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- pronunciation:
- e
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- features:
- Word Combinations (noun), Word Builder, Word Explorer, Word Parts
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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 |
adjective + (n.)education
aesthetic,
basic,
bilingual,
civic,
comprehensive,
compulsory,
conservation,
continuing,
developmental,
doctoral,
elementary,
environmental,
formal,
general,
gifted,
high,
improving,
liberal,
multicultural,
national,
online,
parental,
physical,
postsecondary,
preschool,
primary,
professional,
public,
regular,
remedial,
secondary,
special,
theological,
universal,
vocational
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verb + (n.)education
enroll, fund, improve
(n.)education
+ verb
house
noun + (n.)education
access,
accountability,
advocate,
art,
board,
care,
childhood,
citizenship,
college,
counselor,
dance,
disability,
emphasis,
engineering,
excellence,
funding,
graduate,
health,
health-care,
institution,
literacy,
math,
mathematics,
music,
occupation,
philosophy,
preservice,
prevention,
psychology,
quality,
research,
science,
sex,
sexuality,
standard,
technology,
undergraduate
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Word Builder: education +
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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 |
The word education
contains the following part:
-ation
Latin
noun-forming suffix
that means the act, process, or result of
  More about this word part:
The suffix -ation
is a compound of -ate1 + -ion. It turns verbs ending in -ate into nouns (decorate/ decoration
). Not all nouns with this suffix, however, have a corresponding verb ending in -ate (information
, alteration
).
Example words:
aberration, acceptation, accusation, admiration, agitation, aggregation, alteration, alternation, approximation, celebration, collaboration, combination, communication, connotation, conversation, coronation, decoration, devastation, education, equation, exasperation, imitation, information, irrigation, irritation, location, pronunciation, ratiocination, reservation, separation, transformation, translation, constipation, continuation, creation, elevation, discrimination, immigration, evaporation, vacation
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