education

Noun

• (n.) education, instruction, teaching, pedagogy, didactics, educational activity (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"
• (n.) education (knowledge acquired by learning and instruction) "it was clear that he had a very broad education"
• (n.) education (the gradual process of acquiring knowledge) "education is a preparation for life"; "a girl's education was less important than a boy's"
• (n.) education (the profession of teaching (especially at a school or college or university))
• (n.) education, training, breeding (the result of good upbringing (especially knowledge of correct social behavior)) "a woman of breeding and refinement"
• (n.) Department of Education, Education Department, Education (the United States federal department that administers all federal programs dealing with education (including federal aid to educational institutions and students); created 1979).