noun (n)

• the activities of educating or instructing; activities that impart knowledge or skill(noun.act)

  Example:
  He received no formal education.
  

  Synonym:
  didactics, educational activity, instruction, pedagogy, teaching
  

  source: wordnet30
• knowledge acquired by learning and instruction(noun.cognition)

  Example:
  It was clear that he had a very broad education.
  

  source: wordnet30
• the gradual process of acquiring knowledge(noun.cognition)

  Example:
  Education is a preparation for life.
  A girl's education was less important than a boy's.
  

  source: wordnet30
• the profession of teaching (especially at a school or college or university)(noun.act)

  source: wordnet30
• the result of good upbringing (especially knowledge of correct social behavior)(noun.attribute)

  Synonym:
  breeding, training
  

  source: wordnet30
• the United States federal department that administers all federal programs dealing with education (including federal aid to educational institutions and students); created 1979(noun.group)

  Synonym:
  department of education, education department
  

  source: wordnet30
• 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.(noun)

  source: webster1913