education
noun
the act or process of imparting or acquiring general knowledge, developing the powers of reasoning and judgment, and generally of preparing oneself or others intellectually for mature life.
educations
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pluralof education.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
Example Sentences
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Increasingly, parents are draining money from retirement accounts and home equity to pay for their children’s educations.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 31, 2026
Experts and couples interviewed by AFP spoke of a combination of factors, including longer educations and growing professional ambitions among women, along with rising divorce rates and financial strain on young professionals.
From Barron's ● Aug. 13, 2026
It was Betty who ensured her sons received serious Jewish educations and helped direct Rothschild family philanthropy toward Palestine long before political Zionism had formally taken shape.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 7, 2026
The Ministry of Religious Affairs has revoked the school's license permanently, and said that students' educations would continue through online learning options or transfers to other institutions – especially for orphaned students.
From BBC ● May 13, 2026
As described by William Julius Wilson in his book When Work Disappears, the overwhelming majority of African Americans in the 1970s lacked college educations and had attended racially segregated, underfunded schools lacking basic resources.
From "The New Jim Crow" by Michelle Alexander
