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ed·u·ca·tion·al  (j-ksh-nl)
adj.
1. Of or relating to education.
2. Serving to educate; instructive: an educational film.
edu·cation·al·ly adv.
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Adj.1.educational - relating to the process of education; "educational psychology"
2.educational - providing knowledge; "an educational film"
instructive, informative - serving to instruct or enlighten or inform
educational
adjective 1. academic, school, learning, teaching, scholastic, pedagogical, pedagogic
2. instructive, useful, cultural, illuminating, enlightening, informative, instructional, didactic, edifying, educative, heuristic
Translations
Spanish educational [ɛdjuˈkeɪʃənl] adj [policy etc] → de educación, educativo; [teaching] → docente (= instructive); educativo;
educational technology → tecnología educacional
French educational [ɛdjuˈkeɪʃənl] education adj → pédagogique; [institution] → scolaire (= useful); instructif/ive; [game, toy] → éducatif/ive;
educational technology → technologie f de l'enseignement
German educational [ɛdjuˈkeɪʃənl] education adj → pädagogisch;
(experience) → lehrreich;
(toy) → pädagogisch wertvoll;
educational technology education → Unterrichtstechnologie f
Italian educational [ɛdjuˈkeɪʃənl] adj → pedagogico/a; scolastico/a; istruttivo/a;
educational technology → tecnologie fpl applicate alla didattica
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But, as Uncle Alec's experiment was intended to amuse the young folks, rather than suggest educational improvements for the consideration of the elders, she trusts that these shortcomings will be overlooked by the friends of the Eight Cousins, and she will try to make amends in a second volume, which shall attempt to show The Rose in Bloom.
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In that circle they discountenanced those who advised hurried preparations for a removal to Kazan of the court and the girls' educational establishments under the patronage of the Dowager Empress.
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, Chairman of the Board of Trustees of Hampton Institute and the intimate friend of General Armstrong during the whole period of his educational work.
Up From Slavery by Washington, Booker T. View in context
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