What does educate mean?
Definitions for educate
ˈɛdʒ ʊˌkeɪted·u·cate
Here are all the possible meanings and translations of the word educate.
Princeton's WordNet
educate(verb)
give an education to
"We must educate our youngsters better"
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"
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
educate(Verb)
to instruct or train
Etymology: From educatus, past participle of educare, frequentive of educere, past participle eductus, from e + ducere
Webster Dictionary
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
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
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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Verbs Frequency
Rank popularity for the word 'educate' in Verbs Frequency: #751
Numerology
Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of educate in Chaldean Numerology is: 1
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of educate in Pythagorean Numerology is: 5
Examples of educate in a Sentence
I’m trying to educate the people not to [retaliate], but these aggressive Muslims must be brought to justice.
As physicians, we need to educate pregnant women on the risks of kratom use during pregnancy and while breastfeeding.
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.
I had to struggle and impose myself. I had no choice. Six children to feed, educate, and take care of.
One of the first duties of the physician is to educate the masses not to take medicine.
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- تعليمArabic
- обучавам, тренирам, образовамBulgarian
- শিক্ষা দেওয়াBengali
- vzdělatCzech
- addysguWelsh
- ausbildenGerman
- εκπαιδεύωGreek
- edukiEsperanto
- educar, instruirSpanish
- kouluttaa, kasvattaaFinnish
- éduquerFrench
- oilIrish
- ionnsaich, teagaisg, foghlaimScottish Gaelic
- edukarIdo
- educare, istruireItalian
- EducoLatin
- audzinātLatvian
- whakaakoMāori
- opleidenDutch
- instruir, ensinar, educarPortuguese
- educa, instruiRomanian
- обуча́ть, воспита́ть, воспи́тывать, обучи́тьRussian
- edukoj, arsimojAlbanian
- utbildaSwedish
- elimishaSwahili
- கல்விTamil
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