transitive verb
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
educating themselves about changes in the industry
3
: to persuade or condition to feel, believe, or act in a desired way
educate the public to support our position
Synonyms
Choose the Right Synonym for educate
taught us a lot about our planet
instruct suggests methodical or formal teaching.
instructs raw recruits in military drill
educate implies development of the mind.
more things than formal schooling serve to educate a person
train stresses instruction and drill with a specific end in view.
trained foreign pilots to operate the new aircraft
discipline implies training in habits of order and precision.
school implies training or disciplining especially in what is hard to master.
schooled the horse in five gaits
Example Sentences
Parents trust schools to educate their children.
The job of our public schools is to educate.
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Halperin does us a service by sharing her version of it, entertaining, warning and educating us with her all-too-accurate novel.
—Meredith Maran, Washington Post, 7 Apr. 2023
More Homeowners Are Trying Co-Living by Renting Out Part of Their Space For women (or anyone) wanting to boost their confidence in taking control of their home, Hicks recommends educating yourself as much as possible.
—Bryce Jones, Better Homes & Gardens, 6 Apr. 2023
The small Christian school just up the road from Texas Woman’s University educates roughly 260 students.
—Allie Morris, Dallas News, 6 Apr. 2023
Beyond just the hotline services, the NCPG helps to distribute recovery information, educate federal and local officials on the problems with gambling and create information and resource-focused recovery campaigns.
—Ian Firstenberg, Chicago Tribune, 6 Apr. 2023
Across China, the pandemic spurred the realization among many Chinese – especially the urban, educated, middle class – that international travel was no longer a rare luxury, but instead an indispensable part of their lifestyle.
—Ann Scott Tyson, The Christian Science Monitor, 6 Apr. 2023
But Gmurczyk wanted to donate to help educate patients.
—Kyla Russell, CNN, 6 Apr. 2023
Like Harry, Rea came from a Jewish immigrant family, but her lineage was more intellectual, educated and cultured.
—Chris Yogerst, The Hollywood Reporter, 4 Apr. 2023
The company has also spent on TikTok videos and influencer marketing campaigns on the platform to educate Gen Z and fight misinformation.
—Ananya Bhattacharya, Quartz, 4 Apr. 2023
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Word History
Etymology
Middle English, to rear, from Latin educatus, past participle of educare to rear, educate, from educere to lead forth — more at educe
First Known Use
15th century, in the meaning defined at transitive sense 1a
Time Traveler
The first known use of educate was
in the 15th century
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воспитывать, давать образование, тренировать, консультировать
глагол ↓
- обучать, давать образование
to educate smb. for a profession [a trade] — обучить кого-л. профессии [ремеслу]; дать кому-л. профессию [ремесло]
- воспитывать, развивать
to educate smb.’s taste in literature — прививать кому-л. охоту к литературе, развивать литературный вкус
to educate one’s ear to music — развивать музыкальный слух; научить(ся) разбираться в музыке
to educate smb. out of prejudice — помочь кому-л. освободиться от предрассудков
- редк. тренировать, дрессировать (животных)
Мои примеры
Словосочетания
to educate the ear to music — развивать музыкальный слух
to educate dogs — дрессировать собак
to educate smb. for a profession — обучить кого-л. профессии
educate ear to music — научиться разбираться в музыке; научить разбираться в музыке
educate one’s ear to music — научиться разбираться в музыке; научить разбираться в музыке
educate the ear — развивать слух; развить слух
educate taste in literature — развивать литературный вкус
re educate — перевоспитать; обучить; обучать
re-educate — повышать квалификацию; перевоспитывать; переучивать
re-educate oneself — перевоспитываться; перековываться
Примеры с переводом
He was educated at Bristol University.
Он получил образование в Бристольском университете.
We must educate our youngsters better.
Мы должны лучше воспитывать нашу молодёжь.
Parents trust schools to educate their children.
Родители доверяют школам воспитание /образование/ своих детей.
The job of our public schools is to educate.
Задача наших государственных школ — давать образование.
A museum should aim to entertain as well as educate.
Музеи должны ставить перед собой цель не только обучать посетителей, но и развлекать их.
