adult education

noun

1. a program of noncredit courses for adults regardless of previous education, offered typically by a university extension or institute.

Word History and Origins

Origin of adult education¹

First recorded in 1850–55

Example Sentences

It stands very much in the way of that universal adult education which is our present concern.

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We need more adult education, and our children must be filled with the truth so they can recite it forwards and backwards.

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Adult education as a supplementary form of instruction was considered an integral part of the educational process.

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The lodge members became interested in a State-wide program of adult education, and began a lending library of non-fiction books.

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