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educate

DEFINITIONS OF: educate

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v give an education to

“We must educate our youngsters better”
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socialise, socialize
train for a social environment
groom, prepare, train
educate for a future role or function
co-educate, coeducate
educate persons of both sexes together
school
educate in or as if in a school
dispose, qualify
make fit or prepared
home-school
educate (one's children) at home instead of sending (them) to a school
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ameliorate, amend, better, improve, meliorate
to make better

v create by training and teaching

Synonyms:
develop, prepare, train
build up, develop
change the use of and make available or usable
prepare, train
undergo training or instruction in preparation for a particular role, function, or profession
groom, prepare, train
educate for a future role or function
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retrain
teach new skills
drill
train in the military, e.g., in the use of weapons
house-train, housebreak
train (a pet) to live cleanly in a house
toilet-train
train (a small child) to use the toilet
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instruct, learn, teach
impart skills or knowledge to

v teach or refine to be discriminative in taste or judgment

Synonyms:
civilise, civilize, cultivate, school, train
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sophisticate
make less natural or innocent
Type of:
down, fine-tune, polish, refine
improve or perfect by pruning or polishing
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