education

Reading level: medium

Estimated CEFR level: B1 — Intermediate

Estimated from word frequency; not an official CEFR classification.

Definition

  1. noun the activities of educating or instructing; activities that impart knowledge or skill
  2. noun knowledge acquired by learning and instruction
  3. noun the gradual process of acquiring knowledge

Etymology

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

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Synonyms

instruction, teaching, pedagogy, didactics, educational activity

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