educate

educate is one of the 1000 most common headwords.

economy - educate - effect

Educate is on the Academic Vocabulary List.

Pronunciation

• (US) IPA ^(key): /ˈɛdʒəkeɪt/
• (UK) IPA ^(key): /ˈɛdjʊkeɪt/ or /ˈɛdʒʊkeɪt/
• (NZ) IPA ^(key): /ˈedʒɘkæet/

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• Hyphenation: ed‧u‧cate

Verb

Plain form educate

Third-person singular educates

Past tense educated

Past participle educated

Present participle educating

1. When you educate someone, you instruct them; teach; train.
   • Synonyms: instruct and teach

   He was educated in the public school system.

Related words

• education
• educator