education

Meaning

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

instruction

training

educational activity

human capital acquisition

branch of study

branch of education

branch of schooling

training Culture

personnel training

level of education

Frequency

Hyphenated as

e‧du‧ca‧tion

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˌɛd͡ʒ.ʊˈkeɪ.ʃən/

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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