Education
Pronunciation
- IPA: /ˌɛdʒʊˈkeɪʃn/, /ˌɛdjʊˈkeɪʃn/
- Rhymes: -eɪʃən
- Hyphenation: ed + u + ca + tion
Alternative forms
- generally jocular educashun, educamation
Origin
From Middle French éducation, from Latin Ä“ducÄtiÅ ("a breeding, bringing up, rearing"), from Ä“dÅ«cÅ ("I educate, train"), from Ä“dÅ«cÅ ("I lead forth, I take out; I raise up, I erect"). See educate.
Full definition of education
Noun
education
(plural educations)- (uncountable) The process or art of imparting knowledge, skill and judgment.
- 2013-07-19, Mark Tran, Denied an education by war, One particularly damaging, but often ignored, effect of conflict on education is the proliferation of attacks on schools...as children, teachers or school buildings become the targets of attacks. Parents fear sending their children to school. Girls are particularly vulnerable to sexual violence.
- A good teacher is essential for a good education.
- (countable) Facts, skills and ideas that have been learned, either formally or informally.
- 2013-06-07, Joseph Stiglitz, Globalisation is about taxes too, It is time the international community faced the reality: we have an unmanageable, unfair, distortionary global tax regime. … It is the starving of the public sector which has been pivotal in America no longer being the land of opportunity – with a child's life prospects more dependent on the income and education of its parents than in other advanced countries.
- He has had a classical education.The educations our children receive depend on their economic status.