schooling

Plural: schoolings

Noun

• the act of teaching at school
• the process of being formally educated at a school
• the training of an animal (especially the training of a horse for dressage)
• Training or instruction.
• Institutional education; attendance of school.
• The training of a horse at dressage.
• Discipline; reproof; reprimand.
• Compensation for instruction; price or reward paid to an instructor for teaching pupils.

Verb

• educate in or as if in a school
• teach or refine to be discriminative in taste or judgment
• swim in or form a large group of fish
  • "A cluster of schooling fish was attracted to the bait"
• present participle and gerund of school

Examples

• He gave his son a good schooling.
• I never let my schooling interfere with my education.

Synonyms

civilise, civilize, cultivate, educate, school, train