Young men were once educated in good manners, and how to treat a lady.
Когда-то юношей обучали хорошим манерам и обращению с женщинами.
Doctors are trying to educate people about behaviors that can put them at increased risk for skin cancer.
Врачи пытаются просвещать людей о привычках, которые могут подвергнуть их повышенному риску развития рака кожи.
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Примеры, ожидающие перевода
The Omerod School educates handicapped children.
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Возможные однокоренные слова
educated — образованный, развитой, тренированный, дрессированный
education — образование, образованность, обучение, воспитание, просвещение, культура, развитие
educative — воспитательный, воспитывающий, просветительный
educator — педагог, воспитатель, педагог-теоретик
reeducate — перевоспитывать
Формы слова
verb
I/you/we/they: educate
he/she/it: educates
ing ф. (present participle): educating
2-я ф. (past tense): educated
3-я ф. (past participle): educated
Educate~ — is The Journal of Doctoral Research in Education, published by the Doctoral School at the Institute of Education, University of London. Educate was first published in 2001 in paper form as Educate The London Journal of Doctoral Research in… … Wikipedia
educate — ed u*cate ([e^]d [ u]*k[=a]t), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Educated} ([e^]d [ u]*k[=a] t[e^]d); p. pr. & vb. n. {Educating} ([e^]d [ u]*k[=a] t[i^]ng).] [L. educatus, p. p. of educare to bring up a child physically or mentally, to educate, fr. educere… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
educate — (v.) mid 15c., bring up (children), train, from L. educatus, pp. of educare bring up, rear, educate, which is related to educere bring out, lead forth, from ex out (see EX (Cf. ex )) + ducere to lead (see DUKE (Cf. duke) (n … Etymology dictionary
educate — I verb brief, bring up, civilize, coach, cultivate, direct, discipline, drill, edify, educare, enlighten, erudire, explain, familiarize, give lessons, guide, implant, inculcate, indoctrinate, inform, initiate, instituere, instruct, interpret,… … Law dictionary
educate — train, discipline, school, *teach, instruct … New Dictionary of Synonyms
educate — [v] teach information, experience brainwash*, brief, civilize, coach, cultivate, develop, discipline, drill, drum into, edify, enlighten, exercise, explain, foster, improve, indoctrinate, inform, instruct, let in on, mature, nurture, put hip*,… … New thesaurus
educate — ► VERB 1) give intellectual, moral, and social instruction to. 2) give training in or information on a particular subject. DERIVATIVES educable adjective educative adjective educator noun. ORIGIN Latin educare lead out … English terms dictionary
educate — [ej′o͞o kāt΄, ej′əkāt΄] vt. educated, educating [ME educaten < L educatus, pp. of educare, to bring up, rear, or train < educere < e , out + ducere, to lead: see DUCT] 1. to train or develop the knowledge, skill, mind, or character of,… … English World dictionary
educate */*/ — UK [ˈedjʊkeɪt] / US [ˈedʒəˌkeɪt] verb Word forms educate : present tense I/you/we/they educate he/she/it educates present participle educating past tense educated past participle educated Collocations: Someone who teaches students about… … English dictionary
educate — ed|u|cate [ edʒə,keıt ] verb ** transitive often passive to teach someone, usually for several years, especially at a school, college, or university: She was educated at Smith College and Yale Law School. More and more parents are choosing to… … Usage of the words and phrases in modern English
educate — verb ( cated; cating) Etymology: Middle English, to rear, from Latin educatus, past participle of educare to rear, educate, from educere to lead forth more at educe Date: 15th century transitive verb 1. a. to provide schooling for < chose to… … New Collegiate Dictionary
ed·u·cate
(ĕj′ə-kāt′)
v. ed·u·cat·ed, ed·u·cat·ing, ed·u·cates
v.tr.
1. To develop the mental, moral, or social capabilities of, especially by schooling or instruction. See Synonyms at teach.
2. To provide with knowledge or training in a particular area or for a particular purpose: decided to educate herself in foreign languages; entered a seminary to be educated for the priesthood.
