education
Listen:Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
education/eʤuˈkeɪʃn/
▶noun
- 1 the process of educating or being educated.
■ the theory and practice of teaching.
■ information about or training in a particular subject.
- 2 (an education) informal an enlightening experience.
– derivatives
educational adjective,
educationalist noun,
educationally adverb,
educationist noun.
educational adjective,
educationalist noun,
educationally adverb,
educationist noun.
'education' also found in these Oxford entries:
academic
- baccalaureate
- background
- BE
- BEd
- Bildungsroman
- block release
- cake
- CertEd
- CFE
- clearing
- co-education
- college
- college of education
- commissar
- community college
- comprehensive
- conductive education
- continuing education
- CSE
- cultivation
- curriculum vitae
- DipEd
- DipHE
- discipline
- doctorate
- educrat
- effendi
- e-learning
- encyclopedia
- eurythmics
- exhibitioner
- FE
- football
- formal
- further education
- gap year
- GCE
- GCSE
- godparent
- habilitate
- HEW
- Higher
- higher education
- HMI
- HNC
- HND
- homeroom
- in statu pupillari
