1. education - noun
· 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"
Synonym(s): instruction, teaching, pedagogy, didactics, educational_activity
Hypernym(s): activity
2. education - noun
· knowledge acquired by learning and instruction; "it was clear that he had a very broad education"
Hypernym(s): content, cognitive_content, mental_object
3. education - noun
· the gradual process of acquiring knowledge; "education is a preparation for life"; "a girl's education was less important than a boy's"
Hypernym(s): learning, acquisition
4. education - noun
· the profession of teaching (especially at a school or college or university)
Hypernym(s): profession
5. education - noun
· the result of good upbringing (especially knowledge of correct social behavior); "a woman of breeding and refinement"
Synonym(s): training, breeding
Hypernym(s): upbringing
6. education - noun
· the United States federal department that administers all federal programs dealing with education (including federal aid to educational institutions and students); created 1979
Synonym(s): Department_of_Education, Education_Department, Education
Hypernym(s): executive_department
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