Words / B2

ej-oo-KAYSH-uh-nl/ˌedʒuˈkeɪʃənl/

Educational means connected with education, or useful for learning: educational policy; an educational visit. Education is already in the dictionary. Academic can mean scholarly or school-and-university. Educative is rarer. Do not call a violent video educational ironically in a formal paper without making the irony clear.

Meaning

Connected with education; also useful for learning.

Examples

• “The charity produces educational materials for GCSE revision.”
• “An educational visit to the court is not a holiday, which is why risk assessments were required.”

Good to know

educational policy / materials / visit. Noun: education. Scholarly: academic. Rarer twin: educative.

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