education

Etymology

Borrowed from Middle French éducation, from Latin ēducātiō (“a breeding, bringing up, rearing”), from ēducō (“I educate, train”), from ēdūcō (“I lead forth, I take out; I raise up, I erect”). See educate. Morphologically educate + -ion

noun

1. (uncountable) The process of imparting knowledge, skill and judgment.
   One particularly damaging, but often ignored, effect of conflict on education is the proliferation of attacks on schools[…]as children, teachers or school buildings become the targets of attacks. Parents fear sending their children to school. Girls are particularly vulnerable to sexual violence. 2013-07-19, Mark Tran, “Denied an education by war”, in The Guardian Weekly, volume 189, number 6, page 1
   Good education is essential for a well-run society.
2. (countable) Facts, skills and ideas that have been learned, especially through formal instruction.
   Nuh-nuh-doin'-duh... Nuh-nuh-doin'-duh... We don't need no education... Yes, you do. You've just used a double negative. 2006 Feb. 17, Graham Linehan, The IT Crowd, Season 1, Episode 4
   It is time the international community faced the reality: we have an unmanageable, unfair, distortionary global tax regime. […] It is the starving of the public sector which has been pivotal in America no longer being the land of opportunity – with a child's life prospects more dependent on the income and education of its parents than in other advanced countries. 2013-06-07, Joseph Stiglitz, “Globalisation is about taxes too”, in The Guardian Weekly, volume 188, number 26, page 19
   He has had a classical education.
   The educations our children receive depend on their economic status.