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Noun education has 6 senses
education, instruction, teaching, pedagogy, educational activity - 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"--1 is a kind of activity
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education - knowledge acquired by learning and instruction; "it was clear that he had a very broad education"--2 is a kind of content, cognitive content, mental object
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education - the gradual process of acquiring knowledge; "education is a preparation for life"; "a girl's education was less important than a boy's"--3 is a kind of learning, acquisition
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education - the profession of teaching (especially at a school or college or university)--4 is a kind of profession
 --4 has particulars: teaching, instruction, pedagogy
 
education, training, breeding - the result of good upbringing (especially knowledge of correct social behavior); "a woman of breeding and refinement"--5 is a kind of upbringing
 
Department of Education, Education Department, Education - the United States federal department that administers all federal programs dealing with education (including federal aid to educational institutions and students); created 1979--6 is a kind of executive department
 
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