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ed·u·cate

educate

 
 
pronunciation:
e j keIt
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part of speech: verb
inflections: educates, educating, educated
definition: When someone educates you, they teach you things that you didn't know before, or they teach you how to do new things.
Our teacher said that a firefighter will visit our class and educate us about fire safety.The job of a school is to educate students.
synonyms:
coach, illuminate, instruct, teach
similar words:
school, train, tutor
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