Education involves teaching people various subjects, usually at a school or college, or beingtaught.
They're cutting funds for education.
Paul prolonged his education with six years of advanced study in English.
...a man with little education.
2. uncountable noun
Education of a particular kind involves teaching the public about a particular issue.
...better health education.
3. See also adult education, further education, higher education, educate
More Synonyms of education
education in British English
(ˌɛdjʊˈkeɪʃən)
noun
1.
the act or process of acquiring knowledge, esp systematically during childhood and adolescence
2.
the knowledge or training acquired by this process
his education has been invaluable to him
3.
the act or process of imparting knowledge, esp at a school, college, or university
education is my profession
4.
the theory of teaching and learning
a course in education
5.
a particular kind of instruction or training
a university education
consumer education
education in American English
(ˌɛdʒuˈkeɪʃən; ˌ ɛdʒəˈkeɪʃən)
noun
1.
the process of training and developing the knowledge, skill, mind, character, etc., esp. by formal schooling; teaching; training
2.
knowledge, ability, etc. thus developed
3.
a.
formal schooling at an institution of learning
b.
a stage of this
a high-school education
4.
systematic study of the methods and theories of teaching and learning
Word origin
L educatio: see educate
COBUILD Collocations
education
academic education
decent education
expensive education
free education
full-time education
improve education
mainstream education
music education
musical education
promote education
proper education
receive education
rounded education
school education
science education
selective education
technical education
Examples of 'education' in a sentence
education
There is value in a university education that goes well beyond the wage benefit it confers.
Times, Sunday Times (2016)
The university is seeking to take advantage of government reforms to open higher education to new providers.
Times, Sunday Times (2016)
Her family are calling on health and education bosses to raise awareness of the disease.
The Sun (2016)
He was also fined 100,000 and must attend an education course.
The Sun (2016)
This reform will not address the deeper problems afflicting higher education, which are intellectual rather than administrative.
Times, Sunday Times (2017)
He argued that education and training in schools, colleges and universities should better match skills required by industry.
Computing (2010)
They will be given more freedom to give additional rewards and privileges to prisoners who make good progress in areas such as education and training.
Times, Sunday Times (2016)
Village schools will get extra funding at the expense of inner-city establishments under a new system disclosed yesterday by the education secretary.
Times, Sunday Times (2016)
We need parental awareness education from schools.
Times, Sunday Times (2014)
So is a university education a bad investment?
Times, Sunday Times (2010)
Yet offenders are expected to meet education and training targets that will affect their chances of parole.
Times, Sunday Times (2008)
The public education system gave an additional boost to the upwardly mobile.
Garraty, John Arthur The American Nation: A History of the United States to 1877 (1995)
Americans have always had a clear idea of the purpose of higher education.
Times, Sunday Times (2015)
It is advertising the post to teach adult education courses.
The Sun (2013)
They said that the changes would put pressure on health and education budgets.
Times, Sunday Times (2013)
You can find out about classes from your local library or college of further education.
Mansfield, Patricia Why Am I Afraid to be Assertive? (1994)
There is no bigger issue in education than social disadvantage.
Times, Sunday Times (2013)
What they do not say is that approval would be required from the education secretary.
Times, Sunday Times (2010)
My son has just finished his education at a public school.
Times, Sunday Times (2008)
Such resistance to treatment and health education is apparent in all forms of medicine.
Knowles, Jane Know Your Own Mind (1991)
The facilities could be linked to an existing university or further education college or be entirely new.
Times, Sunday Times (2008)
The question of selection by ability is just about the most contentious issue in education policy.
Times, Sunday Times (2014)
They promote courses or universities by talking to prospective students and their families at schools and education exhibitions.
Times, Sunday Times (2008)
Getting more people into higher education is both a social and economic imperative as the international competition looms large.
Times, Sunday Times (2006)
His parents told him that the only means of escape from the hell around him was through study and education.
Times, Sunday Times (2010)
Thus the college of education courses are becoming more of a general education with some training and practical experience added.
Brown, Muriel & Payne Sarah Introduction to Social Administration in Britain (1990)
The sad fact is the government does not provide enough to sustain the size of the higher education system we have.
Times, Sunday Times (2010)
Despite this, the study of education we have conducted this week has highlighted a second area of concern.
Times, Sunday Times (2014)
Education, higher education in particular, is also vulnerable and they know it.
