education-n; 7 Senses

Sense Number 1: activity of teaching or instructing someone

Commentary: EDUCATION[+event][+activity][+teaching][+training/+understanding] instruction, pedagogy the act of teaching
NOTE: the phrase 'X's education' implies that X is a teacher (agent) -not a student (see Sense 2)

Examples:
The butler's education of his staff in the specific protocols of the new house took many months. (-butler- is teacher)
Mary's daughter went into the field of education. (the profession of being a -teacher-)
He received little formal education from the teachers in his small village. (favors sense 1, but could include sense 2)

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WordNet 3.0 Sense Numbers: 1, 4

Sense Number 2: the activity of learning or being trained

Commentary: EDUCATION[+event][+activity][+learning][+personal][+knowledge][+training/+understanding] the process of learning, being trained
NOTE: the phrase 'X's education' implies that X is the student (patient) -not- the teacher (see Sense 1)

Examples:
Bob's education was paid for by his parents. (Bob is learning, -not- teaching)
The nuns attended to the children's religious education. (children are recipients, they are learning)
Her retired parents are now pursuing an education in art history. :(favors sense 2, but could include sense 1)

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WordNet 3.0 Sense Numbers: 3, 5

Sense Number 3: Placeholder: Do Not Choose

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WordNet 3.0 Sense Numbers: 1

Sense Number 4: acquired knowledge, a mental quality of having knowledge

Commentary: EDUCATION[+quality][+mental][+knowledge][+acquired]
NOTE: refers to an acquired state of believing and knowing facts, propositions, procedures
NOTE: refers to the acquired -result- not the ongoing -activity- of learning

Examples:
John's education is encyclopedic and eclectic.
Her math education was not sufficient for the advanced course in quantum mechanics.
The intern relied on his medical education to treat the injured man by the roadside.
Education is an attribute of a learned person. (knowledge they possess)

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WordNet 3.0 Sense Numbers: 2

Sense Number 5: Placeholder: Do Not Choose

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WordNet 3.0 Sense Numbers: 1

Sense Number 6: Placeholder: Do Not Choose

Commentary: This usage is a proper name which we are not coding, e.g., Department of Education

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WordNet 3.0 Sense Numbers: 1

Sense Number 7: a personal experience or occasion that is enlightening

Commentary: EDUCATION[+event][+experience][+personal][+enlightening]
NOTE: a specialized, figurative usage - always refers to a specific situation, event, in which something was learned.

Examples:
Hearing Mary's objections at the meeting today was quite an education for Bob.
The workmanship exhibited in these beautiful suits is an education in quality.

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WordNet 0.0 Sense Numbers: 1e