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education

[ej- oo - key -sh uh n] /??d? ??ke? ??n/
noun
1.
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.
2.
the act or process of imparting or acquiring particular knowledge or skills, as for a profession.
3.
a degree, level, or kind of schooling:
a university education.
4.
the result produced by instruction, training, or study:
to show one's education.
5.
the science or art of teaching; pedagogics.
Origin of education
1525-1535
1525-35; (< Middle French ) < Latin ?duc?ti?n- (stem of ?duc?ti? ), equivalent to ?duc?t ( us ) (see educate ) + -i?n- -ion
Related forms
antieducation, adjective
noneducation, noun
overeducation, noun
preeducation, noun
proeducation, adjective
supereducation, noun
Synonyms
1. instruction, schooling, learning. Education, training imply a discipline and development by means of study and learning. Education is the development of the abilities of the mind (learning to know): a liberal education. Training is practical education (learning to do) or practice, usually under supervision, in some art, trade, or profession: training in art, teacher training. 4. learning, knowledge, enlightenment. Education, culture are often used interchangeably to mean the results of schooling. Education, however, suggests chiefly the information acquired. Culture is a mode of thought and feeling encouraged by education. It suggests an aspiration toward, and an appreciation of high intellectual and esthetic ideals: The level of culture in a country depends upon the education of its people.
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  • And the great aim of education is the cultivation of the habit of abstraction.

  • After all, what is education in the finest sense, but the uplifting of the masses?

    Tutors' Lane Wilmarth Lewis
  • But why, instead of consulting us, do you not consult our friend Socrates about the education of the youths?

    Laches Plato
  • It was plain that her education in that capacity had not begun.

    Deerbrook Harriet Martineau
  • Our schools for education in evil are numerous, and their teachers are legion.

British Dictionary definitions for education

education

/ ??dj??ke???n /
noun
1.
the act or process of acquiring knowledge, esp systematically during childhood and adolescence
2.
the knowledge or training acquired by this process: his education has been invaluable to him
3.
the act or process of imparting knowledge, esp at a school, college, or university: education is my profession
4.
the theory of teaching and learning: a course in education
5.
a particular kind of instruction or training: a university education, consumer education
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Word Origin and History for education
n.

1530s, "childrearing," also "the training of animals," from Middle French education (14c.) and directly from Latin educationem (nominative educatio ), from past participle stem of educare (see educate ). Originally of education in social codes and manners; meaning "systematic schooling and training for work" is from 1610s.

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