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edu·cate (ej′o̵̅o̅ kāt′, ej′ə-)

transitive verb educated -·cat′ed, educating -·cat′·ing

  1. to train or develop the knowledge, skill, mind, or character of, esp. by formal schooling or study; teach; instruct
  2. to form and develop (one's taste, etc.)
  3. to pay for the schooling of (a person)

Etymology: ME educaten < L educatus, pp. of educare, to bring up, rear, or train < educere < e-, out + ducere, to lead: see duct

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educate Synonyms

educate

v.

teach, tutor, instruct, train; see teach 1. See syn. study at teach.


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educate Usage Examples

Object

  • youngster: I said I was trying to educate 30 youngsters so they could enter the world of finance with some understanding.

Preposition: for

  • citizenship: We are expected to educate for citizenship while steering away from issues which are considered political or ideological and thus outside the mainstream curriculum.

Modifying Another Word

  • privately: Bell was privately educated in the Channel Islands, and in Paris and Brussels.

Preposition: at

  • university: Andy Drummond was born in Edinburgh and educated at the universities of Aberdeen, where he studied modern languages, and London.

Present participle complement

  • accord: All parents have the right to have their children educated according to their own beliefs.

Preposition: in

  • school: Most children had previously been educated in elementary schools to the age of 14.

Preposition: by

  • monk: He was educated by the monks of Beauly Priory and founded a church in Kilmuir and in Glenelg.
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educate quotes

One of the first duties of the physician is to educate the masses not to take medicine.

-Osler, Sir William

But, good gracious, you've got to educate him first.You can't expect a boy to be vicious till he's been to a good school.

-Saki pseudonym of  Hector Hugh Munro

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