educational A2 Topic:Education & Learning US /ˌɛd͡ʒəˈkeɪʃənəl/ UK /ˌɛd͡ʒʊˈkeɪʃənəl/ See IPA manual Freq #10421 Meanings 1 adj Relating to education or teaching. A school is an educational establishment. 2 adj Helping you to learn something useful. They were shown an educational film about road safety. Thesaurus Synonyms 2 adj · helping you to learn... instructiveeducative Word family Forms educationally Common collocations educational system Adjective + noun educational provisions Adjective + noun Etymology AI details From education + -al. *dewk- Proto-Indo-European View etymology graph -> Topics Education & Learning External links Cambridge Dictionary Wiktionary Google Images # educational **Type:** Word **Level:** A2 **Part of speech:** adj **IPA (US):** /ˌɛd͡ʒəˈkeɪʃənəl/ **IPA (UK):** /ˌɛd͡ʒʊˈkeɪʃənəl/ **Frequency rank:** 10421 ## Meanings 1. Relating to education or teaching. 2. Helping you to learn something useful. ## Examples - A school is an educational establishment. - They were shown an educational film about road safety. ## Roots and Affixes - Root: *dewk- ## Etymology From education + -al. ## AI Etymology Educational is formed from education + -al. In current use, the main senses are “Relating to education or teaching” and “Helping you to learn something useful”. Its deeper ancestry includes Proto-Indo-European *dewk-. ## Topics - Education & Learning markdown