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education

/ˌɛd͡ʒ.ʊˈkeɪ.ʃn̩/ · noun

Meaning

  1. The process of imparting knowledge, skill and judgment.
  2. Facts, skills and ideas that have been learned, especially through formal instruction.
  3. Upbringing, rearing.

Etymology / origin

Borrowed from Middle French éducation, from Latin ēducātiō (“a breeding, bringing up, rearing”), from ēducō (“to educate, train”), from ēdūcō (“to lead forth, to take out; to raise up, to erect”). See educate. Morphologically educate + -ion.

  1. ēducātiō(la)
  2. éducation(frm)
  3. *dewk-(ine-pro)
  4. education (English)
  5. Relations: root, bor, der

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