What is the meaning of education?

noun

• The activities of educating or instructing; activities that impart knowledge or skill.
  • usage: "he received no formal education"; "our instruction was carefully programmed"; "good classroom teaching is seldom rewarded"
  • synonyms: instruction, teaching, pedagogy, didactics, educational activity
• Knowledge acquired by learning and instruction.
  • usage: "it was clear that he had a very broad education"
• The gradual process of acquiring knowledge.
  • usage: "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. )
  • usage: "a woman of breeding and refinement"
  • synonyms: training, breeding
• The United States federal department that administers all federal programs dealing with education (including federal aid to educational institutions and students); created 1979.
  • synonyms: Department of Education, Education Department