Meaning

noun the activities of educating or instructing; activities that impart knowledge or skill

noun knowledge acquired by learning and instruction

noun the gradual process of acquiring knowledge

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

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