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educate

//ˈɛd͡ʒ.ʊˌkeɪt//

Verb

A word that expresses an action, state, or occurrence.

Note for educate

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Forms

present (v1): educate
past (v2): educated
past participle (v3): educated
present participle: educating
3rd person singular: educates

Definitions

1.To instruct or train.
- Wang said such changes to the Baishui glacier provide the chance to educate visitors about global warming.

Frequency

Overall

Uncommon· #3123

By learning goal

Everyday conversation: Rare
General reading & writing: Uncommon
Academic: Rare
Literature: Rare

Related words

Synonyms

develop
prepare

Etymology

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.

Data sources:

Wiktionary (Wiktextract) (CC BY-SA)
Princeton WordNet (WordNet License)
Tatoeba (CC BY)
COCA / wordfrequency.info (derived frequency bands only)

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