3. To provide with information, as in an effort to gain support for a position or to influence behavior: hoped to educate the voters about the need for increased spending on public schools.
4. To develop or refine (one’s taste or appreciation, for example).
v.intr.
To teach or instruct a person or group.
American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright © 2016 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.
educate
(ˈɛdjʊˌkeɪt)
vb (mainly tr)
1. (Education) (also intr) to impart knowledge by formal instruction to (a pupil); teach
2. to provide schooling for (children): I have educated my children at the best schools.
3. to improve or develop (a person, judgment, taste, skills, etc)
4. to train for some particular purpose or occupation
[C15: from Latin ēducāre to rear, educate, from dūcere to lead]
Collins English Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged, 12th Edition 2014 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1994, 1998, 2000, 2003, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2014
ed•u•cate
(ˈɛdʒ ʊˌkeɪt)
v. -cat•ed, -cat•ing. v.t.
1. to develop the faculties and powers of (a person) by instruction or schooling.
2. to qualify by instruction or training for a particular calling or practice.
3. to provide education for; send to school.
4. to develop or train (the ear, taste, etc.).
5. to impart knowledge to; provide with information: to educate consumers.
v.i.
6. to educate a person or group.
[1580–90; < Latin ēducātus, past participle of ēducāre to bring up, nurture =ē- e- + -ducāre, durative derivative of dūcere to lead]
Random House Kernerman Webster’s College Dictionary, © 2010 K Dictionaries Ltd. Copyright 2005, 1997, 1991 by Random House, Inc. All rights reserved.
bring up
– raise – educate
1. ‘bring up’
When you bring up children, you look you look after them throughout their childhood, as their parent or guardian.
Tony was brought up in a working-class family.
When my parents died, my grandparents brought me up.
2. ‘raise’
Raise can be used to mean bring up.
Lynne raised three children on her own.
They want to get married and raise a family.
3. ‘educate’
Don’t confuse bring up or raise with educate. When children are educated, they are taught different subjects over a long period, usually at school.
Many more schools are needed to educate the young.
He was educated in an English public school.
Collins COBUILD English Usage © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 2004, 2011, 2012
educate
Past participle: educated
Gerund: educating
Imperative |
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educate |
educate |
Present |
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I educate |
you educate |
he/she/it educates |
we educate |
you educate |
they educate |
Preterite |
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I educated |
you educated |
he/she/it educated |
we educated |
you educated |
they educated |
Present Continuous |
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I am educating |
you are educating |
he/she/it is educating |
we are educating |
you are educating |
they are educating |
Present Perfect |
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I have educated |
you have educated |
he/she/it has educated |
we have educated |
you have educated |
they have educated |
Past Continuous |
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I was educating |
you were educating |
he/she/it was educating |
we were educating |
you were educating |
they were educating |
Past Perfect |
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I had educated |
you had educated |
he/she/it had educated |
we had educated |
you had educated |
they had educated |
Future |
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I will educate |
you will educate |
he/she/it will educate |
we will educate |
you will educate |
they will educate |
Future Perfect |
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I will have educated |
you will have educated |
he/she/it will have educated |
we will have educated |
you will have educated |
they will have educated |
Future Continuous |
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I will be educating |
you will be educating |
he/she/it will be educating |
we will be educating |
you will be educating |
they will be educating |
Present Perfect Continuous |
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I have been educating |
you have been educating |
he/she/it has been educating |
we have been educating |
you have been educating |
they have been educating |
Future Perfect Continuous |
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I will have been educating |
you will have been educating |
he/she/it will have been educating |
we will have been educating |
you will have been educating |
they will have been educating |
Past Perfect Continuous |
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I had been educating |
you had been educating |
he/she/it had been educating |
we had been educating |
you had been educating |
they had been educating |
Conditional |
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I would educate |
you would educate |
he/she/it would educate |
