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edu·ca·tion (ej′o̵̅o̅ kā′s̸hən, ej′ə-)

noun

  1. the process of training and developing the knowledge, skill, mind, character, etc., esp. by formal schooling; teaching; training
  2. knowledge, ability, etc. thus developed
    1. formal schooling at an institution of learning
    2. a stage of this a high-school education
  4. systematic study of the methods and theories of teaching and learning

Etymology: L educatio: see educate

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education Synonyms

education

n.

  1. The process of directing learning

    schooling, study, training, direction, instruction, guidance, teaching, tutoring, coaching, tutelage, learning, reading, enlightenment, edification, inculcation, discipline, tuition, preparation, adult education, book learning, self-instruction, informing, indoctrination, brainwashing, proselytism, propagandism, catechism, cultivation, background, rearing, nurture, apprenticeship; reading, writing, and 'rithmetic*; the three R's*, book larnin'*.

  2. Knowledge acquired through education

    learning, wisdom, scholarship, literacy; see knowledge 1.

  3. The teaching profession

    teaching, pedagogy, tutoring, instruction, training, pedagogics, didactics, teaching methods, the field of education, progressive education, lecturing, professing (British).

  4. Refinement

    cultivation, finish, enlightenment; see culture 3.


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education Usage Examples

Converse of object

  • continue: Strengthen continuing education and professional development and promote a culture in which staff feel valued and able to reach their full potential.

Preposition: for

  • citizenship: If we want a meaningful process of education for citizenship, we should forget about the National Curriculum and the Education Reform Act.

Adjective modifier

  • high: Top up fees are pricing working class students out of higher education.

Modifies a noun

  • institution: Case Studies Eleven teacher education institutions in Europe were selected for detailed study in relation to the Profile.

Noun used with modifier

  • citizenship: I strongly encourage citizenship education practitioners to attend, ' , said Bernard Crick.
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education quotes

American art, like the American language and American education, was as far as possible sexless.

-Adams, Henry Brooks

The quality of strength lined with tenderness is an unbeatable combination, as are intelligence and necessity when unblunted by formal education.

-Angelou, Maya originally MayaJohnson

A real, honest, old-fashioned Boarding-school, where a reasonable quantity of accomplishments were sold at a reasonable price, and where girlsmight be sent to be out of the wayand scramblethemselves into a little education, without any danger of coming back prodigies.

-Austen,Jane

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