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Word Builder: education +
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a broader category that includes education |
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culture |
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similar to education |
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learning |
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some actions associated with educating |
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answer, clarify, enlighten, explain, grade, illustrate, instruct, lecture, prepare, question, study, teach |
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some descriptions of education |
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academic, basic, formal, free, higher, physical, practical, well-rounded |
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some people associated with education |
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academic, cadet, chancellor, class, classmate, coach, faculty, freshman, graduate, instructor, junior, mentor, principal, professor, pupil, scholar, senior, sophomore, student, sub, teacher, tutor |
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some places associated with education |
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academy, boarding school, campus, classroom, college, dormitory, elementary school, grammar school, gym, gymnasium, high school, homeroom, institute, junior high school, kindergarten, nursery school, primary school, public school, school, schoolhouse, seminary, university |
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without an education |
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ignorant, illiterate |
The word education
contains the following part:
-ation
Latin
noun-forming suffix
that means the act, process, or result of
More about this word part:
The suffix -ation
is a compound of -ate1 + -ion. It turns verbs ending in -ate into nouns (decorate/ decoration
). Not all nouns with this suffix, however, have a corresponding verb ending in -ate (information
, alteration).
Example words:
accusation, admiration, agitation, celebration, combination, communication, conversation, coronation, decoration, education, equation, imitation, information, irrigation, irritation, location, pronunciation, reservation, separation, transformation, translation, creation, elevation, discrimination, immigration, evaporation, vacation
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