1
as in to teach
to cause to acquire knowledge or skill in some field
a revered professor of astronomy who is credited with educating many of today's leading astronomers
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2
as in to inspire
to provide (someone) with moral or spiritual understanding
the belief that parents better educate their children by example than by sending them to Sunday school
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Recent Examples of educate
If not, the Santa Clara County Fire Department is hosting a wildfire preparedness workshop in Saratoga to educate resident on wildfire risk.
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Nollyanne Delacruz, Mercury News, 22 Apr. 2025
The initiative: The film highlights a specific local program called Galapagos Infinito, designed to educate tweens from the area about their island home.
—Devonne Goode, Parents, 22 Apr. 2025
What's more, only three of the nine justices were educated in public schools — Justices Samuel Alito, Ketanji Brown Jackson and Elena Kagan.
—Nina Totenberg, NPR, 22 Apr. 2025
Don't show up and ask someone there to educate you.
—Louryn Strampe, Wired News, 9 Apr. 2025
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Nollyanne Delacruz, Mercury News, 22 Apr. 2025
The initiative: The film highlights a specific local program called Galapagos Infinito, designed to educate tweens from the area about their island home.
—Devonne Goode, Parents, 22 Apr. 2025
What's more, only three of the nine justices were educated in public schools — Justices Samuel Alito, Ketanji Brown Jackson and Elena Kagan.
—Nina Totenberg, NPR, 22 Apr. 2025
Don't show up and ask someone there to educate you.
—Louryn Strampe, Wired News, 9 Apr. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for educate
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Share the unpopular truth that your experience has taught you.—
Jodie Cook,
Forbes.com,
28 Apr. 2025
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His mother taught painting at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago.—
Christopher Borrelli,
Chicago Tribune,
28 Apr. 2025
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May the light of Easter inspire efforts to promote harmony in the western Balkans and sustain political leaders in their efforts to allay tensions and crises, and, together with their partner countries in the region, to reject dangerous and destabilizing actions.—
Fernando Cervantes Jr.,
USA Today,
22 Apr. 2025
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Scroll on and get inspired by these 18 beauties — and then come back tomorrow, Tuesday, April 22, to see who graces the cover of the 2025 World's Most Beautiful issue.—
Brittany Talarico,
People.com,
21 Apr. 2025
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“Educate.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/educate. Accessed 1 May. 2025.
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