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How to spell education

Education is spelled E-D-U-C-A-T-I-O-N. From educate: drop the E and add -ION, keeping the U after the D.

hear ited·u·ca·tion/,ɛdʒʊ'keɪʃən/nounSilent and tricky

What it means: The process of teaching and learning.

In a sentence: Education helps you learn new things.

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Same family: educator, educational, educated, reeducation, educationist. If you can spell one, the shared part carries to the others.

Where it comes from: Education comes from the Latin word 'educare,' which means 'to bring up' or 'to lead out.' The modern English word began to be widely used in the 16th century to describe the process of teaching and learning in schools.

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