Definition of education
1a : the action or process of educating or of being educated; also : a stage of such a processb : 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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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
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Stamp also said that public health will be the focus of the state’s plan, and likened the scale and approach of forthcoming efforts to those that were used for anti-smoking and HIV education in the past.
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With his singsong voice echoing through the school’s P.A. system, Hunt talked about Jody Bradley, a first-grade teacher who had grown up in Chehalis and, at first, hadn’t considered higher education.
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Deborah Harmon, an African American education professor at Eastern Michigan University who develops initiatives to support teachers and students of color, described a similar phenomenon taking place at her daughter’s high school in Ann Arbor.
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As the school year comes to a close, members of a regional education committee named Jill Merriman of Fremont School District 79 as a recipient of their Excellence in Character Award.
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Romantic turbulence aside, most songs on the album could be part of some motivational public-education curriculum.
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The family lived in Montreal during and after the war, and Brzezinski finished his Catholic education there.
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Under the deal, the number of education department permits was reduced to 11,000 from 63,000 — or as many parking spots as there were at schools, plus some extra permits for staff members who traveled to multiple schools.
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The Plymouth resident will continue her education at the University of Notre Dame to pursue a master's degree in global health.
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First Known Use of education
1531
Other Education Terms
EDUCATION Defined for English Language Learners
education
playDefinition of education for English Language Learners
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: the action or process of teaching someone especially in a school, college, or university
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: the knowledge, skill, and understanding that you get from attending a school, college, or university
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: a field of study that deals with the methods and problems of teaching
EDUCATION Defined for Kids
education
playDefinition of education for Students
1 : the act or process of teaching or of being taught the education of students
2 : knowledge, skill, and development gained from study or training “It isn't a question of education,” returned the Insect; “it's merely a question of mathematics.” — L. Frank Baum, The Marvelous Land of Oz
3 : the study of the methods and problems of teaching He's taking courses in education.
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