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)
   "She chose education as her career and now teaches high school mathematics"
    
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