educate
verb
ed·u·cate
ˈe-jə-ˌkāt 
educated; educating
1
a
: to provide schooling for
chose to educate their children at home
b
: to train by formal instruction and supervised practice especially in a skill, trade, or profession
2
a
: to develop mentally, morally, or aesthetically especially by instruction
b
: to provide with information : inform
educating themselves about changes in the industry
3
: to persuade or condition to feel, believe, or act in a desired way
educate the public to support our position
: to educate a person or thing
Examples of educate in a Sentence
Parents trust schools to educate their children.
The job of our public schools is to educate.
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Taylor Lorenz, HollywoodReporter, 16 Oct. 2025
Billboards and broadcasts promoting the campaign to protect and educate India’s girls are now ubiquitous in cities, towns and on the airwaves.
—Aishwarya S. Iyer, CNN Money, 16 Oct. 2025
But the show made huge strides in not just educating the general public on what to look out for and online safety habits, but was also genuinely humanizing.
—Sumayya Tobah, Essence, 15 Oct. 2025
Why does the state pay more to a private school than a public school to educate the exact same student?
—Grace Tucker, Cincinnati Enquirer, 15 Oct. 2025
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“Educate.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/educate. Accessed 17 Oct. 2025.
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educate
verb
ed·u·cate
ˈej-ə-ˌkāt
educated; educating
1
: to provide schooling for
2
a
: to develop the mind and morals of especially by instruction
educator
noun
-ˌkāt-ər
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