ed·u·ca·tion (?j??-k??sh?n)n.1. The act or process of educating or being educated.2. The knowledge or skill obtained or developed by a learning process.3. A program of instruction of a specified kind or level: driver education; a college education.4. The field of study that is concerned with the pedagogy of teaching and learning.5. An instructive or enlightening experience: Her work in an animal shelter was a real education.American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright © 2016 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.education (??dj??ke???n) n1. (Education) the act or process of acquiring knowledge, esp systematically during childhood and adolescence2. (Education) the knowledge or training acquired by this process: his education has been invaluable to him. 3. (Education) the act or process of imparting knowledge, esp at a school, college, or university: education is my profession. 4. (Education) the theory of teaching and learning: a course in education. 5. (Education) a particular kind of instruction or training: a university education; consumer education. Collins English Dictionary ? Complete and Unabridged, 12th Edition 2014 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1994, 1998, 2000, 2003, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2014ed?u?ca?tion (??d? ??ke? ??n) n. 1. the act or process of imparting or acquiring general knowledge and of developing the powers of reasoning and judgment. 2. the act or process of imparting or acquiring particular knowledge or skills, as for a profession. 3. a degree, level, or kind of schooling: a college education. 4. the result produced by instruction, training, or study. 5. the science or art of teaching; pedagogics. [1525?35; (