educate
pronunciation
How to pronounce educate in British English:
UK [ˈedʒukeɪt]
How to pronounce educate in American English:
US [ˈedʒukeɪt]
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- Verb:
- give an education to
- create by training and teaching
- train to be discriminative in taste or judgment
Word Origin
- educate
- educate: [15] To educate people is literally to ‘lead them out’. The word comes from the past participle of Latin ēducāre, which meant ‘bring up, rear’ as well as more specifically ‘educate’. It was related to ēdūcere ‘lead out’ (source of English educe [15]), a compound verb formed from the prefix ex- ‘out’ and dūcere ‘lead’ (source of English duct, duke, and a whole host of derivatives such as deduce and seduce).=> conduct, deduce, duct, duke, educe, produce, seduce
- educate (v.)
- mid-15c., "bring up (children), to train," from Latin educatus, past participle of educare "bring up, rear, educate" (source also of Italian educare, Spanish educar, French éduquer), which is a frequentative of or otherwise related to educere "bring out, lead forth," from ex- "out" (see ex-) + ducere "to lead" (see duke (n.)). Meaning "provide schooling" is first attested 1580s. Related: Educated; educating. According to "Century Dictionary," educere, of a child, is "usually with reference to bodily nurture or support, while educare refers more frequently to the mind," and, "There is no authority for the common statement that the primary sense of education is to 'draw out or unfold the powers of the mind.'"
Example
- 1. Schools receive strikingly different sums to educate their pupils .
- 2. What parent would pay to educate a lunatic-in-waiting ?
- 3. That would alter the structure of the economy and educate a generation of chinese managers .
- 4. This is your opportunity to educate them about healthy cooking and eating habits .
- 5. So they built schools to educate their children for those new roles .