Times, Sunday Times (2007)
Quotations
The roots of education are bitter, but the fruit is sweetAristophanes
Education makes a people easy to lead, but difficult to drive; easy to govern, but impossible to enslaveLord Henry Broughamspeech to the House of Commons
To live for a time close to great minds is the best educationJohn BuchanMemory Hold the Door
Education is simply the soul of a society as it passes from one generation to anotherG.K. Chesterton
Education made us what we areC.A. HelvétusDiscours XXX
'Tis education forms the common mind, Just as the twig is bent, the tree's inclinedAlexander PopeEpistles to Several Persons
Education is something that tempers the young and consoles the old, gives wealth to the poor and adorns the richDiogenes (The Cynic)
Even while they teach, men learnSenecaLetters
Education is what survives when what has been learnt has been forgottenB.F. SkinnerEducation in 1984
To me education is a leading out of what is already there in the pupil's soulMuriel SparkThe Prime of Miss Jean Brodie
Anyone who has passed through the regular gradations of a classical education, and is not made a fool by it, may consider himself as having had a very narrow escapeWilliam HazlittThe Ignorance of the Learned
Men must be born free; they cannot be born wise, and it is the duty of any university to make free men wiseAdlai Stevenson
There is no such whetstone, to sharpen a good wit and encourage a will to learning, as is praiseRoger AschamThe Schoolmaster
Education: that which discloses to the wise and disguises from the foolish their lack of understandingAmbrose BierceThe Devil's Dictionary
Man is the only creature which must be educatedImmanuel Kant
Ask me my three main priorities for government and I tell you: education, education, educationTony Blair
Education is the most powerful weapon which you can use to change the worldNelson Mandela
In other languages
education
British English: education /ˌɛdjʊˈkeɪʃən/ NOUN
Education means learning and teaching.
The prime minister has a passion for education.
American English: education
Arabic: تَعْلِيم
Brazilian Portuguese: educação
Chinese: 教育
Croatian: školovanje
Czech: vzdělání
Danish: uddannelse
Dutch: onderwijs
European Spanish: educación académica
Finnish: koulutus
French: éducation
German: Bildung
Greek: εκπαίδευση
Italian: istruzione
Japanese: 教育
Korean: 교육
Norwegian: utdannelse
Polish: edukacja
European Portuguese: educação
Romanian: educație
Russian: образование
Latin American Spanish: educación
Swedish: utbildning
Thai: การศึกษา
Turkish: eğitim okul
Ukrainian: освіта
Vietnamese: giáo dục
All related terms of 'education'
sex education
Sex education is education in schools on the subject of sexual activity and sexual relationships.
adult education
Adult education is education for adults in a variety of subjects , most of which are practical , not academic . Classes are often held in the evenings .
basic education
(in India) education in which all teaching is correlated with the learning of a craft
education page
a page in a newspaper devoted to news relating to education or teaching
free education
Education involves teaching people various subjects, usually at a school or college, or being taught .
music education
Education involves teaching people various subjects, usually at a school or college , or being taught .
state education
education provided by the state; education which is not private
academic education
Education involves teaching people various subjects, usually at a school or college , or being taught .
business education
education for general knowledge of business practices
decent education
Education involves teaching people various subjects, usually at a school or college , or being taught .
driver education
a course of study, as for high-school students, that teaches the techniques of driving a vehicle, along with basic vehicle maintenance , safety precautions , and traffic regulations and laws
driver's education
the preparation of students for driving tests , whether at school , in a car or through online courses
education budget
Your budget is the amount of money that you have available to spend . The budget for something is the amount of money that a person, organization, or country has available to spend on it.
education charity
A charity is an organization which raises money in order to help people who are sick or very poor , or who have a disability .
education policy
A policy is a set of ideas or plans that is used as a basis for making decisions , especially in politics , economics , or business.
education sector
A particular sector of a country's economy is the part connected with that specified type of industry.
further education
Further education is the education of people who have left school but who are not at a university or a college of education.
health education
education that aims to give people the information they need to live healthily
higher education
Higher education is education at universities and colleges.
improve education
Education involves teaching people various subjects, usually at a school or college, or being taught .
infant education
(in England and Wales ) education provided for children at infant schools
liberal education
an education mainly in the liberal arts, providing the student with a broad cultural background rather than with training in any specific profession
musical education
Education involves teaching people various subjects, usually at a school or college , or being taught .
nursery education
education provided at a school for young children , usually from three to five years old
physical education
Physical education is the school subject in which children do physical exercises or take part in physical games and sports.
primary education
(in Britain) education for children below the age of 11
private education
education provided by a private individual or organization, rather than by the state or a public body
promote education
Education involves teaching people various subjects, usually at a school or college, or being taught .
proper education
Education involves teaching people various subjects, usually at a school or college, or being taught .
receive education
Education involves teaching people various subjects, usually at a school or college , or being taught .
rounded education
Education involves teaching people various subjects, usually at a school or college , or being taught .
school education
Education involves teaching people various subjects, usually at a school or college , or being taught .
science education
Education involves teaching people various subjects, usually at a school or college , or being taught .
special education
Special education is teaching for pupils who need extra help with their studies.
teacher education
training to become a teacher , usually at an institution of higher education
tertiary education
education , following secondary education at a school, at a college or university
bilingual education
schooling in which those not fluent in the standard or national language are taught in their own language
board of education
a group or agency with responsibility for education
community education
the provision of a wide range of educational and special interest courses and activities by a local authority
conductive education
an educational system, developed in Hungary by András Pet ö, in which teachers ( conductors ) teach children and adults with motor disorders to function independently, by guiding them to attain their own goals in their own way
continuing education
Continuing education is education for adults in a variety of subjects, most of which are practical , not academic .
