Category: EducationPart of speech: nounDifficulty: Intermediate
istruzione
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English meaning: Education
Definition
The process of acquiring knowledge and skills. Italy has a strong public education system with free education from primary to university level. Italian universities (Bologna — the world's oldest, founded 1088; Padua, where Galileo taught; La Sapienza in Rome) have been at the forefront of European scholarship for centuries.
Example
“L'Università di Bologna, fondata nel 1088, è la più antica del mondo.”
In English: “The University of Bologna, founded in 1088, is the oldest in the world.”
Literary Heritage
“Considerate la vostra semenza: fatti non foste a viver come bruti, ma per seguir virtute e canoscenza.”
“Consider your origins: you were not made to live like brutes, but to follow virtue and knowledge.”
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