Definition of EDUCATE

educate

Verb

Verb Forms: educated, educating, educates

  • To teach or train, especially formally, at a school or university.
  • give an education to
    • "We must educate our youngsters better"
  • create by training and teaching
  • teach or refine to be discriminative in taste or judgment
  • To instruct or train.

Adj

  • educated

Examples

  • I tried to EDUCATE my opponent on the value of two-letter words in Words With Friends.
  • Wang said such changes to the Baishui glacier provide the chance to educate visitors about global warming.

Origin / 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.

Antonyms

ignorize

Scrabble Score: 10

educate: valid Scrabble (US) TWL Word
educate: valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
educate: valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary

Words With Friends Score: 12

educate: valid Words With Friends Word