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educational

UK/ˌɛd͡ʒ.ʊˈkeɪ.ʃə.nəl//ˌɛd͡ʒ.əˈkeɪ.ʃə.nəl/

educational adjective: of, or relating to education.

Adjective

educational (comparative more educational, superlative most educational)

  1. Of, or relating to education.
    • A school is an educational establishment.
  2. Instructive, or helping to educate.
    • They were shown an educational film about VD.
    • I can't see the educational value of going on a field trip to the clothes factory.

Noun

educational (plural educationals)

  1. A free (or low cost) trip for travel consultants, provided by a travel operator or airline as a means of promoting their service. A fam trip
  2. An educational seminar, workshop, etc.
    • Groups such as the Union of Young Communists, the Cuban Women's Federation, the Artists and Writers Union (UNEAC) and others have held internal and public educationals on the issue of homosexuality, using a recently produced video GAY CUBA.1996 September, Sonja de Vries, “The Evolution of Revolution”, in Gay Community News, page 18

educational meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Urdu

educational in Hindi

of or pertaining to education
शैक्षिक śaikṣik
instructive
शिक्षाप्रद śikṣāprad

educational in Tamil

பயிற்சியளித்தல் கல்வி சார்

educational in Marathi

educational, of or pertaining to education
शैक्षणिक śaikṣaṇik

educational in Urdu

تعلیمی, تدریسی
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educational in Bengali
তালিমী talimi, শিক্ষামূলক śikkhamulok
educational in Malayalam
വിദ്യാഭ്യാസ, വിദ്യാഭ്യാസപരമായ, അദ്ധ്യയ സംബന്ധമായ, വിദ്യാസംബന്ധിയായ
educational in Kannada
ಶಿಕ್ಷಣವನ್ನು ಕುರಿತ, ಶೈಕ್ಷಣಿಕ, ವಿದ್ಯಾಭ್ಯಾಸಕ್ಕೆ ಸಂಬಂಧಿಯಾದ
educational in Arabic
تَعْلِيمِيّ taʕlīmiyy

Examples of educational in a sentence

  • The unicist educational model is focused on integrating a constructivist approach within the learning context.
  • The pupils were taken on an educational visit to the science museum.
  • The program can be utilized for educational purposes.

All 40 example sentences with educational

Synonyms of educational

Forms of educational

Adjective
comparativemore educational
superlativemost educational
Noun
pluraleducationals

Origin of educational

From education + -al.

Words formed from educational

Phrases with educational

Questions about educational

What does educational mean?
Educational means of, or relating to education.
What is educational in Hindi?
Educational in Hindi is शैक्षिक (śaikṣik), शिक्षाप्रद (śikṣāprad). See Educational meaning in Hindi.
What part of speech is educational?
Educational can be an adjective or a noun.
How do you pronounce educational?
Educational is pronounced /ˌɛd͡ʒ.ʊˈkeɪ.ʃə.nəl/ (UK).

Words near educational in the dictionary

  1. educating
  2. education
  3. education assistant
  4. education assistants
  5. educationable
  6. educational
  7. educational institution
  8. educational institutions
  9. educational psychology
  10. educational quotient
  11. educational visit

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: educational (page history and authors); educational (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); शैक्षणिक (Marathi) (page history and authors); educational (Urdu Wiktionary) (page history and authors); educational (Olam, E.K. Kurup corpus) (dataset and license); educational (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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