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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 particular subjects, usually in a school or university, educates them: He was educated at a school in Paris. ♦ The government spends more on weapons than on educating its children. Someone who looks after their children until the children are adults and who teaches them about life brings them up: I was brought up in the city. ♦ My parents brought me up to always tell the truth.
a) [transitive, often passive] to teach someone, usually for several years, especially at a school, college, or university
educate someone at something:

He was educated at Eton and Trinity College, Cambridge.

More and more parents are choosing to educate their children at home.

educate someone in something:

Children were educated in both arts and sciences.

b) [intransitive/transitive] to give someone necessary or useful knowledge

The BBC's mission is to inform, educate, and entertain.

educate someone about something:

The mining museum was built to educate people about their local history.

educate someone to do something:

Our job is to educate young people to think about the environment.


English dictionary. 2014.

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