education

Meanings

1. 1
   noun

   The process of teaching or learning, especially at a school or university.

   Every child has the right to a good education.

2. 2
   noun

   The knowledge and skills you gain from being taught.

   It was clear that they had a very broad education.

3. 3
   noun

   The field or profession concerned with teaching.

   She has worked in education for over twenty years.

Borrowed from Middle French éducation, from Latin ēducātiō (“a breeding, bringing up, rearing”), from ēducō (“to educate, train”), from ēdūcō (“to lead forth, to take out; to raise up, to erect”). See educate. Morphologically educate + -ion.

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