to educate

Examples

• All

• I was trying to really educate myself on what's real.

  Shawn Ryan Show

• Our dialogues will need to focus on topics suitable for an educated but nonspecialist audience.

  Academic text (2011)

• Some of the parents of these students were professionals and highly educated, with very good knowledge of English.

  Academic text (1999)

• You know, he educated the world on Chinese culture, martial arts, right?

• Even though the labor force was better educated than it is now, the economy performed poorly.

  Academic text (2008)

• As the readers move down the lines, we are educated by the poem's tight and logical development.

  Academic text (1992)

• He thought that leading involved educating your direct reports and the entire organization.

• The sample was highly educated, with 58.0% of participants completing either undergraduate or graduate college degrees.

  Academic text (2013)

• I know I am one of the lucky ones here: I am white, middle-class, well-educated, and well-dressed.

  Fiction book (1993)

• The teacher aims to educate her students about science and critical thinking skills.

Synonyms

T

to teach

vsto educate

∞ 1.0

To help someone learn skills, habits, or knowledge

places stronger emphasis on making someone more discriminating in taste

T

to train

vsto educate

∞ 1.0

To teach someone skills by practice and help

focuses on cultivating discriminating taste rather than skill practice

C

to cultivate

vsto educate

82 4.1

To help a skill, interest or relationship grow

targets forming discriminating taste specifically rather than general growth

S

to school

vsto educate

58 3.0

To teach or train someone in a skill

aims more at refining taste and judgment than purely formal training

E

to enlighten

vsto educate

55 4.8

To give someone clear information to help them understand something

aims more at refining taste and judgment rather than just informing

F

to familiarize

vsto educate

24 4.1

To help someone learn about something

seeks deeper refinement of taste and judgment rather than mere familiarity

I

to inculcate

vsto educate

• Formal

9 8.1

Teach someone a belief or habit by repeating it often

prioritizes refining judgment rather than only enforcing habits by repetition

E

to edify

vsto educate

• Formal

3 7.0

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

focuses more on developing discriminating taste and judgment

D

to deprovincialize

vsto educate

• Formal

9.9

To make someone more open-minded by showing them other cultures

is about shaping refined taste and judgment rather than only exposure

B

to broaden someone's understanding

vsto educate

4.1

To help someone understand more about a subject or the world

leans toward cultivating refined taste rather than expanding general knowledge

Antonyms

M

to mislead

87 3.9

Make someone believe something that is not true

How Refined

to refine

• Specialized

41 3.9

to educate

118 2.9

to cultivate

82 4.1

to expose

479 3.2

to introduce

520 2.1

Surface Forms

Morphology

Etymology