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# educate

«educate» in Mova's school dictionary: **To teach someone over a long time, especially at school…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

verb (educate, educates, educated, educating)

### meaning for a pupil

1) To teach someone over a long time, especially at school, college or university. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/educate/#m1)

2) To give people information so they understand something better, such as about health or safety. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/educate/#m2)

3) (passive) «Be educated at» a school means you went to school there. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/educate/#m3)

### sense in the lessons

In school and everyday life, parents and teachers educate children; campaigns educate people about road safety or recycling. In stories and history, being educated could change someone's life, and in the past many children, especially girls, were not educated. Phrases: «educate people about», «well educated», «educated guess».

### examples

- Teachers educate children to read and write. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/educate/#x1)
- The poster educates people about recycling. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/educate/#x2)
- She was educated at a small village school. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/educate/#x3)
- In the past, many girls were not educated at all. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/educate/#x4)
- We want to educate our friends about online safety. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/educate/#x5)
- Make an educated guess if you are not sure. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/educate/#x6)
- When Amphitryon heard the noble destiny which awaited the child intrusted to his care, he resolved to educate him in a manner worthy of his future career. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/educate/#x7)

### note

Regular verb. Noun: education; adjective: educational. «An educated guess» means a guess based on what you know. Pronounced «ED-yoo-kate» or «EJ-oo-kate».

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «educate» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/educate/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.