development education
an area of study that aims to give pupils an understanding of their involvement in world affairs
education authority
the department of a local authority that is concerned with education , or the government department concerned with education
Education Committee
a committee that discusses the education of children in a particular local authority
education department
the department of a local authority that is concerned with education , or the government department concerned with education
elementary education
the first six to eight years of a child's education
expensive education
Education involves teaching people various subjects, usually at a school or college, or being taught .
mainstream education
Education involves teaching people various subjects, usually at a school or college , or being taught .
progressive education
an educational system that allows flexibility in learning procedures , based on activities determined by the needs and capacities of the individual child, the aim of which is to integrate academic with social development
religious education
an education in a school which places a strong emphasis on the beliefs associated with a particular religion
Chinese translation of 'education'
education
(ɛdjuˈkeɪʃən)
n(u/s)
(= schooling, teaching) 教育 (jiàoyù)
All related terms of 'education'
sex education
性教育 xìngjiàoyù
higher education
高等教育 gāoděng jiàoyù
further education
继(繼)续(續)教育 jìxù jiàoyù
physical education
体(體)育 tǐyù
religious education
宗教教育 zōngjiào jiàoyù
college of education
( Brit ) 师(師)范(範)学(學)院 shīfàn xuéyuàn
a career/an education of sorts
不怎么(麼)样(樣)的职(職)业(業)/教育 bù zěnmeyàng de zhíyè/jiàoyù
PE
physical education 体(體)育 tǐyù
re
( with regard to ) 关(關)于(於) guānyú
bed
( piece of furniture ) 床 chuáng [ 张(張) zhāng ]
GCSE
General Certificate of Secondary Education 普通中等教育证(證)书(書) Pǔtōng Zhōngděng Jiàoyù Zhèngshū
1 (noun)
Definition
the process of teaching, esp. at a school, college, or university
institutions for the care and education of children
Synonyms
teaching
schooling
Normal schooling has been severely disrupted.
training
He had no formal training as a decorator.
She will soon be back in training for next year.
development
coaching
improvement
discipline
instruction
Each candidate is given instruction in safety.
drilling
tutoring
nurture
The human organism learns partly by nature, partly by nurture.
tuition
The courses will give the beginner personal tuition.
enlightenment
We set off for the East in search of spiritual enlightenment.
erudition
a writer who displays an impressive level of erudition
indoctrination
political indoctrination classes
edification
the use of Scripture for the edification of believers
e-learning or elearning
2 (noun)
Definition
knowledge and understanding acquired through study and training
Synonyms
learning
The library is the focal point of learning on the campus.
schooling
culture
He was a well-travelled man of culture and breeding.
scholarship
I want to take advantage of your lifetime of scholarship.
civilization
a race with an advanced state of civilization
cultivation
She was a woman of cultivation and scholarship.
refinement
a girl who possessed both dignity and refinement
see also subject word lists:
See Academic degreesSee Schools, colleges, and universities
subject word lists
See Education terms
Quotations
The roots of education are bitter, but the fruit is sweet [Aristophanes]Education makes a people easy to lead, but difficult to drive; easy to govern, but impossible to enslave [Lord Henry Brougham – speech to the House of Commons]To live for a time close to great minds is the best education [John Buchan – Memory Hold the Door]Education is simply the soul of a society as it passes from one generation to another [G.K. Chesterton]Education made us what we are [C.A. Helvétus – Discours XXX]'Tis education forms the common mind, Just as the twig is bent, the tree's inclined [Alexander Pope – Epistles to Several Persons]Education is something that tempers the young and consoles the old, gives wealth to the poor and adorns the rich [Diogenes (The Cynic)]Even while they teach, men learn [Seneca – Letters]Education is what survives when what has been learnt has been forgotten [B.F. Skinner – Education in 1984]To me education is a leading out of what is already there in the pupil's soul [Muriel Spark – The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie]Anyone who has passed through the regular gradations of a classical education, and is not made a fool by it, may consider himself as having had a very narrow escape [William Hazlitt – The Ignorance of the Learned]Men must be born free; they cannot be born wise, and it is the duty of any university to make free men wise [Adlai Stevenson]There is no such whetstone, to sharpen a good wit and encourage a will to learning, as is praise [Roger Ascham – The Schoolmaster]Education: that which discloses to the wise and disguises from the foolish their lack of understanding [Ambrose Bierce – The Devil's Dictionary]Man is the only creature which must be educated [Immanuel Kant]Ask me my three main priorities for government and I tell you: education, education, education [Tony Blair]Education is the most powerful weapon which you can use to change the world [Nelson Mandela]
Additional synonyms
in the sense of civilization
Definition
intellectual, cultural, and moral refinement
a race with an advanced state of civilization
Synonyms
culture,
development,
education,
progress,
enlightenment,
sophistication,
advancement,
cultivation,
refinement
in the sense of cultivation
Definition
culture or refinement
She was a woman of cultivation and scholarship.
Synonyms
refinement,
letters,
learning,
education,
culture,
taste,
breeding,
manners,
polish,
discrimination,
civilization,
enlightenment,
sophistication,
good taste,
civility,
gentility,
discernment
in the sense of culture
Definition
a developed understanding of the arts
He was a well-travelled man of culture and breeding.