educate
educate
verb (educates, educated, educated, educating)
/ˈedʒukeɪt/
1 transitive, often passive to teach somebody over a period of time at a school, university, etc.
be educated 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.
TOPICS Education B1
2 transitive, intransitive to teach somebody about something or how to do something
He believed the BBC's purpose was ‘to inform, educate and entertain’.
educate somebody The industry wants to educate the public, but not cause undue concern.
educate somebody on something Children need to be educated on the dangers of drug-taking.
educate somebody about something an effort to educate consumers about the importance of long-term saving from an early age
educate somebody to do something The campaign is intended to educate people to respect the environment.
SEE ALSO re-educate
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’.