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1. The activities of educating or instructing; activities that impart knowledge or skill
   "he received no formal education";
   - instruction, teaching, pedagogy, didactics, educational activity
    
2. Knowledge acquired by learning and instruction
   "it was clear that he had a very broad education"
    
3. The gradual process of acquiring knowledge
   "education is a preparation for life"; "a girl's education was less important than a boy's"
    
4. The profession of teaching (especially at a school, college or university)
    
5. The result of good upbringing (especially knowledge of correct social behaviour)
   "a woman of education and refinement";
   - training, breeding

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

Derived forms: educations

Type of: acquisition, activity, cognitive content, content, executive department, learning, mental object, profession, upbringing

Encyclopedia: Education, Medical