Education

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • n. The act or process of educating or being educated.
  • n. The knowledge or skill obtained or developed by a learning process.
  • n. A program of instruction of a specified kind or level: driver education; a college education.
  • n. The field of study that is concerned with the pedagogy of teaching and learning.
  • n. An instructive or enlightening experience: Her work in the inner city was a real education.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • n. The process or art of imparting knowledge, skill and judgment.
  • n. Facts, skills and ideas that have been learned, either formally or informally.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • n. 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
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • n. The imparting or acquisition of knowledge; mental and moral training; cultivation of the mind, feelings, and manners.
  • n. The rearing of animals, especially bees, silkworms, or the like; culture, as of bacteria in experimenting; a brood or collection of cultivated creatures.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • n. the result of good upbringing (especially knowledge of correct social behavior)
  • n. the gradual process of acquiring knowledge
  • n. knowledge acquired by learning and instruction
  • n. the activities of educating or instructing; activities that impart knowledge or skill
  • n. the United States federal department that administers all federal programs dealing with education (including federal aid to educational institutions and students); created 1979
  • n. the profession of teaching (especially at a school or college or university)
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    training    breeding    teaching    instruction    culture   
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    Education    Voices   
    Same Context
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    development    science    culture    knowledge    health    school    policy    practice    instruction    government