Adult Education Training

Adult Definition

–adjective
1. having attained full size and strength; grown up; mature: an adult person, animal, or plant.
2. of, pertaining to, or befitting adults.
3. intended for adults; not suitable for children: adult entertainment.
–noun
4. a person who is fully grown or developed or of age.
5. a full-grown animal or plant.
6. a person who has attained the age of maturity as specified by law.

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Education Definition

–noun
1. the act or process of imparting or acquiring general knowledge, developing the powers 1059 of reasoning and judgment, and generally of preparing oneself or others intellectually for mature life.
2. the act or process of imparting or acquiring particular knowledge or skills, as for a profession.
3. a degree, level, or kind of schooling: a university education.
4. the result produced by instruction, training, or study: to show one's education.
5. the science or art of teaching; pedagogics.

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Training Definition

–noun
1. the education, instruction, or discipline of a person or thing that is being trained: He's in training for the Olympics.
2. the status or condition of a person who has been trained: athletes in top training.
–adjective
3. of, pertaining to, or used in or for training: a training manual.
4. intended for use during an introductory, learning, or transitional period: a training cup for weaning a baby; a training bra.

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