EDUCATIONAL

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does educational mean? 

• EDUCATIONAL (adjective)
  The adjective EDUCATIONAL has 2 senses:

1. relating to the process of education

2. providing knowledge

  Familiarity information: EDUCATIONAL used as an adjective is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• EDUCATIONAL (adjective)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Relating to the process of education

Classified under:

Relational adjectives (pertainyms)

Context example:

educational psychology

Pertainym:

education (the gradual process of acquiring knowledge)

Derivation:

education (the gradual process of acquiring knowledge)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Providing knowledge

Context example:

an educational film

Similar:

informative; instructive (serving to instruct or enlighten or inform)

Derivation:

education (the activities of educating or instructing; activities that impart knowledge or skill)

 Context examples 

They may include speech, physical, occupational, and/or educational therapy.

(Down Syndrome, NIH: National Institute of Child Health and Human Development)

A summary of somebody's educational and work experience, usually for the information of possible future employers.

(Curriculum Vitae, NCI Thesaurus)

This makes my situation different from yours, Professor Challenger, since, so far as I know, you have never been entrusted with any responsible educational work.

(The Lost World, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

Biological products for academic and industrial labs, as well as educational and technical services.

(ATCC, NCI Thesaurus)

An educational activity that is intended to prevent disease or alter the course of a disease in a patient or population.

(Educational Intervention, NCI Thesaurus)

You can treat some symptoms with educational, behavioral, or physical therapy, and with medicines.

(Fragile X Syndrome, NIH: National Institute of Child Health and Human Development)

Indicates that a person has never attended an educational program or formal schooling.

(No Formal Schooling, NCI Thesaurus)

The Masonic Cancer Center combines population sciences, basic research, and translational cancer care with community outreach and educational activities.

(Masonic Cancer Center, NCI Thesaurus)

Indicates that a person was instructed in an educational program outside of established schools, especially in the home.

(Home School Completion, NCI Thesaurus)

Life style is closely associated with health behavior and factors influencing life style are socioeconomic, educational, and cultural.

(Health Behavior, NLM, Medical Subject Headings)