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noun ed·u·ca·tion \ ˌe-jə-ˈkā-shən \

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

Researchers found that some children became more aggressive after experiencing Hurricane Katrina, which severely damaged 110 of the city’s 126 public schools and resulted in the complete reorganization of New Orleans’s education system.

— hayley glatter, The Atlantic, "How Schoolchildren Will Cope With Hurricane Harvey," 30 Aug. 2017
The senator said public education has enough challenges already without more distractions caused by treating them as historical memorials.

— mike cason, AL.com, "Senator wants school name changes removed from Alabama monuments law," 30 Aug. 2017
Benjamin also is the social science education coordinator and the director of African-American studies at Saint Xavier.

— Daily Southtown, "Community news," 30 Aug. 2017
Proceeds help with support and education for local businesses and assistance for local high school students and teachers.

— dinah l. rogers photography, NOLA.com, "East St. Tammany Chamber 'Fans Up' for with Saints-themed fundraiser," 30 Aug. 2017
Every day of my journalism education that follows that first one will be a lesson in how to make this world better.

— Teen Vogue, "Lit Club Winners: First Day of School," 29 Aug. 2017
Five recipients were announced this week and will be honored with awards celebrating their lifetime achievement, global citizenship and efforts in education, among other things.

— darcy costello, The Courier-Journal, "UK grad Ashley Judd among Muhammad Ali Humanitarian Awards recipients," 26 Aug. 2017
Hime said districts end up investing additional time and money on remedial training for teachers without an education background — and there's another common problem…

— charles p. pierce, Esquire, "This Week in Voter Suppression," 24 Aug. 2017
And familiarity rose in tandem with a respondent’s education — about three-quarters of those with postgraduate degrees recognized the term, as did about 60 percent of college graduates.

— sharon jayson, Kaiser Health News, "Charlottesville Postmortem: Why People Join Hate Groups," 24 Aug. 2017

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First Known Use of education

1531

education Synonyms

Synonyms

instruction, schooling, teaching, training, tuition, tutelage, tutoring

Antonyms

ignorance, illiteracy, illiterateness

Related Words

didactics, pedagogics, pedagogy; higher education, higher learning; coaching, conditioning, cultivation, preparation, readying; development, direction, guidance, nurturance, nurturing; edification, enlightenment, improvement

Near Antonyms

functional illiteracy

Other Education Terms

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

EDUCATION Defined for English Language Learners

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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