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 Dipke and others who joined the CJP’s ranks decided to take the protest to the streets, demanding that the Indian education minister, Dharmendra Pradhan, take moral responsibility and resign. — Encyclopedia Britannica, 29 July 2026 State education officials, including state Superintendent of Public Instruction Tony Thurmond, have avoided taking sides. — Howard Blume, Los Angeles Times, 29 July 2026 In the end, a lot of it comes down to that education of what is the disease process here? — Dana Taylor, USA Today, 29 July 2026 Albert is the first generation in her family with real access to education, and a first-generation college student who had to figure out applications, financial aid, and graduate school on her own. — Laurel Donnellan, Forbes.com, 29 July 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
  • Mandarin is the language of formal schooling in China since middle school, and the result, as Li describes it, is a generation that speaks its ancestral dialect with growing unfamiliarity.
    — Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 28 July 2026
  • Fauci has described the principles that drive him—public service, integrity, clarity of thought and speech—as the yield of his Jesuit schooling.
    — Katherine J. Wu, The Atlantic, 28 July 2026
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  • Academic difficulties are less likely to involve basic literacy than sustained effort, organization, work completion, and mathematics.
    — Scott White, Forbes.com, 29 July 2026
  • In recent news, Sean Pouche voted in support of silently cutting Dolly Parton’s Imagination Library, where 169,032 Missouri kids as of March were supported in early literacy.
    — Sophie Lindberg July 27, Kansas City Star, 27 July 2026
Definition of literacy
Noun
  • The contents of the sixth chapter were initially Baraitot, oral teachings passed down alongside the Mishnah.
    — Encyclopedia Britannica, Encyclopedia Britannica, 24 July 2026
  • Is the use of popular culture worthwhile as a method for teaching and engaging with first-generation college students?
    — Lisa Deaderick, San Diego Union-Tribune, 24 July 2026
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  • Imhauser, while involved heavily in town activities, doesn’t really have the knowledge to say whether the state fair could ever leave Sedalia.
    — Sophie Lindberg, Kansas City Star, 26 July 2026
  • Supporters, including the League of United Latin American Citizens, said the bill would especially help the families of veterans, farmworkers and immigrants because those groups are more likely to die without their relatives’ knowledge.
    — Alula Alderson, Sacbee.com, 26 July 2026
Definition of knowledge
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  • But a Canadian legislator took that idea to an embarrassing new level this week, reading an apparent LLM prompt instruction into the record during a floor speech.
    — Kyle Orland, ArsTechnica, 24 July 2026
  • Each specific kind of peptide carries a different instruction, explains LaValle, who is also chair of the International Peptide Society.
    — Maggie Ryan, Flow Space, 24 July 2026
Definition of instruction
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  • Possible inspiration can come from medical training processes, where patient rounds with practicing physicians enable learning of judgement.
    — Nisha Talagala, Forbes.com, 29 July 2026
  • OpenAI faces significant pressure to do so from security researchers, executives, and, well, just about everyone in the AI industry to share learnings and ensure the proper guardrails are in place going forward.
    — Emily Forlini, Fortune, 29 July 2026
Definition of learning
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  • Over 95% of students enrolled in Catholic schools are on some kind of state scholarship, with most receiving around $6,500 in vouchers to put forth toward tuition, according to Rigg.
    — Lauren Costantino, Miami Herald, 25 July 2026
  • The dinner is designed to raise funds for First Amendment scholarships supported by the organization and other programs.
    — Karissa Waddick, USA Today, 25 July 2026
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