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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.
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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]
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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]
syn: See teach.
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bring up
– raise – educate1. '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.
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educate
Past participle: educated
Gerund: educating
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Collins English Verb Tables © HarperCollins Publishers 2011
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| Verb | 1. | educate - give an education to; "We must educate our youngsters better" ameliorate, improve, meliorate, amend, better - to make better; "The editor improved the manuscript with his changes" 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" coeducate, co-educate - educate persons of both sexes together 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 housebreak, house-train - train (a pet) to live cleanly in a house toilet-train - train (a small child) to use the toilet | |
| 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.
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educate
verbThe 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
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kasvattaakouluttaa
mennta
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audzinātizglītot
vzdelávať
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utbilda
educate
[ˈedjʊkeɪt] VT (= teach) → enseñar; (= train) → educar, formar; (= provide instruction in) → instruirwhere were you educated? → ¿dónde cursó sus estudios?
he is being privately educated → cursa estudios en un colegio privado
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 ...
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
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
vt
(Sch, Univ) → erziehen; the parents’ role in educating their children → die Rolle der Eltern bei der Erziehung ihrer Kinder; he’s hardly educated at all → er ist ziemlich ungebildet; he was educated at Eton → er ist in Eton zur Schule gegangen
Collins German Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged 7th Edition 2005. © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1980 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2007
educate
[ˈɛdjʊkeɪt] vt (pupil) → istruire; (the public, the mind) → educare; (tastes) → affinareI was educated abroad → ho fatto i miei studi all'estero
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 adjective1. 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.
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educate
vt. educar, enseñar, instruir.
English-Spanish Medical Dictionary © Farlex 2012
educate
vt educarEnglish-Spanish/Spanish-English Medical Dictionary Copyright © 2006 by The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. All rights reserved.