education

Meaning

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

Synonyms

instruction

training

teaching

learning

upbringing

knowledge

enlightenment

schooling

study

culture

pedagogy

educational activity

tuition

cultivation

breeding

formation

edification

didactics

erudition

refinement

studying

scholarship

human capital acquisition

practice

studies

science

information

civilisation

regimen

suit

traineeship

treatment

tutelage

tutoring

tutorship

work

branch of study

adoption

development

branch of education

branch of schooling

training Culture

personnel training

acculturation

holodeck

action

background

civilization

classes

coaching

Translations

éducation

educación

educazione

Erziehung

educação

Bildung

Ausbildung

istruzione

enseignement

formation

opvoeding

onderwijs

Unterricht

Schulung

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

Sentences

Television can make you dumb , but it can also be good education .

He attended the Art Center College of Design where he received his education .

He served as Professor of Elementary and Secondary Education .

They may submit a petition to the Ministry of Education via the University Board .

After his education , Sawyer worked in engineering , before moving into trade unionism .

Carpenter's high school education began in Brooks School North Andover , Massachusetts .