education

Meaning

  1. The process of imparting knowledge, skill and judgment.
  2. Facts, skills and ideas that have been learned, especially through formal instruction.
  3. Upbringing, rearing.

Frequency

B2
Hyphenated as
e‧du‧ca‧tion
Pronounced as (IPA)
/ˌɛd͡ʒ.ʊˈkeɪ.ʃən/
Etymology

Borrowed from Middle French éducation, from Latin ēducātiō (“a breeding, bringing up, rearing”), from ēducō (“I educate, train”), from ēdūcō (“I lead forth, I take out; I raise up, I erect”). See educate. Morphologically educate + -ion

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