tuition

Meaning

1. (Ireland, UK, countable, uncountable) The training or instruction provided by a teacher or tutor.
2. (Australia, India, Malaysia, Singapore, countable, uncountable) Paid private classes taken outside of formal education; tutoring. (also used attributively)
3. (Canada, Philippines, US, countable, uncountable) A sum of money paid for instruction (such as in a private school, boarding school, university, or college).
4. (archaic, countable, uncountable) Care, guardianship.

Synonyms

teaching

tutelage

tutorship

education

tuition fee

instruction

tuition fees

bringing up

lecture

lesson

moral

pedagogy

pilotage

piloting

school fees

schooling

stage direction

steering

teach

pay taxes

school expenses

supervision

training

educational activity

class

control function

direction

educating

fee

guidance

lead

Translations

Unterricht

cours

enseignement

enseñanza

διδασκαλία

Tutorium

Studiengebühr

Schulgeld

Unterrichtsgebühr

instruction

onderwijs

insegnamento

frais de scolarité

retta

bijles

Pronounced as (IPA)

/tuˈɪʃən/

Etymology

From Old French [Term?], from Latin tuitiō (“guard, protection, defense”), from tuēri (“to watch, guard, see, observe”). Compare intuition, tutor.