adjective
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providing knowledge; instructive or informative
an educational toy
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of or relating to education
Other Word Forms
- antieducational adjective
- antieducationally adverb
- countereducational noun
- countereducationally adverb
- educationally adverb
- noneducational adjective
- noneducationally adverb
- posteducational adjective
- preeducational adjective
- preeducationally adverb
- pseudoeducational adjective
- pseudoeducationally adverb
- quasi-educational adjective
- quasi-educationally adverb
Etymology
Origin of educational
Example Sentences
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An educational campaign wouldn’t cause panic, said Olivia Mitchell, professor at the Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania and executive director of the Pension Research Council.
From MarketWatch
Amid an educational crisis in which many children struggle with reading, “Unread” hints at a hopeful possibility.
“The FBI will ensure that any individual exploiting the promise of educational opportunities for our city’s children will be taught a lesson,” Dennehy added.
From Los Angeles Times
The parents of a boy whose special educational support was removed while his family was deployed overseas have won a landmark legal battle.
From BBC
The task force will “determine whether educational services rendered by VMI are duplicated at other institutions of higher education in the Commonwealth” and “evaluate the relative cost to the Commonwealth and taxpayers.”
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