ENGLISH: education - CREOLE: edikasyon



Overview of noun education



The noun education has 6 senses (first 5 from tagged texts)



1. (34) education, instruction, teaching, pedagogy, didactics, educational activity -- (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")

2. (10) education -- (knowledge acquired by learning and instruction; "it was clear that he had a very broad education")

3. (6) education -- (the gradual process of acquiring knowledge; "education is a preparation for life"; "a girl's education was less important than a boy's")

4. (5) education -- (the profession of teaching (especially at a school or college or university))

5. (3) education, training, breeding -- (the result of good upbringing (especially knowledge of correct social behavior); "a woman of breeding and refinement")

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

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