tuition

[ too-ish-uh n, tyoo- ]
/ tuˈɪʃ ən, tyu- /

noun

the charge or fee for instruction, as at a private school or a college or university: The college will raise its tuition again next year.
teaching or instruction, as of pupils: a school offering private tuition in languages.
Archaic. guardianship or custody.

Origin of tuition

1250–1300; Middle English tuicion a looking after, guarding < Latin tuitiōn- (stem of tuitiō), equivalent to tuit(us) (past participle of tuērī to watch; cf. tutelage) + -iōn- -ion

OTHER WORDS FROM tuition

tu·i·tion·al, tu·i·tion·ar·y [too-ish-uh-ner-ee, tyoo-] /tuˈɪʃ əˌnɛr i, tyu-/, adjective tu·i·tion·less, adjective self-tu·i·tion, noun

Words nearby tuition

tugrik, tui, tuileries, tuille, tuinal, tuition, tuk-tuk, tukhrik, tukkie, tuktu, tula

Example sentences from the Web for self-tuition

  • Our young friend, he said, has certainly done wonders for himself in the way of self-tuition.

    Short Sixes |H. C. Bunner

  • I can see the marks of self-tuition all over this young mans conversation.

    Short Sixes |H. C. Bunner

British Dictionary definitions for self-tuition

tuition
/ (tjuːˈɪʃən) /

noun

instruction, esp that received in a small group or individually
the payment for instruction, esp in colleges or universities

Derived forms of tuition

tuitional, adjective

Word Origin for tuition

C15: from Old French tuicion, from Latin tuitiō a guarding, from tuērī to watch over