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1. (v.t.) educate
to develop the faculties and powers of (a person) by instruction or schooling.
2. educate
to qualify by instruction or training for a particular calling or practice.
3. educate
to provide education for; send to school.
4. educate
to develop or train (the ear, taste, etc.).
5. educate
to impart knowledge to; provide with information:
to educate consumers.
6. (v.i.) educate
to educate a person or group.
Etymology: (1580–90; < L ēducātus, ptp. of ēducāre to bring up, nurture =ē-e - +-ducāre, durative der. of dūcere to lead)
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1. (verb) educate
give an education to
"We must educate our youngsters better"
2. (verb) train, develop, prepare, educate
create by training and teaching
"The old master is training world-class violinists"; "we develop the leaders for the future"
3. (verb) educate, school, train, cultivate, civilize, civilise
teach or refine to be discriminative in taste or judgment
"Cultivate your musical taste"; "Train your tastebuds"; "She is well schooled in poetry"
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1. (verb) educate
to teach sb in school, college, etc.
More children are being educated at home.
2. educate
to inform sb, or to make sb aware of sth
Teens should be educated about the dangers of driving with cell phones.
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Webster Dictionary |
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1. (verb) educate
to bring /// or guide the powers of, as a child; to develop and cultivate, whether physically, mentally, or morally, but more commonly limited to the mental activities or senses; to expand, strengthen, and discipline, as the mind, a faculty, etc.,; to form and regulate the principles and character of; to prepare and fit for any calling or business by systematic instruction; to cultivate; to train; to instruct; as, to educate a child; to educate the eye or the taste
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Sense: to train and teach
He was educated at a private school.
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 Afrikaans: opvoed, onderwys |
 Arabic: يُثَقِّف، يُعَلِّم، يُهَذ |
 Bulgarian: обучавам |
 Brazilian: educar |
 Czech: vzdělávat |
 German: erziehen |
 Danish: uddanne; undervise |
 Greek: εκπαιδεύω, μορφώνω |
 Spanish: educar, formar |
 Estonian: koolitama |
 Farsi: آموزش دادن؛ تربیت کردن |
 Finnish: kouluttaa |
 French: faire faire sesétudes à, |
 Hebrew: לְלָמֵד, לְחָנֵך |
 Hindi: शिक्षा प्रदान करना |
 Croatian: obrazovati |
 Hungarian: oktat |
 Indonesian: mendidik |
 Icelandic: mennta(st) |
 Italian: istruire |
 Japanese: 教育する |
 Korean: 교육하다 |
 Lithuanian: lavinti, mokyti |
 Latvian: audzināt; izglītot |
 Malay: belajar |
 Dutch: opleiden |
 Norwegian: utdanne, undervise |
 Polish: kształcić |
 Persian: آموزش دادن؛ تربیت کردن |
 Pashto: روزل، ښوول، تر بيه كول |
 Portuguese: educar |
 Romanian: a educa, a instrui |
 Russian: давать образование |
 Slovak: vzdelávať |
 Slovenian: šolati (se) |
 Serbian: obrazovati |
 Swedish: utbilda |
 Thai: เรียน; ศึกษา |
 Turkish: eğitmek |
 Taiwanese: 教育 |
 Ukrainian: виховувати; давати освіту |
 Urdu: تعلیم مہیا کرنا |
 Vietnamese: giáo dục |
 Chinese: 教育 |
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