education

«education» in Mova's school dictionary: the teaching and learning that happens at school, college… — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 2 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

part of speech

noun (education; an education)

meaning for a pupil

1) Education is the teaching and learning that happens at school, college and university. tree →

2) The knowledge and skills a person gets from learning. tree →

3) Teaching about a special subject, like «road safety education» or «physical education». tree →

sense in the lessons

Used in school life and news. Phrases: «physical education (PE)», «a good education», «higher education», «further education (UK)», «special education». It tells the reader about learning and schools.

examples

• Every child has the right to an education. tree →
• PE stands for physical education. tree →
• My aunt works in education as a teacher. tree →
• She got a good education at her local school. tree →
• Road safety education teaches us how to cross safely. tree →
• Higher education means university and college. tree →

note

Mostly uncountable, but «a good education» uses «a». Adjective: educational; verb: educate; a person who is «educated» has had a lot of education. PE = physical education.

In the corpora

• A CV is a page or two listing someone's education, jobs and skills; Americans call it a résumé.
• Rights are things every person is entitled to, such as safety, education, being heard and freedom of belief.

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «education» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.