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education (iou)



education noun. M16.
[Old & mod. French education or Latin educatio(n-), formed as EDUCATE: see -ATION.]
The process of nourishing or rearing. M16-M17.
R. Lovell They delight in woods, and places of their first education.
The process of bringing up children in particular manners, habits, or ways of life. obsolete exc. with the notion of 3. M16.
Shakespeare Taming of Shrew Christopher Sly,..by education a cardmaker.
b. The training of animals. M16.
The systematic instruction, schooling, or training of children and young people, or, by extension, instruction obtained in adult life; the whole course of such instruction received by a person. Also, provision of this, as an aspect of public policy. E17.
primary education, secondary education, tertiary education. adult education: see ADULT adjective 2. COLLEGE of education. ELEMENTARY education. further education: see FURTHER adjective 2. higher education: see HIGHER adjective. physical education: see PHYSICAL adjective. public education: see PUBLIC adjective & noun.
S. Gibbons The education bestowed on Flora Poste by her parents had been expensive, athletic and prolonged. H. Keller The next important step in my education was learning to read. A. J. P. Taylor The committee recommended economies in education and public health.
The development of mental or physical powers; moulding of (some aspect of) character. M19.
H. E. Manning Education is the formation of the whole manintellect..character, mind, and soul. Day Lewis Monart did more than any other place for my sensuous education.
educatio'nese noun (derog.) jargon-ridden language supposedly characteristic of educationalists and educational administrators M20.
educationist noun = EDUCATIONALIST E19.