заня́тия"
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      "code": "gd",
      "lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
      "sense": "training or instruction provided by a teacher or tutor",
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      "code": "es",
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      "sense": "training or instruction provided by a teacher or tutor",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "enseñanza"
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    {
      "code": "es",
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      "sense": "training or instruction provided by a teacher or tutor",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "clases"
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      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "training or instruction provided by a teacher or tutor",
      "word": "undervisning"
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      "lang": "Swedish",
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}

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