Defining Education

The definition of eduction varies depending upon who you ask and when you ask it.

Dictionaries have their own definitions. Philosophers have their own definitions The definition of education may be different today than it was centuries ago.

Education is the process of educating.

Education is the noun form of the verb educate.

The verb educate is defined as to develop skill, knowledge or character.

Education comes from the Latin word e-ducere which means "to lead out."


Dictionary and web based definitions of the noun, education and the verb, educate:

Wikipedia

education
"Education is the learning of knowledge, information and skills during the course of life."
"knowledge, is often used to convey this general purpose of education"
"Education can thus attempt to give a firm foundation for the achievement of personal fulfillment. The better the foundation that is built, the more successful the child will be. Simple basics in education can carry a child far.[citation needed"

Meriam- Webster

educate:
1 a: the action or process of educating or of being educated ; also : a stage of such a process b: the knowledge and development resulting from an educational process 2: the field of study that deals mainly with methods of teaching and learning in schools

The Free Dictionary

educationed·u·ca·tion (j-kshn)
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 the inner city was a real education.

ed·u·cate (j-kt)
v. ed·u·cat·ed, ed·u·cat·ing, ed·u·cates
v.tr.
1. To develop the innate capacities of, especially by schooling or instruction. See Synonyms at teach.
2. To provide with knowledge or training in a particular area or for a particular purpose: decided to educate herself in foreign languages; entered a seminary to be educated for the priesthood.
3.
a. To provide with information; inform: a campaign that educated the public about the dangers of smoking.
b. To bring to an understanding or acceptance: hoped to educate the voters to the need for increased spending on public schools.
4. To stimulate or develop the mental or moral growth of.
5. To develop or refine (one's taste or appreciation, for example).
v.intr.
To teach or instruct a person or group.

Yourdictionary.com

edu·cate (ej′o̵̅o̅ kāt′, ej′ə-)

1. to train or develop the knowledge, skill, mind, or character of, esp. by formal schooling or study; teach; instruct
2. to form and develop (one's taste, etc.)
3. to pay for the schooling of (a person)

Brainyquote.com

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.

educate
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 mental activities or senses; to expand, strengthen, and discipline, as the mind, a faculty, etc.,; to form and regulate the principles and character of; to prepare and fit for any calling or business by systematic instruction; to cultivate; to train; to instruct; as, to educate a child; to educate the eye or the taste.