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Definition of Education
1. Noun. The activities of educating or instructing; activities that impart knowledge or skill. "Good classroom teaching is seldom rewarded"
Generic synonyms: Activity
Terms within: Classroom Project, Classwork, Homework, Prep, Preparation, Lesson
Specialized synonyms: Coeducation, Continuing Education, Class, Course, Course Of Instruction, Course Of Study, Elementary Education, Extension, Extension Service, University Extension, Extracurricular Activity, Higher Education, Secondary Education, Team Teaching, Work-study Program
Examples of category: Point System, Academic Program, Department Of Education, Education Department, Tuition, Tuition Fee
Derivative terms: Didactical, Educate, Educate, Educational, Educationalist, Educationist, Instruct, Instructional, Pedagogic, Pedagogical, Teach
2. Noun. Knowledge acquired by learning and instruction. "It was clear that he had a very broad education"
Generic synonyms: Cognitive Content, Content, Mental Object
Derivative terms: Educate, Educationalist, Educationist
3. Noun. The gradual process of acquiring knowledge. "A girl's education was less important than a boy's"
Generic synonyms: Acquisition, Learning
Specialized synonyms: Acculturation, Assimilation, Mastering, Self-cultivation, Self-education, School, Schooling, Special Education, Vocational Education, Vocational Training
Derivative terms: Educate, Educational, Educationalist, Educationist
4. Noun. The profession of teaching (especially at a school or college or university).
Category relationships: Didactics, Educational Activity, Instruction, Pedagogy, Teaching
Specialized synonyms: Instruction, Pedagogy, Teaching
Derivative terms: Educate, Educate, Educationalist, Educationist
5. Noun. The result of good upbringing (especially knowledge of correct social behavior). "A woman of breeding and refinement"
6. Noun. The United States federal department that administers all federal programs dealing with education (including federal aid to educational institutions and students); created 1979.
Category relationships: Didactics, Educational Activity, Instruction, Pedagogy, Teaching
Generic synonyms: Executive Department
Derivative terms: Educate
Definition of Education
1. n. The act or process of educating; the result of educating, as determined by the knowledge skill, or discipline of character, acquired; also, the act or process of training by a prescribed or customary course of study or discipline; as, an education for the bar or the pulpit; he has finished his education.
Definition of Education
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Medical Definition of Education
1. The act or process of educating; the result of educating, as determined by the knowledge skill, or discipline of character, acquired; also, the act or process of training by a prescribed or customary course of study or discipline; as, an education for the bar or the pulpit; he has finished his education. "To prepare us for complete living is the function which education has to discharge." (H. Spenser) Synonym: Education, Instruction, Teaching, Training, Breeding. Education, properly a drawing forth, implies not so much the communication of knowledge as the discipline of the intellect, the establishment of the principles, and the regulation of the heart. Instruction is that part of education which furnishes the mind with knowledge. Teaching is the same, being simply more familiar. It is also applied to practice; as, teaching to speak a language; teaching a dog to do tricks. Training is a department of education in which the chief element is exercise or practice for the purpose of imparting facility in any physical or mental operation. Breeding commonly relates to the manners and outward conduct. Origin: L. Educatio; cf. F. Education. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)
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