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to educate

to educate

627 2.2
To give someone knowledge and skills by teaching or training over time
  • verb
  • /ˈɛdʒʊˌkeɪt/
translation icon : educar
  • Teachers work hard to educate their students about important historical events.
  • educate students
  • educate people
  • educate the public

But let's embrace them and educate ourselves and live in peace.

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Examples

  • Females may need interventions designed to educate them on how to build physical activity into their schedules.

    Academic text (2013)

  • She had me educated in the best schooling system in the world- right here in your country.

    Stormbreaker (2006)

  • Go out and educate yourself as much as you can.

  • And then you spend some money to educate your kid.

  • We have to educate our young boys.

  • We seek to educate people, not just minds.

  • How do you educate people who refuse to learn?

    Philosophy Tube

  • People outside the field have to be educated about what technology education is all about.

    Academic text (2008)

  • Because that's where we educate our young citizens.

    Lex Fridman

  • Here they would build schools, educate their children, reclaim the desert.

Synonyms

to teach
vsto educate
∞ 1.0

To help someone learn skills, habits, or knowledge

focuses on longer term development of knowledge or skills
to train
vsto educate
∞ 1.0

To teach someone skills by practice and help

includes both skills and broader knowledge taught over time
to instruct
vsto educate
  • Formal
85 2.6

To teach someone how to do something, often in a class

is more general covering broad learning rather than only procedures
to school
vsto educate
58 3.0

To teach or train someone in a skill

is broader covering long term development through teaching and practice
to enlighten
vsto educate
55 4.8

To give someone clear information to help them understand something

emphasizes sustained teaching of skills and broad knowledge over time
to tutor
vsto educate
32 2.4

To teach one student or a small group privately to help them improve

is broader focused on long term learning not just private support
to edify
vsto educate
  • Formal
3 7.0

To teach someone in a way that makes their thinking and actions better

focuses on measurable knowledge and skills rather than moral improvement

Antonyms

to misinform
35 4.8

To give someone wrong information, often by mistake

How Thorough

to train
∞ 1.0
to educate
627 2.2
to teach
∞ 1.0
to explain
∞ 1.0
to inform
∞ 1.0

Surface Forms

educate infinitive
educated past
educated past participle
educating present participle
educates third person singular

Morphology

educate = education (semi-transparent) = educ + ate

Learners typically recognize 'education' and can connect it to 'educate', but the root 'educ' is not a standalone English word and the verb formation is not fully productive, making the relation only semi-transparent.

Etymology

Educate comes from Latin parts e- 'out' and ducere 'to lead', and from the related Latin verb educare 'to bring up'. Think of a teacher 'leading out' a child's knowledge or 'bringing up' a child by teaching them, which is why to educate someone is to teach or train them.