Meaning

4 senses
  1. (Ireland, UK, countable, uncountable)The training or instruction provided by a teacher or tutor.

    Tutorium, Unterricht

    обуче́ниеobučénije, заня́тияzanjátija

  2. (Australia, India, Malaysia, Singapore, countable, uncountable)Paid private classes taken outside of formal education; tutoring. (also used attributively)

    tuition classes

  3. (Canada, Philippines, US, countable, uncountable)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.

    Studiengebühr, Unterrichtsgebühr

    пла́та за обуче́ниеpláta za obučénije

    a fee paid for instruction (especially for higher education)

  4. (archaic, countable, uncountable)Care, guardianship.

Examples

36 sentences
  1. They announced an increase in tuition fees.

    deEine Erhöhung der Studiengebühren wurde angekündigt.

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  2. They demonstrated against the raising of the tuition fees.

    deEs wurde gegen die Erhöhung der Studiengebühren protestiert.

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

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  4. Tom got a part-time job to help pay for his tuition.

    ruЧтобы быстрее расплатиться за своё обучение, Том устроился работать на неполный рабочий день.

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  5. Tom had to drop out of college because he couldn't afford the tuition.

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Translations

8 languages
Русский
By meaning 2
training or instruction provided by a teacher or tutor:
sum of money paid for instruction:
Deutsch
By meaning 2
training or instruction provided by a teacher or tutor:
sum of money paid for instruction:

Origin

From Anglo-Norman tuycioun, from Old French tuicion, from Latin tuitiō (“guard, protection

From Anglo-Norman tuycioun, from Old French tuicion, from Latin tuitiō (“guard, protection, defense”), from tuēri (“to watch, guard, see, observe”). Compare intuition, tutor.

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Forms

plural: tuitions
Singulartuition
Pluraltuitions

regular

Synonyms

4 synonyms
Close in meaning
  • a fee paid for instruction (especially for higher education):tuition fee
  • teaching pupils individually (usually by a tutor hired privately):tutelagetutorship

Word family

10 related words

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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