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Education

The act or process of educating; the result of educating, as determined by the knowledge skill, or discipline of character, acquired; also, the act or process of training by a prescribed or customary course of study or discipline; as, an education for the bar or the pulpit; he has finished his education.

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Broader term 5

Acquisition 76% connected

The act or process of acquiring.

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Activity 76% connected

The state or quality of being active; nimbleness; agility; vigorous action or operation; energy; active force; as, an increasing variety of human act…

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Content 76% connected

Contained within limits; hence, having the desires limited by that which one has; not disposed to repine or grumble; satisfied; contented; at rest.

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Learning 76% connected

of Learn

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Profession 76% connected

The act of professing or claiming; open declaration; public avowal or acknowledgment; as, professions of friendship; a profession of faith.

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Assimilation 76% connected

The act or process of assimilating or bringing to a resemblance, likeness, or identity; also, the state of being so assimilated; as, the assimilation…

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Class 76% connected

A group of individuals ranked together as possessing common characteristics; as, the different classes of society; the educated class; the lower clas…

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Coeducation 76% connected

An educating together, as of persons of different sexes or races.

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Course 76% connected

The act of moving from one point to another; progress; passage.

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Encyclopedism 76% connected

The art of writing or compiling encyclopedias; also, possession of the whole range of knowledge; encyclopedic learning.

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Enlightenment 76% connected

Act of enlightening, or the state of being enlightened or instructed.

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Erudition 76% connected

The act of instructing; the result of thorough instruction; the state of being erudite or learned; the acquisitions gained by extensive reading or st…

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Experience 76% connected

Trial, as a test or experiment.

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Extension 76% connected

The act of extending or the state of being extended; a stretching out; enlargement in breadth or continuation of length; increase; augmentation; expa…

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Foundation 76% connected

The act of founding, fixing, establishing, or beginning to erect.

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Grounding 76% connected

of Ground

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Instruction 76% connected

The act of instructing, teaching, or furnishing with knowledge; information.

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Learning 76% connected

of Learn

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Mastering 76% connected

of Master

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Pedagogy 76% connected

Pedagogics; pedagogism.

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Scholarship 76% connected

The character and qualities of a scholar; attainments in science or literature; erudition; learning.

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School 76% connected

A shoal; a multitude; as, a school of fish.

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Schooling 76% connected

of School

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Teaching 76% connected

of Teach

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Develop 74% connected

To free from that which infolds or envelops; to unfold; to lay open by degrees or in detail; to make visible or known; to disclose; to produce or giv…

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Develop 74% connected

To free from that which infolds or envelops; to unfold; to lay open by degrees or in detail; to make visible or known; to disclose; to produce or giv…

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Didactical 74% connected

Fitted or intended to teach; conveying instruction; preceptive; instructive; teaching some moral lesson; as, didactic essays.

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Didactical 74% connected

Fitted or intended to teach; conveying instruction; preceptive; instructive; teaching some moral lesson; as, didactic essays.

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Educate 74% connected

To bring /// or guide the powers of, as a child; to develop and cultivate, whether physically, mentally, or morally, but more commonly limited to the…

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Educate 74% connected

To bring /// or guide the powers of, as a child; to develop and cultivate, whether physically, mentally, or morally, but more commonly limited to the…

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Educational 74% connected

Of or pertaining to education.

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Educational 74% connected

Of or pertaining to education.

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Educationist 74% connected

One who is versed in the theories of, or who advocates and promotes, education.

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Educationist 74% connected

One who is versed in the theories of, or who advocates and promotes, education.

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Lesson 70% connected

Anything read or recited to a teacher by a pupil or learner; something, as a portion of a book, assigned to a pupil to be studied or learned at one t…

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Preparation 70% connected

The act of preparing or fitting beforehand for a particular purpose, use, service, or condition; previous arrangement or adaptation; a making ready;…

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Synonym 6

Breeding 92% connected

of Breed

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Didactics 92% connected

The art or science of teaching.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Instruction 92% connected

The act of instructing, teaching, or furnishing with knowledge; information.

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Pedagogy 92% connected

Pedagogics; pedagogism.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Teaching 92% connected

of Teach

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Training 92% connected

of Train

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