education

noun

ˌe-jə-ˈkā-shən How to pronounce education (audio)
Definition of educationnext
1
as in schooling
the act or process of imparting knowledge or skills to another a teacher who devoted herself to the education of children with special needs

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2
as in literacy
the understanding and information gained from being educated a person whose extensive education was obvious to all who met him

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Recent Examples of education Her professors urged her to stick with her education and connected her with a school counselor. — Felice J. Freyer, STAT, 19 Aug. 2026 This article has been updated to include information reported by the Florida Phoenix about David Jolly’s use of Florida’s voucher program to help fund his children’s education. — Kairi Lowery, Miami Herald, 19 Aug. 2026 Zapata is a high school teacher who said his priorities include improving literacy, expanding career and technical education, safety in schools and fiscal responsibility. — Abigail Hasebroock, Sun Sentinel, 19 Aug. 2026 And then there’s Beatmaker’s Toolbox, focused on community and education. — Britt Julious, Chicago Tribune, 19 Aug. 2026 See All Example Sentences for education
Recent Examples of Synonyms for education
  1. schooling
  2. literacy
  3. teaching
  4. knowledge
  5. instruction
  6. learning
  7. scholarship
Noun
  • Kirsten described disputes over parenting time, medical expenses, schooling and religious decisions involving Bridegan’s twins.
    — Greg Wehner, FOXNews.com, 18 Aug. 2026
  • After five years of harsh restrictions by the Taliban regime, fathers, mothers, and daughters across Afghanistan hold fast to the vision of unlocking independent inquiry and thinking through schooling.
    — The Christian Science Monitor, Christian Science Monitor, 17 Aug. 2026
Definition of schooling
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  • If the fake poll was truly a social experiment meant to test the poll literacy of media outlets and campaigns, Yeargain said, there would likely be nothing to prosecute.
    — Noah Goldberg, Los Angeles Times, 19 Aug. 2026
  • Zapata is a high school teacher who said his priorities include improving literacy, expanding career and technical education, safety in schools and fiscal responsibility.
    — Abigail Hasebroock, Sun Sentinel, 19 Aug. 2026
Definition of literacy
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  • After four decades of teaching, advising and research, my salary is barely half of that.
    — Francisco Ruiz, Chicago Tribune, 14 Aug. 2026
  • The measure effectively cut off government funding for shrines and removed Shinto practices and teachings from public institutions.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 14 Aug. 2026
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  • The court document said that, around two weeks later, the resident discovered an AirTag concealed under the backseat of their car that was placed by their former partner without their knowledge or consent.
    — Nicholas Lentz, CBS News, 17 Aug. 2026
  • The lessons learned and knowledge accumulated by your scientists and engineers are valuable human capital that no one else has.
    — Edward Lotterman, Twin Cities, 16 Aug. 2026
Definition of knowledge
Noun
  • So, there was no real risk that a court AI system might confuse any of Elliott’s prompts as instructions from the court directing an AI model on how to read Elliott’s filings.
    — Ashley Belanger, ArsTechnica, 14 Aug. 2026
  • Two of his landmark papers, published in 2025 and 2026 in Science, point to a radical redistribution of the cells that make up the body as mammals age, and describe some of the epigenomic instructions that guide this process.
    — Ingrid Wickelgren, Quanta Magazine, 14 Aug. 2026
Definition of instruction
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  • Summary OpenAI disclosed a two-week pause in reinforcement learning training after an unreleased model called Astra could not be ruled out as reaching Critical, the highest cybersecurity risk tier in its Preparedness Framework.
    — Ashish Bhatia, Forbes.com, 19 Aug. 2026
  • That Imai is the first Japanese player the Astros have signed from Nippon Professional Baseball meant an already massive learning curve would grow steeper.
    — Chandler Rome, New York Times, 19 Aug. 2026
Definition of learning
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  • Free money from scholarships and grants accounts for more than a quarter of the costs, and student loans make up most of the rest, the education lender found.
    — Jessica Dickler, CNBC, 15 Aug. 2026
  • For The Times) By the end of the summer, Shields was nearing 20 scholarship offers after just one season as an offensive lineman.
    — Eric Sondheimer, Los Angeles Times, 15 Aug. 2026
Definition of scholarship

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