Noun:
1: didactics, teaching, education, pedagogy, educational activity, instruction the activities of educating or instructing; activities that impart knowledge or skill; "he received no formal education"; "our instruction was carefully programmed"; "good classroom teaching is seldom rewarded"
2: education knowledge acquired by learning and instruction; "it was clear that he had a very broad education"
3: education the gradual process of acquiring knowledge; "education is a preparation for life"; "a girl's education was less important than a boy's"
4: education the profession of teaching (especially at a school or college or university)
5: breeding, education, training the result of good upbringing (especially knowledge of correct social behavior); "a woman of breeding and refinement"
6: education department, education, department of education the United States federal department that administers all federal programs dealing with education (including federal aid to educational institutions and students); created 1979