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/ˌɛdʒəkˈeɪʃən/ /ˌɛdʒjukˈeɪʃən/ Listen

Education

noun

The activities of educating or instructing; activities that impart knowledge or skill. Synonyms: didactics, educational activity, instruction, pedagogy, teaching. "Our instruction was carefully programmed" , "Good classroom teaching is seldom rewarded"

Knowledge acquired by learning and instruction.

The gradual process of acquiring knowledge. "A girl's education was less important than a boy's"

The profession of teaching (especially at a school or college or university).

The result of good upbringing (especially knowledge of correct social behavior). Synonyms: breeding, training.

The United States federal department that administers all federal programs dealing with education (including federal aid to educational institutions and students); created 1979. Synonyms: Department of Education, Education Department.

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"Education" Quotes from Famous Books

... William Sinclair, was born at Edinburgh in 1811. His father was a trader in the city. Receiving an ordinary education, he became in his fourteenth year apprentice to a bookseller in Frederick Street. A large circulating library connected with the establishment enabled him to gratify an ardent love of reading, and brought him into contact with persons of strong literary tastes. ...

— The Modern Scottish Minstrel, Volumes I-VI. - The Songs of Scotland of the Past Half Century • Various

... of the tutor in London I did not mean to say that I would use what knowledge he imparted to read your papers. I was merely blushing for the defects in my education, although Father Donovan often said that I knew half as much as he did, poor man, and him a holy father. If you care to so direct me, I can go even now to my chamber and make shift to ...

— The O'Ruddy - A Romance • Stephen Crane

... captain decidedly. "The first thing a boy wants is an education, and the next is a good trade. I have been thinking of this subject for years. Now I am going to tell you about my scheme. I want to help supply the country with ...

— All Adrift - or The Goldwing Club • Oliver Optic

... a novice in the Black Nunnery are not such as some of my readers may suppose. They are not employed in studying the higher branches of education; they are not offered any advantages for storing their mind, or polishing their manners; they are not taught even reading, writing, or arithmetic; much less any of the more advanced branches of knowledge. My time was chiefly employed, at first, in work and prayers. It is true, during the last year ...

— Awful Disclosures - Containing, Also, Many Incidents Never before Published • Maria Monk

... why isn't it better done—or worse done? I suppose we might call it 'near literature.' Sometimes, indeed, it is very near. I suppose it is the public school system that is accountable. Well, I never believed in general education, and here's a justification ...

— The Life of Mrs. Robert Louis Stevenson • Nellie Van de Grift Sanchez

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