education

noun ed·u·ca·tion \ ˌe-jə-ˈkā-shən \

|Updated on: 20 Jun 2018

Examples: education in a Sentence

Definition of education

1 a : the action or process of educating or of being educated; also : a stage of such a process

b : the knowledge and development resulting from an educational process

a person of little education

2 : the field of study that deals mainly with methods of teaching and learning in schools

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educational

play \ˌe-jə-ˈkā-shnəl, -shə-nᵊl\ adjective

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educationally

play \ˌe-jə-ˈkā-shnəl-ē, -shə-nᵊl-\ adverb

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Examples of education in a Sentence

The school is devoted to the education of children with reading difficulties.
She received her education at private schools.
The applicants had comparable educations.
She earned her master's degree in education.

Recent Examples of education from the Web

The teacher delivered a counter rap advocating for the importance of a good education.

— taylor lorenz, The Atlantic, "YouTube Star Jake Paul’s Fame Is Fading," 16 June 2018
Arizona may not be the top state in education funding or pro football, or even alphabetically.

— scott craven, azcentral, "Hottest state in the U.S. this summer? It's not Arizona. Here's why," 15 June 2018
Local school boards now set their own policies, and education groups have said a third or less of the state’s 286 school districts have some protections for teachers.

— john hanna, kansascity, "Kansas court upholds law ending teachers’ guaranteed tenure," 15 June 2018
Four parochial schools in Oak Lawn are building community bonds as well as their education funds through a series of competitions.

— ginger brashinger, Daily Southtown, "Neighboring parochial schools team up for Tour de Oak Lawn race series," 15 June 2018
The technology has taken off and taken over education.

— elizabeth marie himchak, Pomerado News, "PUSD bids farewell to 47 retiring elementary teachers," 15 June 2018
Harrison Smith at The Washington Post reports that Cotton was the longtime education director of the Southern Christian Leadership Conference, which organized many of the marches and protest actions around the American South in the early 1960s.

— jason daley, Smithsonian, "The Unheralded Legacy of Civil Rights Leader Dorothy Cotton," 14 June 2018
Based in the western suburbs, Riverside Center is a supplemental education center dedicated to imaginative learning.

— jen banowetz, Naperville Sun, "Riverside Folk Festival comes to Cantigny," 14 June 2018
These environmental factors could include changes in the education system and media environment, nutrition, reading less and being online more, said Rogeberg.

— rory smith, CNN, "IQ scores are falling and have been for decades, new study finds," 13 June 2018

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First Known Use of education

1531

in the meaning defined at sense 1a

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education Synonyms

Other Education Terms

baccalaureate, colloquium, corequisite, dissertation, monograph, pedant, practicum, survey course, thesis

EDUCATION Defined for English Language Learners

education

noun

Definition of education for English Language Learners

: the action or process of teaching someone especially in a school, college, or university
: the knowledge, skill, and understanding that you get from attending a school, college, or university
: a field of study that deals with the methods and problems of teaching