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education

ed.u.ca.tion \.ej-*-'ka--sh*n\ \-shn*l, -sh*n-*l\ n 1a: the action or 
   process of educating or of being educated; also :  a stage of such a 
   process 1b: the knowledge and development resulting from an educational 
   process { a man of little ~} 2: the field of study that deals mainly with 
   methods of teaching and learni ng in schools - ed.u.ca.tion.al aj