Educationisthe action or process of educating or of being educated also : a stage of such a process. b : the knowledge and development resulting from the process of being educated a person of little education. 2 : the field of study that deals mainly with methods of teaching and learning in schools.the process of receiving or giving systematic instruction, especially at a school or university.
"a course of education"
synonyms: teaching, schooling, tuition, tutoring, instruction, pedagogy, andragogy, coaching, training, tutelage, drilling, preparation, guidance, indoctrination, inculcation, enlightenment, edification, cultivation, development, improvement, bettering
an enlightening experience.
"Petrus is a good workman—it is an education to watch

Education is defined as the process of gaining knowledge. An example of education is attending college and studying. ... The process of training and developing the knowledge, skill, mind, character, etc., esp. by formal schooling; teaching; training.“The purpose of education has always been to every one, in essence, the same—to give the young the things they need in order to develop in an orderly, sequential way into members of society.

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