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education
[ ej-oo-key-shuhn ]
noun
- the act or process of imparting or acquiring general knowledge, developing the powers of reasoning and judgment, and generally of preparing oneself or others intellectually for mature life.
Synonyms: learning, schooling, instruction
- the act or process of imparting or acquiring particular knowledge or skills, as for a profession.
- a degree, level, or kind of schooling:
a university education.
- the result produced by instruction, training, or study:
to show one's education.
Synonyms: enlightenment, knowledge, learning
- the science or art of teaching; pedagogics.
education
/ ˌɛdjʊˈkeɪʃən /
noun
- the act or process of acquiring knowledge, esp systematically during childhood and adolescence
- the knowledge or training acquired by this process
his education has been invaluable to him
- the act or process of imparting knowledge, esp at a school, college, or university
education is my profession
- the theory of teaching and learning
a course in education
- a particular kind of instruction or training
a university education
consumer education
Other Words From
- anti·edu·cation adjective
- noned·u·cation noun
- over·edu·cation noun
- preed·u·cation noun
- proed·u·cation adjective
- super·edu·cation noun
Word History and Origins
Origin of education1
Synonym Study
Example Sentences
Education controls the transmission of values and molds the spirit before dominating the soul.
What they believe impacts economic policy, foreign policy, education policy, environmental policy, you name it.
Congress is attempting to pass the buck on federal funding for education.
The Supreme Court eventually stepped in and ended legal segregation in the landmark 1954 decision, Brown v. Board of Education.
This is why arguments for little to no federal oversight of education are so disturbing.
It seems to be a true instinct which comes before education and makes education possible.
I am pleading for a clear white light of education that shall go like the sun round the whole world.
He became a doctor in two hours, and it only cost him twenty dollars to complete his education.
And now let me come to the second problem we opened up in connection with college education—the problem of its extension.
If we are to have a real education along lines of expression we must begin with the "content," or cause, of expression.
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