Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

basic education

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.74 in modern English

Syllables: ba-sic e-d-u-ca-tion
IPA

21

Scrabble Score

14

Letters

6

Syllables

11

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Education consisting of the two stages of primary education and lower secondary education.

Countable; Uncountable

Example Sentences

"Holonym: education"

Usage

Inflected Forms

basic educations (plural)

Phrases

basic training

Frequently Paired Words

basic training higher education further education tertiary education tertiary-level education

Questions

What does basic education mean?: Education consisting of the two stages of primary education and lower secondary education.

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