education
/ˌɛd͡ʒ.əˈkeɪ.ʃən/ noun
Forms educations educashun educamation
- noun (uncountable) The process of imparting knowledge, skill and judgment. “Good education is essential for a well-run society.”
- noun (countable) Facts, skills and ideas that have been learned, especially through formal instruction. “He has had a classical education.”
- noun (now rare) Upbringing, rearing.
Synonyms
instruction teaching pedagogy didactics educational activity training breeding Department of Education Education Department
Etymology
Borrowed from Middle French éducation, from Latin ēducātiō (“a breeding, bringing up, rearing”), from ēducō (“to educate, train”), from ēdūcō (“to lead forth, to take out; to raise up, to erect”). See educate.
Morphologically educate + -ion.
Webster’s 1913
- noun The act or process of educating; the result of educating, as determined by the knowledge skill, or discipline of character, acquired; also, the act or process of training by a prescribed or customary course of study or discipline; as, an education for the bar or the pulpit; he has finished his education.
Etymology [L. educatio; cf. F. éducation.]
Sources: Wiktionary · WordNet 3.0 · Webster’s 1913 — from the Wiktionary entry “education”, CC BY-SA 4.0. Details