education

  • 31education */*/*/ — UK [ˌedjʊˈkeɪʃ(ə)n] / US [ˌedʒəˈkeɪʃ(ə)n] noun Word forms education : singular education plural educations 1) [uncountable] the activity of educating people in schools, colleges, and universities, and all the policies and arrangements concerning… …

    English dictionary

  • 32ÉDUCATION — n. f. Action d’élever, de former un enfant, un jeune homme, une jeune fille, de développer ses facultés intellectuelles et morales ou Résultat de cette action. Système d’éducation. Traité d’éducation. Se livrer, se consacrer à l’éducation de la… …

    Dictionnaire de l'Academie Francaise, 8eme edition (1935)

  • 33education — n. 1) to provide an education 2) compulsory; free education 3) elementary (esp. AE), primary; higher; secondary education; a college, university education 4) adult (AE), continuing, further (BE); health; in service; physical; pre professional;… …

    Combinatory dictionary

  • 34education — ed|u|ca|tion [ ,edʒə keıʃn ] noun *** 1. ) uncount the activity of educating people in schools, colleges, and universities, and all the policies and arrangements concerning this: the state s record on education and training the Secretary of… …

    Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

  • 35Education —    The Italian educational system developed slowly and unevenly. Provision for basic education was sorely neglected in Italy until well after World War II, yet the country also possessed outstanding high schools that gave an excellent classical… …

    Historical Dictionary of modern Italy

  • 36education — ed|u|ca|tion W1S1 [ˌedjuˈkeıʃən US ˌedʒə ] n 1.) [singular, U] the process of teaching and learning, usually at school, college, or university ▪ the education system get/receive an education ▪ She also hopes her children will get a good education …

    Dictionary of contemporary English

  • 37Education —    As in most of central Europe in the Middle Ages, schooling in the Austrian lands of the period was a haphazard affair. Churches in larger towns and monasteries such as Melk often educated young boys, but primarily for clerical careers. Young… …

    Historical dictionary of Austria

  • 38Education —    Like other Asian peoples, the Burmese have high esteem for education and educated persons. Books are customarily treated with care (e.g., they should not be placed on the ground), and the term saya (hsaya), meaning teacher in the Burmese… …

    Historical Dictionary of Burma (Myanmar)

  • 39Education —    Little information is available on early primary education. The college of canons of the Cathédrale des Saints Michel et Gudule, then a collegiate church, supervised the schools and teachers in Brussels. Permission of one of the clergy, the… …

    Historical Dictionary of Brussels

  • 40Education —    Until the sixth century, education in Byzantium (q.v.) was the traditional Greco Roman education, which emphasized grammar and rhetoric, i.e., the ability to speak and write Greek well. Primary and secondary education (chiefly for boys) was… …

    Historical dictionary of Byzantium