Collocations for "education"
Common phrases and expressions where native English speakers use the word "education" in context.
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education
ⓘMost examples are given in US English. We have labeled exceptions as UK.n
- a [high school, college] education
- is in full-time education
- [higher, general, university] education
- [science, math, English] education
- a [public, Catholic, private] education
- a quality education for
- a [college, board] of higher education
- education is [important, essential] to
- get a [proper, decent, good] education
- [has, never got] an education
- it is important to [finish your, get an] education
- the education of the (general) public
- education for the future
- has [four] years of education
- has education in the field of [physics, social work]
- education and [training, research]
- the education system
- the education [department, minister]
'education' also found in these entries (note: many are not synonyms or translations):
AIDS
- Ministry
- access
- address
- adult
- advisory
- ailing
- allocation
- apply
- association
- awareness
- background
- banking
- barrier
- basic
- bilingual
- board
- career
- center
- certificate
- childhood
- college
- committee
- compulsory
- computing
- concern
- concerning
- consider
- constitute
- consultancy
- consultant
- consulting
- context
- council
- counterpart
- decade
- decent
- degree
- department
- effectiveness
- efficiency
- elementary
- emphasis
- empower
- empowerment
- engineering
- enterprise
- environmental
- extra
- facility