3 → see also adult education , further education , higher education COLLOCATIONS education NOUN
1
noun + education : school, state, university; adult
adjective + education : comprehensive, further, higher, secondary; compulsory, formal, general, private; vocational
verb + education : promote, provide; complete, receive
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noun + education : health, sex, science
adjective + education : physical, religious SYNONYMS education NOUN 1
teaching: The Government funds university teaching.
schooling: He had little formal schooling.
tuition: The courses will give the beginner personal tuition in all types of photography.
instruction: All schoolchildren must now receive some religious instruction.
edu|ca|tion|al ◆◇◇ /e dʒʊke I ʃən ə l/
1 ADJ [usu ADJ n] Educational matters or institutions are concerned with or relate to education. □ …the British educational system. □ …pupils with special educational needs. ● edu|ca|tion|al|ly ADV □ …educationally sound ideas for managing classrooms.
2 ADJ An educational experience teaches you something. □ The staff should make sure the kids have an enjoyable and educational day. SYNONYMS educational ADJ
1
academic: Their academic standards are high.
pedagogicaclass="underline" …the pedagogical methods used in the classroom.
2
instructive: …an entertaining and instructive documentary.
illuminating: His autobiography provides an illuminating insight into his mind.
enlightening: …an enlightening talk on the work done at the animal park.
didactic: In totalitarian societies, art exists for didactic purposes.
instructionaclass="underline" …instructional material designed to help you with your lifestyle.
edu|ca|tion|al|ist /e dʒʊke I ʃənəl I st/ (educationalists ) N‑COUNT An educationalist is someone who is specialized in the theories and methods of education. [BRIT ] in AM, use educator
edu|ca |tion|al psy|cho l|ogy N‑UNCOUNT Educational psychology is the area of psychology that is concerned with the study and assessment of teaching methods, and with helping individual pupils who have educational problems. ● edu|ca|tion|al psy|cholo|gist (educational psychologists ) N‑COUNT □ An assessment by an independent educational psychologist was essential.
edu|ca|tion|ist /e dʒʊke I ʃən I st/ (educationists ) N‑COUNT An educationist is the same as an educationalist . [BRIT ]
edu|ca|tive /e dʒʊkət I v, [AM ] -ke I t-/ ADJ [usu ADJ n] Something that has an educative role teaches you something. [FORMAL ] □ …the educative value of allowing broadcasters into their courts.
edu|ca|tor /e dʒʊke I tə r / (educators )
1 N‑COUNT An educator is a person who educates people. [AM , also BRIT , FORMAL ]
2 N‑COUNT An educator is someone who is specialized in the theories and methods of education. [mainly AM ] in BRIT, use educationalist
edu|tain|ment /e dʒʊte I nmənt/ N‑UNCOUNT People use edutainment to refer to things such as computer games which are designed to be entertaining and educational at the same time. □ …the increased demand for edutainment software.
Ed|ward|ian /edwɔː r diən/ ADJ [usu ADJ n] Edwardian means belonging to, connected with, or typical of Britain in the first decade of the 20th century, when Edward VII was King. □ …the Edwardian era.
eel /iː l/ (eels ) N‑VAR An eel is a long, thin fish that looks like a snake. ● N‑UNCOUNT Eel is the flesh of this fish which is eaten as food. □ …smoked eel.
eerie / I ə ri/ (eerier , eeriest ) ADJ If you describe something as eerie , you mean that it seems strange and frightening, and makes you feel nervous. □ I walked down the eerie dark path. □ …an eerie calm. ● eeri|ly / I ə r I li/ ADV □ Monrovia after the fighting is eerily quiet.
ef|face / I fe I s/ (effaces , effacing , effaced )
1 VERB To efface something means to destroy or remove it so that it cannot be seen any more. [FORMAL ] □ [V n] …an event that has helped efface the country's traditional image.
2 → see also self-effacing
ef|fect ◆◆◆ / I fe kt/ (effects , effecting , effected )
1 N‑VAR [adj N ] The effect of one thing on another is the change that the first thing causes in the second thing. □ [+ of/on ] Parents worry about the effect of music on their adolescent's behavior. □ Even minor head injuries can cause long-lasting psychological effects.
2 N‑COUNT An effect is an impression that someone creates deliberately, for example in a place or in a piece of writing. □ The whole effect is cool, light and airy.
3 N‑PLURAL [with poss] A person's effects are the things that they have with them at a particular time, for example when they are arrested or admitted to hospital, or the things that they owned when they died. [FORMAL ] □ His daughters were collecting his effects.
4 N‑PLURAL The effects in a film are the specially created sounds and scenery.