education

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.”

   “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.”

   “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.”

   “He has had a classical education.”

   “The educations our children receive depend on their economic status.”

3. (archaic, countable, uncountable)Upbringing, rearing.

   “I found them [my children] all I could wish and progressing rapidly under the truly maternal care of the kind Sisters who cared for their education.”