HIGHER EDUCATION

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does higher education mean? 

• HIGHER EDUCATION (noun)
  The noun HIGHER EDUCATION has 1 sense:

1. education provided by a college or university

  Familiarity information: HIGHER EDUCATION used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• HIGHER EDUCATION (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Education provided by a college or university

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Hypernyms ("higher education" is a kind of...):

didactics; education; educational activity; instruction; pedagogy; teaching (the activities of educating or instructing; activities that impart knowledge or skill)

 Context examples 

An institution of higher education created to educate and grant degrees; often a part of a university.

(College, NCI Thesaurus)

Your ninth house is essentially an intellectual one, so your quest for higher education falls here, namely when you go to college or graduate school.

(AstrologyZone.com, by Susan Miller)

They will meet in Capricorn, your ninth house of foreign people and places, publishing and broadcasting, legal matters, immigration, passport, visa, green card, and all topics related to higher education (college and beyond).

(AstrologyZone.com, by Susan Miller)

All the topics covered by the ninth house discussed above—foreign travel and international relationships, publishing and broadcasting projects, academia, legal and immigration matters, and your pursuit for higher education—will shine on this day.

(AstrologyZone.com, by Susan Miller)