edification

CEFRC2

/ˌɛdɪfɪˈkeɪʃən/

noun

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In plain English

  1. 01

    noun

    Knowledge or moral improvement gained from something.

  2. 02

    noun

    Extra detail

    A building or edifice.

Examples

  • The geology course isn't required; I'm taking it for my own edification.

  • Tom dedicated his life to the edification of the masses.

At a glance

Sits at C2 on the CEFR scale

Senses
3
Parts of speech
1
Citations
3

Deep Dive

noun

Extra meaning

  1. The act of edifying, or the state of being edified or improved; a building process, especially morally, emotionally, or spiritually.

More examples

In context

  • Caterina Pachetti had been a very pretty women, which she remembered more to her own edification than to that of her friends.

  • Let euery one of vs please his neighbour for his good to edification.

  • It seems clear that he took great delight in his commonly perceived role as “the No 1 celebrity scientist”; huge audiences would attend his public lectures, perhaps not always just for scientific edification.

Quick test

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Question 1 · Quick check

The teacher's goal was the blank of his students, not just their test scores.

Practise this properly in the app, where the word comes back before you forget it.

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Origin

noun

From Old French, from Latin aedificationem (“building, construction”), an accusative form of aedificatio, from aedificare.