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to coeducate

to coeducate

5.6
Teach boys and girls together in the same class or school
  • verb
  • /ˌkoʊˈɛdʒʊˌkeɪt/
: coeducar
  • Many parents prefer to coeducate their children in order to prepare them for real-world interactions.

Examples

  • In recent years, several private institutions have chosen to coeducate boys and girls to enhance social learning.

  • The school decided to coeducate students to promote gender equality in the classroom.

  • And I think even within all of these institutions, even they, although they are now coeducated, we still have a long way to go.

Synonyms

to co-educate
vsto coeducate
4.6

To teach boys and girls together in the same school or class

is limited to educating children together in the same classes or school

Surface Forms

coeducate infinitive
coeducated past
coeducated past participle
coeducating present participle
coeducates third person singular

Morphology

coeducate = educate (transparent) = co + educate

The prefix 'co-' meaning 'together' combines productively with the verb 'educate', so the meaning 'educate together' is directly inferable.

Etymology

Coeducate comes from the prefix co- meaning 'together' and educate meaning 'to teach'. Like in cooperate or coworker, co- shows doing something together, so to coeducate is to 'teach together' — for example, boys and girls in the same classes.