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ed·u·ca·tion
 education
- pronunciation:
- e
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- features:
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noun |
| definition 1: |
the act or process of learning or educating.
- synonyms:
- instruction, learning, schooling
- similar words:
- breeding, cultivation, enlightenment, nurture, study, training, tuition, tutelage
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| definition 2: |
the knowledge acquired through a learning process.
- synonyms:
- knowledge, learning, schooling
- antonyms:
- ignorance
- similar words:
- erudition, experienced, information, lore, wisdom
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| definition 3: |
a level of formal schooling.
high school education- similar words:
- schooling
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| definition 4: |
the systematic study of educational processes.
- similar words:
- didactics, pedagogy
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| related words: |
background, civilization, culture |
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a broader category that includes education |
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culture |
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similar to education |
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learning |
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some actions associated with educating |
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answer, clarify, enlighten, explain, grade, illustrate, instruct, lecture, prepare, question, study, teach |
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some descriptions of education |
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academic, basic, formal, free, higher, physical, practical, well-rounded |
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some people associated with education |
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academic, cadet, chancellor, class, classmate, coach, faculty, freshman, graduate, instructor, junior, mentor, principal, professor, pupil, scholar, senior, sophomore, student, sub, teacher, tutor |
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some places associated with education |
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academy, boarding school, campus, classroom, college, dormitory, elementary school, grammar school, gym, gymnasium, high school, homeroom, institute, junior high school, kindergarten, nursery school, primary school, public school, school, schoolhouse, seminary, university |
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without an education |
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ignorant, illiterate |
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