education

== English == === Alternative forms === (generally jocular) educashun, educamation === Etymology === Borrowed from Middle French éducation, from Latin ēducātiō (“a breeding, bringing up, rearing”), from ēducō (“I educate, train”), from ēdūcō (“I lead forth, I take out; I raise up, I erect”). See educate. Morphologically educate +‎ -ion. === Pronunciation === (Received Pronunciation) (yod-coalescence) IPA(key): /ˌɛd͡ʒ.ʊˈkeɪ.ʃn̩/ (no yod-coalescence) IPA(key): /ˌɛd.jʊˈkeɪ.ʃn̩/ (General American) IPA(key): /ˌɛd͡ʒ.əˈkeɪ.ʃən/, /ˌɛd͡ʒ.ʊˈkeɪ.ʃən/ Hyphenation: e‧du‧ca‧tion Rhymes: -eɪʃən === Noun === education (countable and uncountable, plural educations) (uncountable) The process of imparting knowledge, skill and judgment. Synonyms: see Thesaurus:education (countable) Facts, skills and ideas that have been learned, especially through formal instruction. 2006 Feb. 17, Graham Linehan, The IT Crowd, Season 1, Episode 4: Nuh-nuh-doin'-duh... Nuh-nuh-doin'-duh... We don't need no education...Yes, you do. You've just used a double negative. (now rare) Upbringing, rearing. ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Related terms ==== ==== Translations ==== === See also === === References === “education”, in OneLook Dictionary Search. education in Keywords for Today: A 21st Century Vocabulary, edited by The Keywords Project, Colin MacCabe, Holly Yanacek, 2018. William Dwight Whitney, Benjamin E[li] Smith, editors (1911), “education”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., →OCLC. === Anagrams === auctioned, cautioned