we would educate |
you would educate |
they would educate |
Past Conditional |
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I would have educated |
you would have educated |
he/she/it would have educated |
we would have educated |
you would have educated |
they would have educated |
Collins English Verb Tables © HarperCollins Publishers 2011
ThesaurusAntonymsRelated WordsSynonymsLegend:
Verb | 1. | educate — give an education to; «We must educate our youngsters better»
socialise, socialize — train for a social environment; «The children must be properly socialized» groom, train, prepare — educate for a future role or function; «He is grooming his son to become his successor»; «The prince was prepared to become King one day»; «They trained him to be a warrior» school — educate in or as if in a school; «The children are schooled at great cost to their parents in private institutions» |
2. | educate — create by training and teaching; «The old master is training world-class violinists»; «we develop the leaders for the future»
build up, develop — change the use of and make available or usable; «develop land»; «The country developed its natural resources»; «The remote areas of the country were gradually built up» train, prepare — undergo training or instruction in preparation for a particular role, function, or profession; «She is training to be a teacher»; «He trained as a legal aid» retrain — teach new skills; «We must retrain the linguists who cannot find employment» drill — train in the military, e.g., in the use of weapons toilet-train — train (a small child) to use the toilet instruct, teach, learn — impart skills or knowledge to; «I taught them French»; «He instructed me in building a boat» groom, train, prepare — educate for a future role or function; «He is grooming his son to become his successor»; «The prince was prepared to become King one day»; «They trained him to be a warrior» |
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3. | educate — teach or refine to be discriminative in taste or judgment; «Cultivate your musical taste»; «Train your tastebuds»; «She is well schooled in poetry»
fine-tune, refine, polish, down — improve or perfect by pruning or polishing; «refine one’s style of writing» sophisticate — make less natural or innocent; «Their manners had sophisticated the young girls» |
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educate
verb teach, school, train, coach, develop, improve, exercise, inform, discipline, rear, foster, mature, drill, tutor, instruct, cultivate, enlighten, civilize, edify, indoctrinate He was educated at the local grammar school.
Collins Thesaurus of the English Language – Complete and Unabridged 2nd Edition. 2002 © HarperCollins Publishers 1995, 2002
educate
verb
1. To impart knowledge and skill to:
2. To impart information to:
The American Heritage® Roget’s Thesaurus. Copyright © 2013, 2014 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.
Translations
يُثَقِّف، يُعَلِّم، يُهَذِب
vzdělat
uddanneundervise
kasvattaakouluttaa
mennta
auklėjamasislavinimaslavintimokomasismokymas
audzinātizglītot
vzdelávať
izobraževatišolati
utbilda
Collins Spanish Dictionary — Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005
educate
[ˈɛdʒʊkeɪt] vt
(in school) (= teach) → instruire
to be educated at
She was educated at → Elle a fait ses études à …
(= provide with information) → éduquer
to educate sb about sth → sensibiliser qn à qch
to educate sb in sth → sensibiliser qn à qch
Collins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005
educate
Collins German Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged 7th Edition 2005. © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1980 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2007
Collins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995
educate
(ˈedjukeit) verb
to train and teach. He was educated at a private school.
ˌeduˈcation noun
instruction and teaching, especially of children and young people in schools, universities etc. His lack of education prevented him from getting a good job.
ˌeduˈcational adjective
1. of education. educational methods.
2. providing information. Our visit to the zoo was educational as well as enjoyable.
ˌeduˈcation(al)ist noun
an expert in methods of educating.
Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary © 2006-2013 K Dictionaries Ltd.
educate
vt. educar, enseñar, instruir.
English-Spanish Medical Dictionary © Farlex 2012
English-Spanish/Spanish-English Medical Dictionary Copyright © 2006 by The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. All rights reserved.
English[edit]
Alternative forms[edit]
- (generally jocular) educamate
- (generally jocular) edumacate
Etymology[edit]
From Latin educatus, past participle of educare (“to «bring up or rise up or train or mould or nourish» (a child, physically or mentally), rear, educate, train (a person in learning or art), nourish, support, or produce (plants or animals)”), frequentative of educere, past participle eductus (“to «bring out or lead out or draw out or rear» (a child, usually with reference to bodily nurture or support, while educare refers more frequently to the mind)”), from e (“out”) + ducere (“to lead, draw”).
