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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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the understanding and information gained from being educated
- a person whose extensive education was obvious to all who met him
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9 Slang Words With Academic Origins
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The first known use of education was in 1531
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