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educate
[ej-oo-keyt]
verb (used with object)
to develop the faculties and powers of (a person) by teaching, instruction, or schooling.
Synonyms: , , ,to qualify by instruction or training for a particular calling, practice, etc.; train.
to educate someone for law.
to provide schooling or training for; send to school.
to develop or train (the ear, taste, etc.).
to educate one's palate to appreciate fine food.
to inform.
to educate oneself about the best course of action.
verb (used without object)
to educate a person or group.
A television program that educates can also entertain.
educate
/ ˈɛʊˌɪ /
verb
(also intr) to impart knowledge by formal instruction to (a pupil); teach
to provide schooling for (children)
I have educated my children at the best schools
to improve or develop (a person, judgment, taste, skills, etc)
to train for some particular purpose or occupation
Other 51Թ Forms
- overeducate verb (used with object)
- preeducate verb (used with object)
51Թ History and Origins
51Թ History and Origins
Origin of educate1
Synonym Study
Example Sentences
Juries do a fairly good job of deciding certain questions of fact — is somebody guilty or not? — but they are dominated by the more educated people, the more advantaged.
It just makes it so hard to be able to educate people in the way that I feel like I was privileged enough to be educated.
Paul McCartney has famously remarked that "Pet Sounds" “blew me out of the water,” adding that “no one is educated musically till they’ve heard that album.”
Among those who were apparently educated on the taxpayers’ dimes is Secretary McMahon, a North Carolina native who holds a degree from East Carolina University, a public institution supported by the taxpayers of North Carolina.
Having to educate people about his name is one of the reasons he included it in the playful title of his latest graphic memoir, “It Rhymes With Takei.”
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