education

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English

Alternative forms

• (generally jocular) educashun, educamation

Etymology

Borrowed from Middle French éducation, from Latin ēducātiō (“a breeding, bringing up, rearing”), from ēducō (“I educate, train”), from ēdūcō (“I lead forth, I take out; I raise up, I erect”). See educate. Morphologically educate +‎ -ion

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˌɛd͡ʒ.ʊˈkeɪ.ʃən/, /ˌɛd.jʊˈkeɪ.ʃən/
• (US) IPA^(key): /ˌɛd͡ʒ.əˈkeɪ.ʃən/, /ˌɛd͡ʒ.ʊˈkeɪ.ʃən/
• Hyphenation: e‧du‧ca‧tion
• Rhymes: -eɪʃən

Noun

education (countable and uncountable, plural educations)

1. (uncountable) The process of imparting knowledge, skill and judgment.

   Synonyms: see Thesaurus:education

2. (countable) Facts, skills and ideas that have been learned, especially through formal instruction.
   • 2006 Feb. 17, Graham Linehan, The IT Crowd, Season 1, Episode 4:

     Nuh-nuh-doin'-duh... Nuh-nuh-doin'-duh... We don't need no education...
     Yes, you do. You've just used a double negative.

3. (now rare) Upbringing, rearing.

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References

• “education”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.
• education in Keywords for Today: A 21st Century Vocabulary, edited by The Keywords Project, Colin MacCabe, Holly Yanacek, 2018.
• William Dwight Whitney, Benjamin E[li] Smith, editors (1911), “education”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., →OCLC.

Anagrams

• auctioned, cautioned