Pronunciation[edit]
- (General American) IPA(key): /ˈɛd͡ʒ.əˌkeɪt/, /ˈɛd͡ʒ.ʊˌkeɪt/
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈɛd.jʊˌkeɪt/, /ˈɛd͡ʒ.ʊˌkeɪt/
- (New Zealand) IPA(key): /ˈed͡ʒ.ɘˌkæet/
- Hyphenation: ed‧u‧cate
Verb[edit]
educate (third-person singular simple present educates, present participle educating, simple past and past participle educated)
- to instruct or train
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Wang said such changes to the Baishui glacier provide the chance to educate visitors about global warming.
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Synonyms[edit]
- instruct
- teach
Antonyms[edit]
- ignorize
Derived terms[edit]
- co-educate
- overeducate
- reeducate
- undereducate
[edit]
Translations[edit]
to instruct or train
- Albanian: arsimoj (sq), edukoj (sq)
- Arabic: يُعَلم, درّب
- Armenian: կրթել (hy) (krtʿel)
- Azerbaijani: oxutmaq (to send to school), təlim etmək (to instruct, train), təhsil vermək, təhsilləndirmək
- Bengali: শিক্ষা দেওয়া (bn) (śikkha deōẇa)
- Bulgarian: образовам (bg) (obrazovam), обучавам (bg) (obučavam), тренирам (bg) (treniram)
- Catalan: educar (ca), instruir (ca)
- Cornish: adhyski
- Czech: vzdělat
- Dutch: opleiden (nl), onderwijzen (nl), opvoeden (nl)
- Esperanto: eduki (eo)
- Finnish: kouluttaa (fi), kasvattaa (fi)
- French: éduquer (fr)
- Georgian: please add this translation if you can
- German: ausbilden (de), erziehen (de)
- Greek: εκπαιδεύω (el) (ekpaidévo)
- Ancient Greek: παιδεύω (paideúō)
- Hebrew: חִינֵּךְ
- Hungarian: oktat (hu)
- Ido: edukar (io)
- Irish: oil (ga)
- Italian: istruire (it), educare (it)
- Japanese: 教える (ja) (oshieru), 教育する (ja) (kyōiku suru), 啓発する (ja) (keihatsu suru)
- Kabuverdianu: iduka
- Kurdish:
- Northern Kurdish: (please verify) taşandin (ku), (please verify) perwerde kirin (ku), (please verify) fêr kirin (ku), (please verify) elimandin (ku), (please verify) hîn kirin (ku), (please verify) terbiye dan (ku)
- Kyrgyz: окутуу (ky) (okutuu), ийитүү (iyitüü)
- Latvian: audzināt
- Malay: didik
- Maltese: eduka
- Maori: whakaako
- Norman: êcoler, êdutchi, înstruithe
- Portuguese: educar (pt), instruir (pt), ensinar (pt)
- Romanian: educa (ro), instrui (ro)
- Russian: обуча́ть (ru) impf (obučátʹ), обучи́ть (ru) pf (obučítʹ), воспи́тывать (ru) impf (vospítyvatʹ), воспита́ть (ru) pf (vospitátʹ, literally “bring up, raise”)
- Scottish Gaelic: foghlaim, ionnsaich, teagaisg
- Sinhalese: ඉගැන්වීම (igænwīma)
- Spanish: educar (es), instruir (es)
- Swahili: elimisha
- Swedish: utbilda (sv), uppfostra (sv)
- Tigrinya: መሃረ (mäharä)
- Turkish: eğitmek (tr)
- Welsh: addysgu (cy)
Further reading[edit]
- educate in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
- “educate”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911, →OCLC.
Italian[edit]
Adjective[edit]
educate f pl
- feminine plural of educato
Verb[edit]
educate
- inflection of educare:
- second-person plural present indicative/subjunctive
- second-person plural imperative
- feminine plural past participle
Latin[edit]
Verb[edit]
ēducāte
- second-person plural present active imperative of ēducō
Participle[edit]
ēducāte
- vocative masculine singular of ēducātus
Spanish[edit]
Verb[edit]
educate
- second-person singular voseo imperative of educar combined with te