continuing education

English

Noun

continuing education (uncountable)

2. The ongoing educational efforts made by adults during the decades after all of their primary education and secondary education, as well as the main portion of their tertiary education (higher education), are finished; it is either largely or wholly self-education, depending on each person's circumstances; for workers in certain occupations, it is formalized, measured, and required.

   Alternative form: CE (initialism)

   Hypernym: education

   Hyponyms: CME (“continuing medical education”), CNE (“continuing nursing education”), CLE (“continuing legal education”)

   Coordinate terms: adult education, further education

   Near-synonym: LLL (“lifelong learning”)

Derived terms

• CEU (“continuing education unit”)

Translations

further education — see further education

See also

• MOC (“maintenance of certification”)