education

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See also éducation

English

Alternative forms

• (generally jocular) educashun, educamation

Etymology

From Latin ēducātiō (“a breeding, bringing up, rearing”), from ēdūcō (“I educate, train”), from ēdūcō (“I lead forth, I take out; I raise up, I erect”). See educate.

Pronunciation

• IPA: [ˌɛdʒʊˈkeɪʃn], [ˌɛdjʊˈkeɪʃn]

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• Rhymes: -eɪʃən

Noun

education (plural educations)

1. (uncountable) The process or art of imparting knowledge, skill and judgment

   A good teacher is essential for a good education

2. (countable) Facts, skills and ideas that have been learned, either formally or informally

   He has had a classical education.

   The educations our children receive depend on their economic status.

Derived terms

• educational
• educationist
• primary education
• secondary education
• tertiary education
• higher education
• further education

Related terms

• educate

Translations

process or art of imparting knowledge, skill and judgment

Afrikaans: onderwys (af) Albanian: arsim (sq), edukim (sq) f. Arabic: تعليم (ar) (ta3liim) m., تربية (ar) (tarbíyya) f. Bengali: শিক্ষা (bn) (shikkha) Bulgarian: образование (bg) (obrazovanie) n. Catalan: educació (ca) f. Chinese: Mandarin: 教育 (zh) (jiàoyù), 教學 (zh), 教学 (zh) (jiàoxué), 教養 (zh), 教养 (zh) (jiàoyǎng) Croatian: obrazovánje (hr) n. Czech: vzdělávání (cs) n. Danish: undervisning (da) Dutch: onderwijs (nl) n. Esperanto: eduko (eo), edukado (eo) Faroese: útbúgving (fo) f. Finnish: kasvatus (fi), koulutus (fi), opetus (fi) French: éducation (fr) f., enseignement (fr) Galician: educación (gl) f. Georgian: განათლება (ka) (ganathleba) German: Ausbildung (de) f., Erziehung (de) f., Schulung (de) f., Unterricht (de) m., Pädagogik (de) f. Greek: εκπαίδευση (el) f., παιδεία (el) f., αγωγή (el) f., διαπαιδαγώγηση (el) f., μόρφωση (el) f. Hindi: शिक्षा (hi) (śikṣā) f. Hungarian: nevelés (hu), oktatás (hu) Icelandic: menntun (is) f. Irish: oideachas (ga) m. Italian: istruzione (it) f., educazione (it) f. Japanese: 教育 (ja) (きょういく, kyōiku) Kazakh: оқу (kk) (oqu) Korean: 교육 (ko) (gyoyuk) (教育 (ko))

Kurdish: په‌روه‌رده‌ (ku) (perwerde) f., زانیاری (ku) (zanyari) Latin: cultus (la) m. Latvian: audzināšana (lv) f., izglītība (lv) f. Lithuanian: auklėjimas (lt) m., ugdymas (lt) m., lavinimas (lt) m. Maltese: edukazzjoni (mt) Manx: edjaghys (gv) m. Norwegian: utdanning (no) Nynorsk: utdaning Bokmål: utdannelse Persian: آموزش (fa) (âmuzeš) Polish: edukacja (pl) f. Portuguese: educação (pt) f., ensino (pt) m. Romanian: educație (ro) f., educare (ro) f. Romansch: furmaziun (rm) f. Russian: образование (ru) (obrazovánie) n., обучение (ru) (obučénije) n., воспитание (ru) (vospitánije) n., просвещение (ru) (prosveščénije) n. Scots: eddication Scottish Gaelic: foghlaim m., teagasg m. Serbian: vaspitanje, odgajivanje, obrazovanje Slovak: vzdelanie (sk) n. Slovene: izobraževanje n. Spanish: educación (es) f. Swahili: elimu (sw) Swedish: utbildning (sv) c., undervisning (sv) c. Tagalog: edukasyon (tl) Turkish: eğitim (tr) Ukrainian: освіта (uk) (osvita) f. Vietnamese: sự giáo dục (vi) (sự (vi) + 教育 (vi)) Vilamovian: aojsbildung Welsh: addysg (cy) f. West Frisian: ûnderwiis (fy)

facts, skills and ideas that have been learned, either formally or informally

Afrikaans: opvoeding (af) Arabic: تعليم (ar) (ta3liim) m., ثقافة (ar) (thaqaafa) f. Bengali: শিক্ষা (bn) (shikkha) Chinese: Mandarin: 教育 (zh) (jiàoyù) Croatian: ȉzobrazba (hr) f., nȁobrazba (hr) f. Czech: vzdělání (cs) n. Danish: uddannelse (da) Dutch: opvoeding (nl) Estonian: haridus (et) Finnish: kasvatus (fi) French: éducation (fr) f. German: Bildung (de) f., Schulung (de) f., Aufklärung (de) f. Greek: παιδεία (el) f., μόρφωση (el) (morfosi) f. Hindi: शिक्षा (hi) (śikṣā) f. Hungarian: műveltség (hu) Japanese: 教育 (ja) (きょういく, kyōiku)

Latvian: izglītība (lv) f. Lithuanian: išsilavinimas (lt), lavinimas (lt) m. Norwegian: utdanning (no) Nynorsk: utdaning Bokmål: utdannelse Persian: آموزش (fa) (âmuzeš) Polish: wykształcenie (pl) n. Portuguese: educação (pt) f. Russian: образование (ru) (obrazovánie) n. Scots: eddication Serbian: odgoj (sr), obrazovanje (sr) Slovene: izobrazba f. Spanish: educación (es) f. Swahili: elimu (sw) Swedish: utbildning (sv) c. Tagalog: edukasyon (tl) Yiddish: בילדונג (yi)

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Albanian: arsim, edukim Kurdish: taşandin f., hêvotin f., , terbiyet f., fêrkirin f., hînkirin f., elimandin f.

Malayalam: വിദ്യാഭ്യാസം (vidyaabyaasam) (1), വിദ്യ (vidya) (2) Swahili: elimu Telugu: విద్య (vidya) (2)

See also

• training
• schooling

Anagrams

• auctioned, cautioned