Etimology
Borrowed from Middle French éducation, from Latin ēducātiō (“a breeding, bringing up, rearing”), from ēducō (“I educate, train”), from ēdūcō (“I lead forth, I take out; I raise up, I erect”). See educate. Morphologically educate + -ion
noun
education (countable and uncountable, plural educations)
(uncountable) The process of imparting knowledge, skill and judgment.
(countable) Facts, skills and ideas that have been learned, especially through formal instruction.
(now rare) Upbringing, rearing.
Examples
Synonyms: see Thesaurus:education
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.
Good education is essential for a well-run society.
Nuh-nuh-doin'-duh... Nuh-nuh-doin'-duh... We don't need no education...Yes, you do. You've just used a double negative.
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.
I found them [my children] all I could wish and progressing rapidly under the truly maternal care of the kind Sisters who cared for their education.
Related words
related terms
educate