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- pronunciation:
- e
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- parts of speech:
- transitive verb, intransitive verb
- features:
- Word Combinations (verb), Word Explorer, Word Parts
| part of speech: |
transitive verb |
| inflections: |
educates, educating, educated |
| definition 1: |
to provide knowledge, training, and guidance to.
How well do our schools educate our children?He was born in India but was educated in England.A governess was hired to educate the two daughters.- synonyms:
- coach, illuminate, instruct, teach
- similar words:
- lesson, school, train, tutor
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| definition 2: |
to inform on a particular subject.
Could you educate me as to how to work this machine?These films educate the students on the dangers of drugs.- synonyms:
- inform, instruct, teach
- similar words:
- discipline, illuminate, lesson, school, train, tutor
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| definition 3: |
to nurture the moral or social development of.
The experiences of summer camp help educate the children for life.- synonyms:
- develop, edify, enlighten, illuminate
- similar words:
- better, civilize, elevate, improve, raise, uplift
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| related words: |
cultivate, enlighten, form, guide, nurture, prime, qualify, teach |
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| part of speech: |
intransitive verb |
| definition: |
to teach a person or group.
As a parent, she educates by example.These programs educate as well as entertain.- synonyms:
- coach, teach
- similar words:
- inform, train, tutor
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| related words: |
advise |
adverb + (v.)educate
adequately, appropriately, best, better, effectively, formally, highly, liberally, poorly, properly
(v.)educate
+ adverb
abroad, culturally
(v.)educate
+ noun
administrator,
caregiver,
child,
citizen,
citizenry,
citizenship,
consumer,
customer,
danger,
disability,
elite,
employer,
generation,
importance,
kid,
learner,
neighbor,
nun,
parent,
personnel,
physician,
populace,
practitioner,
professional,
public,
pupil,
student,
teen,
voter,
workforce,
youngster,
youth
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The word educate
contains the following parts:
e-
Latin
prefix
that means out, out of, away
  More about this word part:
The prefix e-
is an assimilated form of ex- used before roots beginning with certain consonants (b d, g, j, l, m, n, r, v). See ex-.
Example words:
ebullient, edentulous, edict, educate, educe, egregious, egress, ejaculate, eject, elaborate, elate, elect, elicit, elide, eligible, elite, elocution, elongate, eloquence, eloquent, elucidate, elude, emaciate, emancipate, emasculate, emend, emerge, emergency, emigrate, eminent, emissary, emit, emollient, emolument, emulsion, enervate, enormity, enormous, enumerate, enunciate, eradicate, erase, erode, eruct, erudite, erupt, evacuate, evade, evaluate, evanesce, event, eventuate, evert, evict, evident, evocative, evoke, evolution, evolve, ineluctable, ineradicable
duc, duct
Latin
root
that means lead; draw along
Example words:
abduct, adduce, aqueduct, conduce, conducive, conduct, deduce, deduct, duce, duct, ductile, educate, educe, induce, induct, introduce, oviduct, produce, reduce, seduce, traduce, viaduct
-ate1
Latin
verb-forming suffix
that means to make, cause, do
More about this word part:
The suffix -ate
primarily forms transitive verbs from Latin bases. Many -ate
verbs were loanwords from Latin. Verbs ending in -ate
combine with the suffix -ion to form nouns ending in -ation. These verbs also have corresponding agent nouns ending in -ator (navigator, dictator, elevator).
Example words:
abbreviate, abdicate, abnegate, accelerate, accommodate, accumulate, activate, adequate, adjudicate, administrate, administrative, administrator, advocate, aerate, affiliate, agglomerate, agglutinate, aggravate, agitate, alienate, allocate, alternate, animate, annihilate, annotate, arrogate, aspirate, assimilate, associate, calibrate, capitulate, cerebrate, circulate, collaborate, collocate, commemorate, complicate, concentrate, congregate, consecrate, consummate, cooperate, coordinate, decapitate, decelerate, decerebrate, decimate, dedicate, dehydrate, deliberate, derogate, desecrate, dictate, disintegrate, dislocate, dissimulate, dissociate, divagate, domesticate, dominate, donate, duplicate, educate, elaborate, elevate, elongate, elucidate, emasculate, emigrate, enervate, enunciate, equate, equivocate, eradicate, evacuate, exasperate, exfoliate, expurgate, fluctuate, formulate, generate, gradate, graduate, gyrate, illuminate, illustrate, implicate, incorporate, indoctrinate, innovate, interpellate, interrogate, irradiate, irrigate, legislate, liberate, locate, mediate, motivate, narrate, navigate, negate, nominate, obliterate, operate, orate, originate, ovulate, palpate, participate, placate, populate, prognosticate, proliferate, radiate, regulate, resonate, rotate, segregate, simulate, subjugate, terminate, vacate, validate, contraindicate
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