n.
1.the activities of educating or instructing or teaching
2.knowledge acquired by learning and instruction
3.the gradual process of acquiring knowledge
4.the profession of teaching (especially at a school or college or university)
5.the result of good upbringing (especially knowledge of correct social behavior)
6.the United States federal department that administers all federal programs dealing with education (including federal aid to educational institutions and students)
Idiom of the Day
make believe
to act as if something is true although one knows that it is not true, to pretend
The children were playing make believe and pretended that they lived in a castle.