tuition

English Online Dictionary. What means tuition‎? What does tuition mean?

English

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) enPR: tyo͞oĭ'shən, IPA^(key): /tjuːˈɪʃən/
• (General American, Canada) enPR: to͞oĭ'shən, IPA^(key): /tuˈɪʃən/
• (General Australian) IPA^(key): /tjʉːˈɪʃən/, /t͡ʃʉːˈɪʃən/
• (India, Malaysia, Singapore) enPR: tyo͞o'shən, IPA^(key): /ˈtjuːʃən/
• Rhymes: -ɪʃən

Noun

tuition (countable and uncountable, plural tuitions)

1. The training or instruction provided by a teacher or tutor.
   1. (India, Malaysia, Singapore, Australia) Paid private classes taken outside of formal education; tutoring. (also used attributively)
2. (Canada, US) A sum of money paid for instruction (such as in a high school, boarding school, university, or college); tuition fees.

   Synonym: (UK) tuition fees

3. (archaic) Care, guardianship.

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Further reading

• “tuition”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
• “tuition”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911, →OCLC.