tu·i·tion

(to͞o-ĭsh′ən, tyo͞o-)

1. A fee for instruction, especially at a college, university, or private school.

2. Instruction; teaching: a musician who was under his tuition for a year.

3. Archaic Guardianship.

[Middle English tuicion, protection, from Old French, from Latin tuitiō, tuitiōn-, from tuitus, past participle of tuērī, to protect.]

tu·i′tion·al, tu·i′tion·ar′y (-ĭsh′ə-nĕr′ē) adj.

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tuition

(tjuːˈɪʃən)

1. instruction, esp that received in a small group or individually

2. (Education) the payment for instruction, esp in colleges or universities

[C15: from Old French tuicion, from Latin tuitiō a guarding, from tuērī to watch over]

tuˈitional adj

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tu•i•tion

(tuˈɪʃ ən, tyu-)

n.

1. the charge or fee for instruction, as at a private school or a college or university.

2. teaching or instruction.

3. Archaic. guardianship or custody.

[1250–1300; Middle English tuicion a looking after, guarding < Latin tuitiō=tui-, variant s. of tuērī to watch (compare tutelage) + -tiō -tion]

tu•i′tion•al, adj.

tu•i′tion•less, adj.

tuition

- First meant taking care of something, then teaching or instruction, especially for a fee.

tuition

noun training, schooling, education, teaching, lessons, instruction, tutoring, tutelage The courses will give the beginner personal tuition.

Collins Thesaurus of the English Language – Complete and Unabridged 2nd Edition. 2002 © HarperCollins Publishers 1995, 2002

tuition

noun

The act, process, or art of imparting knowledge and skill:

education, instruction, pedagogics, pedagogy, schooling, teaching, training, tutelage, tutoring.

Translations

تَعْليمتَعْلِيمرَسْم التَّعْليم

školnévyučovánívýuka

undervisningundervisningsgebyr

Unterricht Schulgeld

διδασκαλία

instrucción

opetus

cours particulier enseignement

poduka

tandíj

kennsla

insegnamento lezioni

授業

(개인) 교수

mokestis už moksląmokestis už studijaspamokos

macibu maksamācīšanaprivātstundas

onderwijs

privatundervisning semesteravgift undervisning

nauka

ensino

обучение

školné

poukšolnina

undervisning

การสอนพิเศษ

öğretimokul harcıözel dersöğrenim ücreti

sự giảng dạy

学费教学讲授辅导

tuition

[tjʊˈɪʃən]

A. N → enseñanza f, instrucción f (US) → matrícula f
private tuition → clases fpl particulares (in de)

B. CPD tuition fees NPL → matrícula fsing, tasas fpl de matriculación

Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005

tuition

[tjuˈɪʃ^ən] n

(= lessons) → cours mpl
private tuition → cours mpl particuliers

(also tuition fees) → frais mpl de scolaritétuition fees npl → frais mpl de scolarité

Collins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005

tuition

n → Unterricht m; extra tuition → Nachhilfeunterricht m

Collins German Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged 7th Edition 2005. © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1980 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2007

tuition

[tjʊˈɪʃ/ən] n (Brit) (lessons) → lezioni fpl (Am) (fees) → tasse fpl scolastiche (or universitarie)

Collins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995

tuition

(tjuˈʃən) noun

1. teaching, especially private. he gives music tuition / tuition in music.

2. (American) tuition fee; the money a student pays to a college, university or private school. How much is the tuition at your university?

tuition

→ تَعْلِيم výuka undervisning Unterricht διδασκαλία instrucción opetus cours particulier poduka lezioni 授業 (개인) 교수 onderwijs undervisning nauka ensino обучение undervisning การสอนพิเศษ öğretim sự giảng dạy 辅导

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I am sure I cannot say that it HAD, but while Miss Summers declares that Miss Vernon showed no signs of obstinacy or perverseness during her whole stay in Wigmore Street, till she was detected in this scheme, I cannot so readily credit what Lady Susan has made him, and wants to make me believe, that it was merely an impatience of restraint and a desire of escaping from the tuition of masters which brought on the plan of an elopement.

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One would rather write masterpieces of literature no doubt -- but meanwhile board and tuition fees have to be paid."

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He was very sorry, but he was compelled to give me back my tuition fee and to ask me to leave the school.

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Having, therefore, determined to commit these boys to the tuition of a private tutor, Mr Thwackum was recommended to him for that office, by a very particular friend, of whose understanding Mr Allworthy had a great opinion, and in whose integrity he placed much confidence.

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The French officer likewise represented, with evident satisfaction, that under their tuition the king and queen had imbibed proper notions of their elevated station, and on all ceremonious occasions conducted themselves with suitable dignity.

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Philip, without thinking anything about it, had got into the habit of sitting by his side; it never occurred to him that Fanny Price was consumed with jealousy, and watched his acceptance of someone else's tuition with ever-increasing anger.

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Why would you be persuaded by my uncle, Sir Robert, against your own judgment, to place Edward under private tuition, at the most critical time of his life?

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There was a certain richness in his complexion, which I had been long accustomed, under Peggotty's tuition, to connect with port wine; and I fancied it was in his voice too, and referred his growing corpulency to the same cause.

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After breakfast he walked with his two brothers, non-evangelical, well-educated, hall-marked young men, correct to their remotest fibre, such unimpeachable models as are turned out yearly by the lathe of a systematic tuition. They were both somewhat short-sighted, and when it was the custom to wear a single eyeglass and string they wore a single eyeglass and string; when it was the custom to wear a double glass they wore a double glass; when it was the custom to wear spectacles they wore spectacles straightway, all without reference to the particular variety of defect in their own vision.

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"Art thou coming, Foulata?" asked Good in his villainous Kitchen Kukuana, in which he had been improving himself under that young lady's tuition.

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Troy, have been passed in the tuition of young ladies.

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The power of subsidization of thought was theirs to a remarkable degree, as I was soon to learn under Ernest's tuition.

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Noun	1.	tuition - a fee paid for instruction (especially for higher education); "tuition and room and board were more than $25,000" tuition fee didactics, education, educational activity, instruction, pedagogy, teaching - the activities of educating or instructing; activities that impart knowledge or skill; "he received no formal education"; "our instruction was carefully programmed"; "good classroom teaching is seldom rewarded" fee - a fixed charge for a privilege or for professional services
	2.	tuition - teaching pupils individually (usually by a tutor hired privately) tutelage, tutorship teaching, pedagogy, instruction - the profession of a teacher; "he prepared for teaching while still in college"; "pedagogy is recognized as an important profession"