educate
verb /ˈedʒukeɪt/
/ˈedʒukeɪt/
Verb Forms
| present simple I / you / we / they educate | /ˈedʒukeɪt/ /ˈedʒukeɪt/ |
| he / she / it educates | /ˈedʒukeɪts/ /ˈedʒukeɪts/ |
| past simple educated | /ˈedʒukeɪtɪd/ /ˈedʒukeɪtɪd/ |
| past participle educated | /ˈedʒukeɪtɪd/ /ˈedʒukeɪtɪd/ |
| -ing form educating | /ˈedʒukeɪtɪŋ/ /ˈedʒukeɪtɪŋ/ |
- [transitive, often passive] to teach somebody over a period of time at a school, university, etc.
- be educated She was educated in the US.
- All their children have been educated privately.
- He was educated at his local comprehensive school and then at Oxford.
- [transitive, intransitive] to teach somebody about something or how to do something
- He believed the BBC's purpose was ‘to inform, educate and entertain’.
- educate somebody The industry wants to educate the public, but not cause undue concern.
- educate somebody on something Children need to be educated on the dangers of drug-taking.
- educate somebody about something an effort to educate consumers about the importance of long-term saving from an early age
- educate somebody to do something The campaign is intended to educate people to respect the environment.
Extra Examples- We must educate people into recycling more of their rubbish.
- We recognize the need to educate doctors on how to deal with these patients.
Word Originlate Middle English: from Latin educat- ‘led out’, from the verb educare, related to educere ‘lead out’, from e- (variant of ex-) ‘out’ + ducere ‘to lead’.