formal
adjective (EDUCATION) /ˈfɔː.məl/
/ˈfɔːr-/ Definition
C1 describes education or training received in a school or college: Tom had little in the way of a formal education.Types of education
(Definition of formal adjective (EDUCATION) from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus
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- Classes & courses
- Exams, tests & exercises
- Learning & knowing
- Not going to school
- Preschool
- Qualifications: school & vocational
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- Schools in general
- Students & pupils
- Subjects & disciplines
- Teachers
- Teaching in general
- Types of school
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Synonyms and related words:
- adult education noun
- apprenticeship noun
- article noun (LAW)
- CAL
- classroom noun
- coeducation noun
- consciousness-raising noun
- e-learning noun
- further education noun
- higher adjective (EDUCATION)
- higher education noun
- homeschooling noun
- hothouse noun (EDUCATION)
- nursery adjective
- scholarly adjective
- scholarship noun
- scholastic adjective
- schooling noun
- special educational needs noun
- tertiary adjective (EDUCATION)
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