the United States federal department that administers all federal programs dealing with education (including federal aid to educational institutions and students); created 1979
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education::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | department of education, education department |
| Type of | executive department |
| Derivation | educate |
education::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | breeding, training |
| Type of | upbringing |
| Derivation | educate |
education::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | didactics, educational activity, instruction, pedagogy, teaching |
| Type of | activity |
| Has types | extension service, elementary education, course of study, course of instruction, course, continuing education, coeducation, extension, university extension, extracurricular activity, higher education, class, secondary education, team teaching, work-study program |
| Derivation | educate, educationist, educationalist, educational |
he received no formal education.
education::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Type of | cognitive content, content, mental object |
| Has types | learning, learnedness, grounding, foundation, experience, erudition, eruditeness, enlightenment, scholarship, encyclopedism, encyclopaedism, physical education |
| Derivation | educationalist, educate, educationist |
it was clear that he had a very broad education.
education::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Type of | acquisition, learning |
| Has types | mastering, vocational education, acculturation, school, schooling, self-cultivation, vocational training, self-education, special education, assimilation |
| Derivation | educationalist, educationist, educate, educational |
education is a preparation for life.
a girl's education was less important than a boy's.
education::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Type of | profession |
| Has types | pedagogy, instruction, teaching |
| Derivation | educationalist, educate, educationist |
Examples of education
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You are not going to want someone with two years of dental education doing that.
From the tennessean.com
State spending on Missouri higher education is down from levels of a decade ago.
From the stltoday.com
One will be for pre-kindergarten and early childhood special-education students.
From the desmoinesregister.com
Many parents and students, however, will instead use existing education credits.
From the thenewstribune.com
These athletes went to the school to get an education and to play for that team.
From the omaha.com
When it comes to education, they may be a draw with other schools, say analysts.
From the usatoday.com
Her responsibilities include offering education, referrals and support services.
From the news-journalonline.com
Education has been a central part of the museum's mission since it first opened.
From the online.wsj.com
Education-spending advocates complained about impending cuts to social programs.
From the online.wsj.com
- The activities of educating or instructing; activities that impart knowledge or skill; "he received no formal education"; "our instruction was carefully programmed"; "good classroom teaching is seldom rewarded"
- Knowledge acquired by learning and instruction; "it was clear that he had a very broad education"
- The gradual process of acquiring knowledge; "education is a preparation for life"; "a girl's education was less important than a boy's"
- The profession of teaching (especially at a school or college or university)
- The result of good upbringing (especially knowledge of correct social behavior); "a woman of breeding and refinement"
- Department of Education: the United States federal department that administers all federal programs dealing with education (including federal aid to educational institutions and students); created 1979
- Education in the largest sense is any act or experience that has a formative effect on the mind, character or physical ability of an individual. ...
- Divisions
- Education is a stained-glass window commissioned from Louis Comfort Tiffany's Tiffany Glass Company during the building of Yale University's Chittenden Hall (now Linsly-Chittenden Hall, after being connected to a nearby building), funded by Simeon Baldwin Chittenden. ...
