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   ed·u·cate

   /ˈejəˌkāt/

   verb

   • 1. give intellectual, moral, and social instruction to (someone, especially a child), typically at a school or university: "she was educated at a boarding school"
   • ▪ provide or pay for instruction for (one's child), especially at a school: "she had crises of conscience about how best to educate her youngest child"
   • ▪ give (someone) training in or information on a particular field: "a plan to educate the young on the dangers of drug-taking"

   Word Origin late Middle English: from Latin educat- ‘led out’, from the verb educare, related to educere ‘lead out’ (see educe).

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   The meaning of EDUCATE is to provide schooling for. How to use educate in a sentence. Synonym Discussion of Educate.

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   Educate definition: to develop the faculties and powers of (a person) by teaching, instruction, or schooling.. See examples of EDUCATE used in a sentence.

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   EDUCATE definition: 1. to teach someone, especially using the formal system of school, college, or university: 2. to…. Learn more.

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   To educate is to teach, train, or inform someone. Teachers educate students. If the word educate makes you think of children, you're not far off. It comes from the Latin word educare meaning to "bring up, rear.” In the 1500s, Shakespeare borrowed it to mean "schooling."

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   To educate people means to teach them better ways of doing something or a better way of living.

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   EDUCATE meaning: 1. to teach someone, especially using the formal system of school, college, or university: 2. to…. Learn more.

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   Definition of educate verb in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.

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    EDUCATE definition: 1. to teach someone at a school or college: 2. to give people information about something so that…. Learn more.

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    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.