education
Meaning
- The process of imparting knowledge, skill and judgment.
- Facts, skills and ideas that have been learned, especially through formal instruction.
- Upbringing, rearing.
Frequency
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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