education


Definition: Meaning of, education in English to English dictionary.

Pronunciation: / ɛdjʊˈkeɪʃ(ə)n /

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education educations
  1. [singular, uncountable] the process of teaching and learning, usually at school, college, or university
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  2. [uncountable] the teaching of a particular subject
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  3. [uncountable] the institutions and people involved with teaching
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  4. [singular] an interesting experience which has taught you something - often used humorously
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Education


Definition: Meaning of, Education in English to English dictionary.

Pronunciation: / ˌɛdju(ː)ˈkeɪʃən /

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Education educations
  1. including federal aid to educational institutions and students education the United States federal department that administers all federal programs dealing with education ; created 1979
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Education used in phrases

  • Board of Education
    1. in the US, a group of people who are elected to make decisions about how schools and colleges are managed, and about how children are educated in a particular COUNTY or state
  • Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka
    1. a US legal case which resulted in a famous decision by the US Supreme Court in 1954. It was decided that black students should be allowed to attend the same schools and universities as white students, and this officially ended SEGREGATION in the US education system. Following this, some children were taken by bus to different schools in order to mix blacks and whites
  • Department for Education and Skills, the
    1. formerly called the Department for Education and Employment; a British government department which is responsible for the UK's education system and for organizing training programmes for people without jobs etc
  • Department of Education (noun)
    1. including federal aid to educational institutions and students education the United States federal department that administers all federal programs dealing with education ; created 1979
  • Department of Education, the
    1. a US government department which is responsible for the education system, including education programmes, laws for schools and colleges, standards for schools and teachers etc
  • Department of Health Education and Welfare (noun)
    1. a former executive department of the United States government; created in 1953 and divided in 1979
  • Doctor of Education (noun)
    1. a doctor's degree in education
  • Education Department (noun)
    1. including federal aid to educational institutions and students education the United States federal department that administers all federal programs dealing with education ; created 1979
  • Education Secretary (noun)
    1. the person who holds the secretaryship of the Department of Education
    2. the position of the head of the Education Department
  • General Certificate of Secondary Education (noun)
    1. the basic level of a subject taken in school
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