tuition

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UK /tjuːˈɪʃən/ US /t͡ʃʉːˈɪʃən/

noun 4

Collocations

(noun.)

ADJ

private | individual, one-to-one, personal | daily | extra | advanced

expert

My daughter received expert tuition from a retired teacher who helped her improve her math skills.

language, music, etc.

VERB + TUITION

give (sb), offer (sb), provide (sb with) | get, have, receive

TUITION + NOUN

fee

PREP

under sb's ~

He improved his piano skills under the tuition of a professional teacher.

~ for

My son receives tuition for mathematics twice a week after school.

~ from

My daughter gets piano tuition from a teacher who lives near our house.

~ in

My daughter is taking tuition in mathematics to prepare for her exams next month.

Definitions

noun

The training or instruction provided by a teacher or tutor.

Imagine a country where children do nothing but play until they start compulsory schooling at age seven. Then, without exception, they attend comprehensives until the age of 16.[…]There are no inspectors, no exams until the age of 18, no school league tables, no private tuition industry, no school uniforms. […]

Paid private classes taken outside of formal education; tutoring. (also used attributively)

tuition classes

Tuition in the past was like taking medicine and you sent children for it only if they were doing poorly in a subject.

A sum of money paid for instruction (such as in a private school, boarding school, university, or college).

The school’s tuition will increase by five percent next year.

Care, guardianship.

BENEDICK. I have almost matter enough in me for such an embassage; and so I commit you— CLAUDIO. To the tuition of God: from my house, if I had it,— DON PEDRO. The sixth of July: your loving friend, Benedick. BENEDICK. Nay, mock not, mock not.

Thesaurus

Synonyms

noun — teaching pupils individually (usually by a tutor hired priva

tutelage
tutorship

Antonyms

Idioms & Phrases

Example Bank

Wiktionary

tuition classes

Wiktionary

Tuition in the past was like taking medicine and you sent children for it only if they were doing poorly in a subject.

Wiktionary

I'll rely on my father for half of my tuition.

Tatoeba · #21317

They announced an increase in tuition fees.

Tatoeba · #21517

My allowance does not pay for my tuition.

Tatoeba · #30327

Usage Notes

i Register

In some senses, tuition is marked as archaic, UK, US. Watch for register when choosing this word.

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