education
education
nounDefinition of EDUCATION
1
the act or process of imparting knowledge or skills to another <a teacher who devoted herself to the education of children with special needs>
Related Words didactics, pedagogics, pedagogy; higher education, higher learning; coaching, conditioning, cultivation, preparation, readying; development, direction, guidance, nurturance, nurturing; edification, enlightenment, improvement
2
the understanding and information gained from being educated <a person whose extensive education was obvious to all who met him>
Near Antonyms functional illiteracy
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