Education
/,edju:'keiʃn/
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Definition
- Noun:
- The process of receiving or giving systematic instruction, especially at a school or university: "Education" refers to the formal or informal process of teaching and learning knowledge, skills, and values.
- A body of knowledge acquired while being educated: "Education" can also refer to the knowledge and intellectual development resulting from this process.
- The theory and practice of teaching: "Education" denotes the field of study or profession concerned with methods and principles of teaching and learning.
Usage Examples
- Noun:
- The government has increased funding for public education. (The government has increased funding for the system of teaching and learning in public schools.)
- She has a master's degree in education. (She has an advanced degree in the field of teaching methodology.)
- His formal education ended when he was sixteen. (His period of structured schooling concluded at age sixteen.)
Advanced Usage
- "to get an education": to undergo a process of formal learning.
- She moved to the city to get a better education.
- "the value of education": the importance or benefits provided by learning.
- His parents always stressed the value of education.
- "adult education": instructional courses intended for adults.
- The community college offers many adult education classes in the evenings.
Variants and Related Words
- Educational (adj): relating to the provision of education.
- The museum trip was both fun and educational.
- Educate (v): to teach someone, especially in a formal setting.
- The program aims to educate young people about health.
- Educator (n): a person who provides instruction or education; a teacher.
- She is a respected educator with twenty years of experience.
Synonyms
- Schooling: instruction received at school.
- Training: the action of teaching a person or animal a particular skill or type of behavior.
- Instruction: the act of teaching.
Related Phrases
- Higher education: education at a college or university level.
- Access to higher education has expanded in recent decades.
- Physical education: instruction in physical exercise and games, especially in schools.
- All students are required to take physical education.
Related Idioms
- A liberal education: a broad education intended to foster general intellectual and moral qualities rather than specific skills.
- The university is committed to providing a liberal education.
- To finish one's education: to complete a formal course of study.
- After finishing her education, she started her own business.
Noun
- the United States federal department that administers all federal programs dealing with education (including federal aid to educational institutions and students); created 1979
- the result of good upbringing (especially knowledge of correct social behavior)
- a woman of breeding and refinement
- the profession of teaching (especially at a school or college or university)
- the gradual process of acquiring knowledge
- education is a preparation for life
- a girl's education was less important than a boy's
- knowledge acquired by learning and instruction
- it was clear that he had a very broad education
- the activities of educating or instructing; activities that impart knowledge or skill
- he received no formal education
- our instruction was carefully programmed
- good classroom teaching is seldom rewarded