education

Definition

  • noun: the action or process of teaching someone especially in a school, college, or university
  • noun: the action or process of 'educating' or of being 'educated'
  • synonyms: training, breeding, teaching

Examples

  • The school is devoted to the 'education' of children with reading difficulties.

  • Students and their parents worry about the rising cost of 'higher education'.

  • Our vacation turned out to be a very 'educational' experience.

Movie clips

Movie quotes

  • (..) Oh, above all things! A very, very distant second is a Ferrari. Charlie? Give me your hand. This is just the start of your education, son. Hoo-ah. Where are we? Where are we, eh? The cynosure of all things civilized. The Waldorf-Astoria. (..)
    1992 Scent of a Woman