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ed⋅u⋅ca⋅tion

  [ej-oo-key-shuhn]
–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.
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Origin:
1525–35; (< MF) < L ēducātiōn- (s. of ēducātiō), equiv. to ēducāt(us) (see educate ) + -iōn- -ion

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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ed·u·ca·tion   (ěj'ə-kā'shən)   
n.  

  1. The act or process of educating or being educated.

  2. The knowledge or skill obtained or developed by a learning process.

  3. A program of instruction of a specified kind or level: driver education; a college education.

  4. The field of study that is concerned with the pedagogy of teaching and learning.

  5. An instructive or enlightening experience: Her work in the inner city was a real education.

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education

discipline that is concerned with methods of teaching and learning in schools or school-like environments as opposed to various nonformal and informal means of socialization (e.g., rural development projects and education through parent-child relationships).

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