First Known Use: 15th century
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tuition
noun tu·ition \tə-ˈwi-shən, tyu̇-\
: money that is paid to a school for the right to study there
: teaching that is done especially for a single person or small group
Full Definition of TUITION
1
archaic : custody, guardianship
2
: the act or profession of teaching : instruction <pursued his studies under private tuition>
3
: the price of or payment for instruction
— tu·ition·al \-ˈwish-nəl, -ˈwi-shə-nəl\ adjective
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Origin of TUITION
Middle English tuicioun protection, from Anglo-French, from Latin tuition-, tuitio, from tueri to look at, look after
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Rhymes with TUITION
addition, admission, ambition, attrition, audition, beautician, clinician, cognition, coition, commission, condition, contrition, demission, dentition, dismission, Domitian, edition, emission, ethician, fruition, ignition, Kittitian, lenition, logician, magician, Mauritian, monition, mortician, munition, musician, nutrition, omission, optician, partition, patrician, perdition, permission, petition, Phoenician, physician, Politian, position, punition, remission, rendition, sedition, submission, suspicion, tactician, technician, tradition, transition, transmission, volition
TUITIONAL Defined for Kids
tuition
noun tu·ition \tu̇-ˈi-shən, tyu̇-\
Definition of TUITION for Kids
: money paid for instruction (as at a college)
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