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Meaning of education

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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:

  education
      n 1: the activities of educating or instructing; activities that
           impart knowledge or skill; "he received no formal
           education"; "our instruction was carefully programmed";
           "good classroom teaching is seldom rewarded" [syn:
           {education}, {instruction}, {teaching}, {pedagogy},
           {didactics}, {educational activity}]
      2: knowledge acquired by learning and instruction; "it was clear
         that he had a very broad education"
      3: the gradual process of acquiring knowledge; "education is a
         preparation for life"; "a girl's education was less important
         than a boy's"
      4: the profession of teaching (especially at a school or college
         or university)
      5: the result of good upbringing (especially knowledge of
         correct social behavior); "a woman of breeding and
         refinement" [syn: {education}, {training}, {breeding}]
      6: the United States federal department that administers all
         federal programs dealing with education (including federal
         aid to educational institutions and students); created 1979
         [syn: {Department of Education}, {Education Department},
         {Education}]

Source : WordNet ® Princeton University. 2010.

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