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educate

adj · verb · 5 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

Sound

Pronunciation

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  • /ˈɛd͡ʒ.ʊˌkeɪt/ yod-coalescence
  • /ˈɛd.jʊˌkeɪt/ non-yod-coalescence
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  • General-American: /ˈɛd͡ʒ.əˌkeɪt/
  • General-American: /ˈɛd͡ʒ.ʊˌkeɪt/
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  • New-Zealand: /ˈed͡ʒ.ɘˌkæet/
  • CMU ARPABET: EH1 JH AH0 K EY2 T Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
  • CMU ARPABET 2: EH1 JH Y UW0 K EY2 T Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

1

adj

Meaning 1

educated

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: obsolete

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

verb

Meaning 2

To instruct or train.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: transitive

Examples

  • Wang said such changes to the Baishui glacier provide the chance to educate visitors about global warming.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: instruct, teach

Antonyms: ignorize

3

verb

Meaning 3

create by training and teaching

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • The old master is training world-class violinists
  • we develop the leaders for the future

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: train, develop, prepare

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: teach, learn, instruct

Narrower terms: retrain, drill, housebreak, house-train, toilet-train

4

verb

Meaning 4

give an education to

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • We must educate our youngsters better

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: better, improve, amend, ameliorate, meliorate

Narrower terms: socialize, socialise, prepare, groom, train, co-educate, coeducate, school

5

verb

Meaning 5

teach or refine to be discriminative in taste or judgment

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • Cultivate your musical taste
  • Train your tastebuds
  • She is well schooled in poetry

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: school, train, cultivate, civilize, civilise

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: polish, refine, fine-tune, down

Narrower terms: sophisticate

History

Etymology

From Middle English educat(e) (“educated”, also used as the past participle of educaten), borrowed from Latin ēducātus, see -ate (adjective-forming suffix) and Etymology 1 for more.

From Middle English educaten, from educat(e) (“educated”, also used as the past participle of educaten) + -en (verb-forming suffix), from Latin ēducātus, the perfect passive participle of ēducō (“(of a child, physically or mentally) to bring up, train, nourish; (of a person in learning or art) to rear, educate, train; (plants or animals) to nourish, support, or produce”) (see -ate (verb-forming suffix)), further from an intensive/frequentative formed on ēducō (“lead out, draw out; to raise up, erect”) + -ō.

Across languages

Translations

72 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Albanian: arsimoj — to instruct or train
  • Albanian: edukoj — to instruct or train
  • Arabic: يُعَلم — to instruct or train
  • Arabic: درّب — to instruct or train
  • Armenian: կրթել (krtʻel) — to instruct or train
  • Azerbaijani: oxutmaq — to instruct or train
  • Azerbaijani: təlim etmək — to instruct or train
  • Azerbaijani: təhsil vermək — to instruct or train
  • Azerbaijani: təhsilləndirmək — to instruct or train
  • Bengali: শিক্ষা দেওয়া (śikkha deōẇa) — to instruct or train
  • Bulgarian: образовам (obrazovam) — to instruct or train
  • Bulgarian: обучавам (obučavam) — to instruct or train
  • Bulgarian: тренирам (treniram) — to instruct or train
  • Catalan: educar — to instruct or train
  • Catalan: instruir — to instruct or train
  • Cornish: adhyski — to instruct or train
  • Czech: vzdělat — to instruct or train
  • Dutch: opleiden — to instruct or train
  • Dutch: onderwijzen — to instruct or train
  • Dutch: opvoeden — to instruct or train
  • Esperanto: eduki — to instruct or train
  • Finnish: kouluttaa — to instruct or train
  • Finnish: kasvattaa — to instruct or train
  • French: éduquer — to instruct or train
  • German: ausbilden — to instruct or train
  • German: erziehen — to instruct or train
  • Greek: εκπαιδεύω (ekpaidévo) — to instruct or train
  • Ancient Greek: παιδεύω (paideúō) — to instruct or train
  • Hebrew: חִינֵּךְ — to instruct or train
  • Hungarian: oktat — to instruct or train
  • Ido: edukar — to instruct or train
  • Irish: oil — to instruct or train
  • Italian: istruire — to instruct or train
  • Italian: educare — to instruct or train
  • Japanese: 教える (oshieru) — to instruct or train
  • Japanese: 教育する (kyōiku suru) — to instruct or train
  • Japanese: 啓発する (keihatsu suru) — to instruct or train
  • Kabuverdianu: iduka — to instruct or train
  • Kyrgyz: окутуу (okutuu) — to instruct or train
  • Kyrgyz: ийитүү (iyitüü) — to instruct or train
  • Latvian: audzināt — to instruct or train
  • Malay: didik — to instruct or train
  • Maltese: eduka — to instruct or train
  • Māori: whakaako — to instruct or train
  • Norman: êcoler — to instruct or train
  • Norman: êdutchi — to instruct or train
  • Norman: înstruithe — to instruct or train
  • Old English: ġetēon — to instruct or train
  • Polish: edukować — to instruct or train
  • Polish: uczyć — to instruct or train
  • Portuguese: educar — to instruct or train
  • Portuguese: instruir — to instruct or train
  • Portuguese: ensinar — to instruct or train
  • Romanian: educa — to instruct or train
  • Romanian: instrui — to instruct or train
  • Russian: обуча́ть (obučátʹ) — to instruct or train
  • Russian: обучи́ть (obučítʹ) — to instruct or train
  • Russian: воспи́тывать (vospítyvatʹ) — to instruct or train
  • Scottish Gaelic: foghlaim — to instruct or train
  • Scottish Gaelic: ionnsaich — to instruct or train
  • Scottish Gaelic: teagaisg — to instruct or train
  • Sinhalese: ඉගැන්වීම (igænwīma) — to instruct or train
  • Spanish: educar — to instruct or train
  • Spanish: instruir — to instruct or train
  • Swahili: elimisha — to instruct or train
  • Swedish: utbilda — to instruct or train
  • Swedish: uppfostra — to instruct or train
  • Tamil: கற்பி (kaṟpi) — to instruct or train
  • Tigrinya: መሃረ (mäharä) — to instruct or train
  • Turkish: eğitmek — to instruct or train
  • Ottoman Turkish: اوكرتمك (öğretmek) — to instruct or train
  • Welsh: addysgu — to instruct or train
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