# education

Pronunciation: US say "ej-uh-KAY-shuhn" /ˌɛd͡ʒ.əˈkeɪ.ʃən/; UK say "ej-uu-KAY-shuhn" /ˌɛd͡ʒ.ʊˈkeɪ.ʃən/

## Noun

1. The process of giving people knowledge, practical skills, and sound judgment.
   - Simple: The work of teaching people knowledge, skills, and good judgment.
   - _The school treats education as a partnership between teachers, parents, and students._
   - _The country invests heavily in the education of its youngest citizens._
2. The field of teaching and learning, viewed as a career, as an academic discipline, or as a public system of schools, colleges and universities.
   - Simple: Schools and teaching seen as a kind of work, a subject people study, or a service for the public.
   - _She earned a master's degree in education before becoming a principal._
   - _Years of cuts to public education have left many rural districts short of teachers._
3. The facts, skills, and ideas a person has gained, especially through formal instruction.
   - Simple: The knowledge and skills that someone has learned, especially at school.
   - _His wide education showed whenever the conversation turned to history, art, or science._
   - _An education in the classics shaped the way he wrote for the rest of his life._
4. An experience from which a person learns a great deal, frequently about things they find unfamiliar or unexpected.
   - Simple: Something that happens to you and teaches you a lot, often about things that are new or surprising.
   - _A summer on a fishing boat in Alaska was an education in hard work and cold mornings._
   - _For a kid from the suburbs, that first week on the farm was quite an education._

## Noun

5. The bringing up and rearing of a child, especially in manners and character. *(archaic)*
   - Simple: The way a child is brought up, especially how they learn to behave.
   - _A young lady's education, in that age, concerned deportment far more than letters._
   - _His education had been entrusted to a stern aunt who prized obedience above all._

## Origin

Borrowed from Middle French éducation, from Latin ēducātiō meaning "a breeding, bringing up, rearing," from ēducō ("I educate, train"), related to ēdūcō ("I lead forth, raise up"). In form, it can be analyzed as educate plus the suffix -ion.

Source: DictionaryAI, https://dictionaryai.com/define/education (written from Wiktionary data, CC BY-SA 4.0: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/).