education

A2 Topic:Education & Learning

US /ˌɛd͡ʒ.ʊˈkeɪ.ʃn̩/ See IPA manual

Freq #2590

Meanings

1

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

Every child has the right to a good education.
2

noun
The knowledge and skills you gain from being taught.

It was clear that they had a very broad education.
3

noun
The field or profession concerned with teaching.

She has worked in education for over twenty years.

Thesaurus

Synonyms

1 noun · the process of teaching or... instruction teaching schooling

3 noun · the field or profession... pedagogy

Word family

Forms educations

Derived forms antieducationauto-educationautoeducationcoeducationcybereducatione-educationedjamacationedjewcationedu-babbleedubusinesseducationableeducational

Related forms alumnus art attitude blackboard certificate chalk chancellor class classroom college curriculum dean

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Etymology

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.

*dewk- Proto-Indo-European ēducātiō Latin

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Topics

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# education

**Type:** Word
**Level:** A2
**Part of speech:** noun
**IPA (US):** /ˌɛd͡ʒ.ʊˈkeɪ.ʃn̩/
**Frequency rank:** 2590

## Meanings
1. The process of teaching or learning, especially at a school or university.
2. The knowledge and skills you gain from being taught.
3. The field or profession concerned with teaching.

## Examples
- Every child has the right to a good education.
- It was clear that they had a very broad education.
- She has worked in education for over twenty years.

## Derived Forms
- antieducation
- auto-education
- autoeducation
- coeducation
- cybereducation
- e-education
- edjamacation
- edjewcation
- edu-babble
- edubusiness
- educationable
- educational

## Related Forms
- alumnus
- art
- attitude
- blackboard
- certificate
- chalk
- chancellor
- class
- classroom
- college
- curriculum
- dean

## Roots and Affixes
- Root: *dewk-
- Root: ēducātiō
- Affix: -tion - act

## Etymology
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.

## AI Etymology
Education is 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. In current use, the main senses are “The process of teaching or learning, especially at a school or university” and “The knowledge and skills you gain from being taught”.

## Topics
- Education & Learning

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