Educate Educated ˈedʒukeɪt Children Verb Privately Local Comprehensive

• she was educated in the us.
• all their children have been educated privately.
• he was educated at his local comprehensive school and then at oxford.
• he believed the bbc's purpose was ‘to inform, educate and entertain’.

educate

Verb Forms

1. to teach somebody over a period of time at a school, university, etc.
• She was educated in the US.
• All their children have been educated privately.
• He was educated at his local comprehensive school and then at Oxford.
2. to teach somebody about something or how to do something
• SEE ALSO re-educate
  https://www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com/definition/english/re-educate
• He believed the BBC's purpose was ‘to inform, educate and entertain’.
• The industry wants to educate the public, but not cause undue concern.
• Children need to be educated on the dangers of drug-taking.
• an effort to educate consumers about the importance of long-term saving from an early age
• The campaign is intended to educate people to respect the environment.

Extra Examples

• We must educate people into recycling more of their rubbish.
• We recognize the need to educate doctors on how to deal with these patients.

Word Origin

• late Middle English: from Latin educat- ‘led out’, from the verb educare, related to educere ‘lead out’, from e- (variant of ex-) ‘out’ + ducere ‘to lead’.