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education n. [
instruction, teaching, pedagogy, didactics, educational activity] 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"
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education n. knowledge acquired by learning and instruction; "it was clear that he had a very broad education"
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education n. the gradual process of acquiring knowledge; "education is a preparation for life"; "a girl's education was less important than a boy's"
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education n. the profession of teaching (especially at a school or college or university)
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education n. [
training, breeding] the result of good upbringing (especially knowledge of correct social behavior); "a woman of breeding and refinement"
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