Education ˌedʒuˈkeɪʃn Training People Improve Students Excellent Children

• primary/elementary education
• post-secondary education
• a college/university education
• she completed her formal education in 2019.

education

1. a process of teaching, training and learning, especially in schools, colleges or universities, to improve knowledge and develop skills
• SEE ALSO adult education
  https://www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com/definition/english/adult-education
• primary/elementary education
• post-secondary education
• a college/university education
• She completed her formal education in 2019.
• Students from lower income families are less likely to continue their education.
• to further/pursue your education
• to get/receive an education
• The school provides an excellent all-round education.
• music/arts education
• students in full-time education
• a man of little education
• the British education system
• a bilingual education program
• The press made education reform a topic of heated debate.

Extra Examples

• In those days it was very difficult for poorer people to get a university education.
• He was at a disadvantage because of the poor education he had received.
• She went to America to complete her education.
• He'd received an excellent general education in Poland.
• The project seeks to improve education for students.
• How well a child does at school is influenced by the level of parental education.
• Many people lack the education and training that is needed for these jobs.
• No one is denied an education because they are poor in this country.
• Nigeria committed itself to universal primary education.
• Researchers have found that single-sex education may benefit girls.
• She brought up two children while pursuing a college education.
• Technology allows distance education to occur at all levels.
• He received a classical education.
• children in early education settings
• the party's policy on comprehensive education
• parents who choose private education for their children
• young people who are just leaving full-time education
• Parents are beginning to wake up to the importance of pre-school education.
• There are additional education requirements for nurses on this course.
• They set up an account to fund their daughter's education.
• They want to broaden their research and education activities.
• We acquire much of our world knowledge through education.
• efforts to improve education standards
• Elementary education is excellent in this area.
• Every child in the country needs to be provided with a first-class education.
• The government is planning major reforms in the education system.
• investment in education
• enhancing the quality of education for students
• The Steiner system of education offers many lessons to society in general.
• Investment in education would play a vital role in the country's development.
2. a particular kind of teaching or training
• SEE ALSO public education (2)
  https://www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com/definition/english/public-education#publiceducation_sng_2
• sex education in schools
• education about danger on the roads
• The council has launched a new health education campaign.
• an alcohol education programme (= to warn of the dangers of alcohol)
• Patient education is important to minimize the risk of a second heart attack.

Extra Examples

• Education about HIV and other preventable diseases needs to improve.
• Sex education in schools needs to be improved.
• It is only through education that prejudice can be overcome.
• environmental education
• drug education
3. the institutions or people involved in teaching and training
• the Education Department
• the Department of Education
• There should be closer links between education and industry.
• the education secretary
• the minister of education
4. the subject of study that deals with how to teach
• a College of Education
• a Bachelor of Education degree
• She's an education major.
• He has a degree in education.
5. an interesting experience that teaches you something
• The rock concert was quite an education for my parents!

Word Origin

• mid 16th cent.: from Latin educatio(n-), from the verb educare, related to educere ‘lead out’, from e- (variant of ex-) ‘out’ + ducere ‘to lead’.