Advertisement
🇵🇹Portuguese Source WordCode: PT

Sistema educacional

Pronunciation / Transliteration: sistema educacional

🇬🇧 Direct English Meaning:
Education system/ˌɛdʒ.ʊˈkeɪ.ʃən ˈsɪs.təm/
nounCEFR B2 (Upper)Top #2100 frequency
Full Thesaurus
🇵🇹 Example Sentence in Portuguese:

"O sistema educacional no Brasil enfrenta muitos desafios."

Comprehensive Definitions & Senses

2 senses
As noun
  1. 1

    A structured framework for delivering education, encompassing schools, curricula, and teaching methods.

    "The education system in Finland is often praised for its innovative approaches and high student performance."
  2. 2

    The policies and practices that govern educational institutions and their operations.

    "Reforms in the education system aim to improve access and quality for all students."
Advertisement

Thesaurus & Semantic Spectrum

Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology

The term combines 'education', derived from the Latin 'educatio' meaning a breeding, bringing up, or rearing, and 'system', stemming from the Greek 'systēma' meaning an organized whole or body. Together, the compound phrase emerged in modern administrative and sociological discourse during the 19th century to describe structured national networks of schooling.

Quick Vocabulary Retention Check

Which of the following is the closest synonym for "Education system"?

Advertisement
Thesaurus & Synonyms Graph

Explore Nuanced Synonyms for "Education system"

Discover exact matches, context-specific alternatives, and antonyms with intensity ratings in the VocabDictionary Thesaurus.

View "Education system" Synonym Map
Advertisement