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EDUCATION DEPARTMENT
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
The United States federal department that administers all federal programs dealing with education (including federal aid to educational institutions and students); created 1979
Synonyms:
Department of Education; Education; Education Department
Classified under:
Nouns denoting groupings of people or objects
Hypernyms ("Education Department" is a kind of...):
executive department (a federal department in the executive branch of the government of the United States)
Domain category:
didactics; education; educational activity; instruction; pedagogy; teaching (the activities of educating or instructing; activities that impart knowledge or skill)
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