education
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Noun (6)
- the activities of educating or instructing; activities that impart knowledge or skill“he received no formal education”“our instruction was carefully programmed”“good classroom teaching is seldom rewarded”Synonyms: instructionteachingpedagogydidacticseducational activityType of activityKinds course, extension, higher education, work-study program, coeducation, continuing education, secondary education, team teaching, extracurricular activity, elementary educationParts lesson, classroom project, classwork, prep
- knowledge acquired by learning and instruction“it was clear that he had a very broad education”Type of content, cognitive contentKinds experience, eruditeness, physical education, enlightenment, foundation
- the gradual process of acquiring knowledge“education is a preparation for life”“a girl's education was less important than a boy's”Type of learning, acquisitionKinds school, vocational training, self-education, mastering, special education, acculturation
- the profession of teaching (especially at a school or college or university)Type of professionKinds teaching, instruction
- the result of good upbringing (especially knowledge of correct social behavior)“a woman of breeding and refinement”Synonyms: trainingbreedingType of upbringing
- the United States federal department that administers all federal programs dealing with education (including federal aid to educational institutions and students); created 1979Synonyms: Department of EducationEducation DepartmentType of executive department
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Translations
Noun process of teaching and learning
- Spanish
- educación
- French
- éducation
- German
- Ausbildung
- Italian
- istruzione
- Portuguese
- educação
- Turkish
- eğitim
- Russian
- обуче́ние obučénije
- Arabic
- تَعْلِيم taʕlīm
- Chinese
- 教育 jiàoyù
- Japanese
- 教育 kyōiku
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- Dutch
- onderwijs
- Polish
- edukacja
- Swedish
- utbildning
- Greek
- εκπαίδευση ekpaídefsi
- Korean
- 교육 gyoyuk
- Indonesian
- pendidikan
- Vietnamese
- giáo dục
- Hungarian
- nevelés
- Portuguese (PT)
- educação
- Chinese (Trad.)
- 教育 jiàoyù
- Albanian
- arsim
- Catalan
- educació
- Czech
- vzdělávání
- Danish
- uddannelse
- Esperanto
- eduko
- Estonian
- haridus
- Finnish
- koulutus
- Georgian
- განათლება ganatleba
- Hebrew
- חינוך khinúkh
- Icelandic
- menntun
- Kurdish
- perwerde
- Latvian
- izglītība
- Lithuanian
- ugdymas
- Norwegian
- utdanning
- Romanian
- educație
- Scottish Gaelic
- foghlaim
- Serbo-Croatian
- obrazovanje
- Swahili
- elimu
- Welsh
- addysg
- Yiddish
- בילדונג bildung
Noun knowledge gained by learning
- Spanish
- educación
- French
- formation
- German
- Bildung
- Italian
- formazione
- Portuguese
- educação
- Turkish
- eğitim
- Russian
- образова́ние obrazovánije
- Arabic
- تَعْلِيم taʕlīm
- Chinese
- 教育 jiàoyù
- Japanese
- 教養 kyōyō
20 more languages
- Dutch
- opvoeding
- Polish
- wykształcenie
- Swedish
- utbildning
- Greek
- μόρφωση mórfosi
- Korean
- 교양 gyoyang
- Hungarian
- műveltség
- Portuguese (PT)
- educação
- Chinese (Trad.)
- 教育 jiàoyù
- Czech
- vzdělání
- Danish
- uddannelse
- Estonian
- haridus
- Georgian
- განათლება ganatleba
- Hebrew
- השכלה haskala
- Latvian
- izglītība
- Norwegian
- utdanning
- Romanian
- educație
- Serbo-Croatian
- obrazovanje
- Swahili
- elimu
- Welsh
- addysg
- Yiddish
- בילדונג bildung
The main translation for each meaning, from the langtolang.com multilingual dictionary. Each word links to its full entry there.
Webster's Dictionary (1913)
Origin: L. educatio; cf. F. éducation.
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; as, an education for the bar or the pulpit; he has finished his education.
To prepare us for complete living is the function which education has to discharge.— H. Spenser.
Synonyms: Education, Instruction, Teaching, Training, Breeding. Education, properly a drawing forth, implies not so much the communication of knowledge as the discipline of the intellect, the establishment of the principles, and the regulation of the heart. Instruction is that part of education which furnishes the mind with knowledge. Teaching is the same, being simply more familiar. It is also applied to practice; as, teaching to speak a language; teaching a dog to do tricks. Training is a department of education in which the chief element is exercise or practice for the purpose of imparting facility in any physical or mental operation. Breeding commonly relates to the manners and outward conduct.
Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), from GCIDE 0.54