[1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

education \ed`uca"tion\ ?; 135, n. l. educatio; cf. f.
   'education.
   the act or process of educating; the result of educating, as
   determined by the knowledge skill, or discipline of
   character, acquired; also, the act or process of training by
   a prescribed or customary course of study or discipline; as,
   an education for the bar or the pulpit; he has finished his
   education.
   1913 webster

         to prepare us for complete living is the function which
         education has to discharge.              --h. spenser.

   syn: education, instruction, teaching, training,
        breeding.

   usage: education, properly a drawing forth, implies not so
          much the communication of knowledge as the discipline
          of the intellect, the establishment of the principles,
          and the regulation of the heart. instruction is that
          part of education which furnishes the mind with
          knowledge. teaching is the same, being simply more
          familiar. it is also applied to practice; as, teaching
          to speak a language; teaching a dog to do tricks.
          training is a department of education in which the
          chief element is exercise or practice for the purpose
          of imparting facility in any physical or mental
          operation. breeding commonly relates to the manners
          and outward conduct.
          1913 webster
see also:
education instruction teaching training breeding 

[2] : WordNet (r) 2.0

education
     n 1: the activities of educating or instructing or teaching;
          activities that impart knowledge or skill; "he received
          no formal education"; "our instruction was carefully
          programmed"; "good teaching is seldom rewarded" syn: instruction,
           teaching, pedagogy, 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: 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
see also:
instruction teaching pedagogy educational activity training breeding 
department of education education department 

[3] : Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0

59 moby thesaurus words for "education":
   accomplishments, acculturation, acquisition of knowledge,
   acquisitions, attainments, broadening the mind, catechization,
   civility, civilization, coaching, course of study, cultivation,
   culture, didactics, direction, drilling, edification,
   enculturation, enlightenment, erudition, guidance, illumination,
   indoctrination, information, instruction, intellectual acquirement,
   knowledge, learning, lesson, liberal education, literacy, lore,
   mastery of skills, memorization, mental cultivation,
   mental culture, pedagogics, pedagogy, polish, private teaching,
   programmed instruction, reeducation, refinement, schooling,
   self-instruction, self-teaching, socialization, sophistication,
   spoon-feeding, store of knowledge, storing the mind, teaching,
   training, tuition, tutelage, tutorage, tutoring, tutorship,
   upbringing

[4] : Jargon File (4.3.1, 29 Jun 2001)

education

nearly all hackers past their teens are either college-degreed or
self-educated to an equivalent level. the self-taught hacker is often
considered at least by other hackers to be better-motivated, and may be
more respected, than his school-shaped counterpart. academic areas from
which people often gravitate into hackerdom include besides the obvious
computer science and electrical engineering physics, mathematics,
linguistics, and philosophy.

[5] : THE DEVIL'S DICTIONARY ((C)1911 Released April 15 1993)

education, n. that which discloses to the wise and disguises from the
foolish their lack of understanding.

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