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# 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 →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/education/#m1)

2) The knowledge and skills a person gets from learning. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/education/#m2)

3) Teaching about a special subject, like «road safety education» or «physical education». [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/education/#m3)

### 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 →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/education/#x1)
- PE stands for physical education. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/education/#x2)
- My aunt works in education as a teacher. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/education/#x3)
- She got a good education at her local school. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/education/#x4)
- Road safety education teaches us how to cross safely. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/education/#x5)
- Higher education means university and college. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/education/#x6)

### 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.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/adult-life/3-finding-a-job-and-getting-on/6/)
- [Rights are things every person is entitled to, such as safety, education, being heard and freedom of belief.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/religion-ethics/35-courage-responsibility-rights-and-duties/10/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «education» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/education/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.