educational

UK/ˌɛd͡ʒ.ʊˈkeɪ.ʃə.nəl/US/ˌɛd͡ʒ.əˈkeɪ.ʃə.nəl/

adjectiveB1+Common in everyday speech and writing · #4,607 of 15,258mostly written

Educational means to do with teaching, or teaching you something. Educational software, an educational visit, highly educational.

The second sense is often faintly ironic — calling an experience educational usually means it was unpleasant and instructive. Educational toys are a marketing category rather than a tested claim, and children learn from anything they are allowed to play with.

Definitions of educational

1adjectiveeducationalTo do with teaching, or teaching you something.B1+
“The museum trip was fun and educational for the kids.”

educational is a quality of teaching.

Where it comes from

Proto-Indo-European
*dewk-
Middle French
éducation
Latin
ēducātiō
English
education
English, today
educational

Built from

ēducō · Latin — to educate, train
ēdūcō · Latin — to lead forth, to take out; to raise up, to erect

From education + -al. education comes from Latin ēducātiō. Middle French éducation, from Latin ēducātiō (“a breeding, bringing up, rearing”), from ēducō (“to educate, train”), from ēdūcō (“to lead forth, to take out; to raise up, to erect”). See educate. Morphologically educate + ion.

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educational in the wild

The term "education" can also refer to the mental states and qualities of educated people and the academic field studying educational phenomena.
Education
Further factors include access to educational technology, teacher quality, and parent involvement.
Education
Non-government schools, also known as private schools, may be required when the government does not supply adequate or specific educational needs.
School
Tertiary education (also called higher education or post-secondary education) is the educational level following the completion of secondary education.
Tertiary education
The first co-educational college to be founded was Oberlin Collegiate Institute in Oberlin, Ohio.
Mixed-sex education

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the ēdūcō family

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