higher learning

noun

: education, learning, or scholarship on the collegiate or university level

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The university, located in the nation’s capital, has the distinction of being the first school of higher learning designed for deaf students. Robert Lloyd, Los Angeles Times, 16 May 2025 The Scorpio full moon arrives on May 12th at 12:56 p.m. EST, lighting up your sector of wisdom and higher learning, and suddenly, something clicks. Dossé-Via Trenou, Refinery29, 29 Apr. 2025 Within her lifetime, Fatima al-Fihri expanded the center for higher learning and research to the sciences, math and philosophy from its base of Quranic study. Doris Bittar, San Diego Union-Tribune, 12 Feb. 2025 Your sector of truth, travel, and higher learning is activated, and suddenly the world feels open again. Dossé-Via Trenou, Refinery29, 29 Apr. 2025 See All Example Sentences for higher learning

Word History

First Known Use

1826, in the meaning defined above

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The first known use of higher learning was in 1826

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“Higher learning.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/higher%20learning. Accessed 24 May. 2025.

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