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# educational

«educational» in Mova's school dictionary: **teaching you something or helping you learn** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 1 sentence of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

adjective

### meaning for a pupil

1) Educational means teaching you something or helping you learn. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/educational/#m1)

2) Connected with schools and teaching, as in «educational system». [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/educational/#m2)

### sense in the lessons

Used about games, toys, TV shows, trips and websites that help children learn. Phrases: «educational toys», «an educational trip», «educational value». It tells the reader that something is good for learning, often also fun.

### examples

- We went on an educational trip to the science museum. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/educational/#x1)
- This app is fun and educational. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/educational/#x2)
- Grandma gave me an educational board game. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/educational/#x3)
- Museums are very educational places. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/educational/#x4)
- The documentary was really educational. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/educational/#x5)
- The government spends money on educational programmes. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/educational/#x6)

### note

«An educational» (vowel sound) — use «an». Not the same as «educated» (a person who has learned a lot). Adverb: educationally.

### In the corpora

- ["Additional needs" (official UK term) means special educational needs or a disability.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/euphemisms/16-school-reports/22/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «educational» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/educational/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.