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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
| 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 |
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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. [画像:educate - create by training and teaching]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
vzdělat
uddanneundervise
kasvattaakouluttaa
mennta
auklėjamasislavinimaslavintimokomasismokymas
audzinātizglītot
vzdelávať
izobraževatišolati
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
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educate
(ˈedjukeit) verb to train and teach. He was educated at a private school. opvoed, onderwys يُثَقِّف، يُعَلِّم، يُهَذِب обучавам educar vzdělávat erziehen uddanne; undervise εκπαιδεύω, μορφώνω educar, formar koolitama آموزش دادن؛ تربیت کردن kouluttaa faire faire ses études à, éduquer לְלָמֵד, לְחָנֵך शिक्षा प्रदान करना obrazovati oktat mendidik mennta(st) istruire 教育する 교육하다 lavinti, mokyti audzināt; izglītot belajar opleiden utdanne, undervise kształcić روزل، ښوول، تر بيه كول educar a educa, a instrui давать образование vzdelávať šolati (se) obrazovati utbilda เรียน; ศึกษา eğitmek 教育 виховувати; давати освіту تعلیم مہیا کرنا giáo dục 教育
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. opvoeding, opleiding تَعْليم، ثَقافَه обучение educação vzdělání die Erziehung, die Ausbildung uddannelse; undervisning εκπαίδευση, παιδεία educación koolitus آموزش؛ تحصیلات koulutus études חינוך शिक्षा obrazovanje nevelés, oktatás pendidikan menntun, fræðsla istruzione 教育 교육 (išsi)lavinimas, mokymas(is), švietimas audzināšana; izglītība pendidikan onderwijs utdanning, undervisning, opplæring wykształcenie (معارف) دښوونې او رو زني علم، تعليم، زده كړه educação educaţie, studii образование vzdelanie izobrazba obrazovanje utbildning การศึกษา eğitim 教育 виховання; освіта تعلیم sự giáo dục 教育
ˌeduˈcational adjective1. of education. educational methods. opvoedkundig تَعْليمي предагогически educacional vzdělávací erzieherisch uddannelses-; undervisnings- εκπαιδευτικός, μορφωτικός educacional, docente kasvatus-, õpetus- آموزشی koulutuksellinen pédagogique חינוכי शैक्षि, शिक्षा संबंधी obrazovni nevelési; tan- mengenai pendidikan fræðslu-, mennta- istruttivo, educativo 教育上の 교육상의 mokomasis, mokymo, pedagoginis izglītības-; audzināšanas-; pedagoģisks pelajaran onderwijs- oppdragelses-, utdannings-, pedagogisk edukacyjny تعليمى، دزده كړى educacional pedagogic воспитательный vzdelávací izobraževalen obrazovni utbildnings-, undervisnings- เกี่ยวกับการศึกษา eğitimsel 教育的 освітній; виховний تعلیمی thuộc giáo dục 教育的
2. providing information. Our visit to the zoo was educational as well as enjoyable. inlig تَثْقيفي образователен educativo poučný belehrend lærerig; oplysende εκπαιδευτικός, επιμορφωτικός educativo hariv آموزشی opettavainen éducatif מְלָמֵד शिक्षा संबंधी सूचनाएं poučan ismeretterjesztő mengandung pendidikan fræðandi educativo 教育的な 교육적인 mokomasis, auklėjamasis izglītojošs memberi pelajaran leerzaam lærerik pouczający دزده كړى educativo educativ познавательный poučný poučen obrazovni bildande การให้ข้อมูลความรู้ eğitici 有教育意義的 навчальний معلومات فراہم کرنے والا có tính giáo dục 有教育意义的
ˌeduˈcation(al)ist noun an expert in methods of educating. opvoedkundige إخْتِصاصي في التَّرْبِيَه، مُرَبٍّ педагог educador pedagog, -žka der Pädagoge, die Pädagogin pædagog; lærer παιδαγωγός pedagogo kasvatusteadlane کارشناس آموزش و پرورش kasvatustieteilijä pédagogue מחנך शिक्षाविद्, शिक्षाशास्त्री pedagog pedagógus ahli pendidikan uppeldisfræðingur educatore 教育学者 교육가 pedagogas pedagoģijas metodoloģijas speciālists kaedah pembelajaran onderwijsdeskundige pedagog pedagog د پانه او روزنه کار پوهه educador pedagog педагог-методист pedagóg, -ička pedagog pedagog pedagog ผู้เชี่ยวชาญด้านการศึกษา eğitimci, eğitim uzmanı 教育家 педагог-теоретик; освітянин ماہر تعلیمات nhà giáo dục 教育家
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educate
vt. educar, enseñar, instruir.
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educate
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