English Explanatory Dictionary

educate

English dictionary entry

Meanings

verb
  1. To instruct or train.
adj
  1. educated

Pronunciation

/ˈɛd͡ʒ.ʊˌkeɪt/ /ˈɛd.jʊˌkeɪt/ en-uk-educate.ogg /ˈɛd͡ʒ.əˌkeɪt/ En-us-educate.ogg /ˈed͡ʒ.ɘˌkæet/

Word forms

educate educates educating educated educamate edumacate more educate most educate

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.

Synonyms

instruct teach

Antonyms

ignorize

Derived words

co-educate educatability educatable educatee educating education educative educatory miseducate overeducate reeducate self-educate undereducate uneducate
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