Definitions for educate
ˈɛdʒ ʊˌkeɪted·u·cate

Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. educateverb

   give an education to

   "We must educate our youngsters better"

2. train, develop, prepare, educateverb

   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, civiliseverb

   teach or refine to be discriminative in taste or judgment

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

WiktionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. educateverb

   to instruct or train

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

Samuel Johnson's DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. To EDUCATEverb

   To breed; to bring up; to instruct youth.

   Etymology: educo, Latin.

   Their young succession all their cares employ;
   They breed, they brood, instruct and educate,
   And make provision for the future state. John Dryden, Virg. Georg.

   Education is worse, in proportion to the grandeur of the parents: if the whole world were under one monarch, the heir of that monarch would be the worst educated mortal since the creation. Jonathan Swift, on Modern Education.

WikipediaRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. educate

   Education is a purposeful activity directed at achieving certain aims, such as transmitting knowledge or fostering skills and character traits. These aims may include the development of understanding, rationality, kindness, and honesty. Various researchers emphasize the role of critical thinking in order to distinguish education from indoctrination. Some theorists require that education results in an improvement of the student while others prefer a value-neutral definition of the term. In a slightly different sense, education may also refer, not to the process, but to the product of this process: the mental states and dispositions possessed by educated people. Education originated as the transmission of cultural heritage from one generation to the next. Today, educational goals increasingly encompass new ideas such as the liberation of learners, skills needed for modern society, empathy, and complex vocational skills. Types of education are commonly divided into formal, non-formal, and informal education. Formal education takes place in education and training institutions, is usually structured by curricular aims and objectives, and learning is typically guided by a teacher. In most regions, formal education is compulsory up to a certain age and commonly divided into educational stages such as kindergarten, primary school and secondary school. Nonformal education occurs as addition or alternative to formal education. It may be structured according to educational arrangements, but in a more flexible manner, and usually takes place in community-based, workplace-based or civil society-based settings. Lastly, informal education occurs in daily life, in the family, any experience that has a formative effect on the way one thinks, feels, or acts may be considered educational, whether unintentional or intentional. In practice there is a continuum from the highly formalized to the highly informalized, and informal learning can occur in all three settings. For instance, homeschooling can be classified as nonformal or informal, depending upon the structure. Regardless of setting, educational methods include teaching, training, storytelling, discussion, and directed research. The methodology of teaching is called pedagogy. Education is supported by a variety of different philosophies, theories and empirical research agendas. There are movements for education reforms, such as for improving quality and efficiency of education towards relevance in students' lives and efficient problem solving in modern or future society at large, or for evidence-based education methodologies. A right to education has been recognized by some governments and the United Nations. For example, 24 January is the International Day of Education. At UN - level, several observance years and decades have been dedicated to education, such as 1970 International Education Year. Education is also one of the 17 Global Goals, where global initiatives aim at achieving Sustainable Development Goal 4, which promotes quality education for all.

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1. educate

   To educate is to provide knowledge, skills, or competencies to an individual or a group through teaching, training, or research. This may occur in various forms such as formal schooling, self-study, or life experiences. The process aims to foster intellectual, moral, and social development, preparing individuals to effectively participate and contribute within their communities.

Webster DictionaryRate this definition:5.0 / 1 vote

1. Educateverb

   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 DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

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 ContributionRate this definition:2.0 / 1 vote

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  

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British National Corpus

1. Verbs Frequency

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

How to pronounce educate?

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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. Kelly Osbourne:

   I didn't know what was really going on in this country because I just thought that simply being not racist was enough, it’s not, it's actually not, you have to be actively not racist and educate yourself and learn, and don't be afraid to make a mistake, everybody's so afraid of cancel culture I say f--- cancel culture, it’s all about counsel culture.

2. Walter Lippman:

   A useful definition of liberty is obtained only by seeking the principle of liberty in the main business of human life, that is to say, in the process by which men educate their responses and learn to control their environment.

3. Lynn Bozof:

   Permission recommendation is definitely better than no recommendation, it means groups like NMA will need to step up and educate parents and adolescents more, because they may go to their health care provider and he or she may not necessarily bring up the vaccine.

4. Jaime Imitola:

   We must help educate our patients not only in the clinic setting, but also by working with patient advocacy groups such as the National Multiple Sclerosis Society and the ALS Association, we all want to end the plight of our patients, and the challenges brought about by stem cell tourism are an opportunity for medical societies such as the American Academy of Neurology and the American Neurological Association to advocate against unsafe and unproven practices, and to end the exploitation of therapeutic hope.

5. Daniel Hays:

   The key for the successful launch of 5G devices is going to be to have a really clear proposition to the end users : What is it that they get for having a 5G device ? i think that we can't do enough to really make that message clear and to help educate the end users.

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References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=educate
2. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Educate
3. ^ Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
   https://johnsonsdictionaryonline.com/views/search.php?term=educate
4. ^ Wikipedia
   https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Educate
5. ^ ChatGPT
   https://chat.openai.com
6. ^ Webster Dictionary
   https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/educate
7. ^ Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
   https://www.gutenberg.org/files/37683/37683-h/37683-h.htm#:~:text=educate