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- Dictionaryeducate/ˈɛdjʊkeɪt/
verb
- 1. give intellectual, moral, and social instruction to (someone), typically at a school or university: "she was educated at a boarding school"
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to teach someone, especially using the formal system of school, college, or university: The form says he was educated in Africa. How much does it cost to educate a child privately? educate someone about something The government say they are trying to do more to educate the public about the consequences of drug abuse. Compare. bring someone up.
1. a. : to provide schooling for. chose to educate their children at home. b. : to train by formal instruction and supervised practice especially in a skill, trade, or profession. 2. a. : to develop mentally, morally, or aesthetically especially by instruction. b. : to provide with information : inform.
Educate definition: to develop the faculties and powers of (a person) by teaching, instruction, or schooling.. See examples of EDUCATE used in a sentence.
to teach someone, especially using the formal system of a school, college, or university: The form says he was educated in Africa. How much does it cost to educate a child privately? educate someone about something The government say they are trying to do more to educate the public about the consequences of drug abuse. Compare. bring someone up.
[transitive, intransitive] to teach somebody about something or how to do something. He believed the BBC's purpose was ‘to inform, educate and entertain’. educate somebody The industry wants to educate the public, but not cause undue concern. educate somebody on something Children need to be educated on the dangers of drug-taking.
To educate is to teach, train, or inform someone. Teachers educate students. If the word educate makes you think of children, you're not far off. It comes from the Latin word educare meaning to "bring up, rear.” In the 1500s, Shakespeare borrowed it to mean "schooling."
To educate people means to teach them better ways of doing something or a better way of living.
