Definitions for educate
ˈɛdʒ ʊˌkeɪted·u·cate

Princeton's WordNet(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. educate(verb)

   give an education to

   "We must educate our youngsters better"

2. train, develop, prepare, educate(verb)

   create by training and teaching

   "The old master is training world-class violinists"; "we develop the leaders for the future"

3. educate, school, train, cultivate, civilize, civilise(verb)

   teach or refine to be discriminative in taste or judgment

   "Cultivate your musical taste"; "Train your tastebuds"; "She is well schooled in poetry"

Wiktionary(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. educate(Verb)

   to instruct or train

   Etymology: From educatus, past participle of educare, frequentive of educere, past participle eductus, from e + ducere

Webster Dictionary(5.00 / 1 vote)Rate this definition:

1. Educate(verb)

   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

Chambers 20th Century Dictionary(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. Educate

   ed′ū-kāt, v.t. to bring up children: to train: to teach: to cultivate any power.—adj. Ed′ucable.—n. Educā′tion, the bringing up or training, as of a child: instruction: strengthening of the powers of body or mind.—adj. Educā′tional.—adv. Educā′tionally.—n. Educā′tionist, one skilled in methods of educating or teaching: one who promotes education.—adj. Ed′ucative, of or pertaining to education: calculated to teach.—n. Ed′ucator. [L. educāre, -ātum—educĕre—e, out, ducĕre, to lead.]

Editors Contribution(2.00 / 1 vote)Rate this definition:

1. educate

   To instruct, teach or train.

   They did want to educate their children, themselves and their parents.

   Submitted by MaryC on February 13, 2020  

British National Corpus

1. Verbs Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'educate' in Verbs Frequency: #751

How to pronounce educate?

1. 

   Alex

   US English

   

   Daniel

   British

   

   Karen

   Australian

   

   Veena

   Indian

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of educate in Chaldean Numerology is: 1

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of educate in Pythagorean Numerology is: 5

Examples of educate in a Sentence

1. Ashin Wirathu:

   I’m trying to educate the people not to [retaliate], but these aggressive Muslims must be brought to justice.

2. Henry Spiller:

   As physicians, we need to educate pregnant women on the risks of kratom use during pregnancy and while breastfeeding.

3. Jonathan Murray:

   For a lot of people, that was the first person with AIDS they ever met. Suddenly, there was a face on this disease, the fact that he was working so hard to try and educate other young people about the need to protect themselves from AIDS, it was just a powerful story.

4. Karima Daikhi:

   I had to struggle and impose myself. I had no choice. Six children to feed, educate, and take care of.

5. William Osler:

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

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