Meaning

1 senses
  1. (uncountable)The practice in which adults engage in systematic and sustained self-educating activities, either as a form of remedial education or as a form of continuing education or further education.

    Near-synonym: LLL (“lifelong learning”)

More definitions
  • a course (via lectures or correspondence) for adults who are not otherwise engaged in formal study

Examples

2 sentences
  1. There are classes in foreign languages in our adult education project.

    ruПрограмма внешкольного образования включает курсы иностранных языков. — sharptoothed

  2. I've enrolled on a Spanish course at the adult education centre.

    deIch habe mich für einen Spanischkurs an der VHS angemeldet. — Pfirsichbaeumchen

Translations

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Synonyms

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Word family

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