educate | | |
v. (social) | 1. educate | give an education to.; "We must educate our youngsters better" |
| ~ ameliorate, improve, meliorate, amend, better | to make better.; "The editor improved the manuscript with his changes" |
| ~ socialise, socialize | train for a social environment.; "The children must be properly socialized" |
| ~ groom, train, prepare | educate for a future role or function.; "He is grooming his son to become his successor"; "The prince was prepared to become King one day"; "They trained him to be a warrior" |
| ~ co-educate, coeducate | educate persons of both sexes together. |
| ~ school | educate in or as if in a school.; "The children are schooled at great cost to their parents in private institutions" |
v. (cognition) | 2. develop, educate, prepare, train | create by training and teaching.; "The old master is training world-class violinists"; "we develop the leaders for the future" |
| ~ build up, develop | change the use of and make available or usable.; "develop land"; "The country developed its natural resources"; "The remote areas of the country were gradually built up" |
| ~ train, prepare | undergo training or instruction in preparation for a particular role, function, or profession.; "She is training to be a teacher"; "He trained as a legal aid" |
| ~ retrain | teach new skills.; "We must retrain the linguists who cannot find employment" |
| ~ 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. |
| ~ instruct, teach, learn | impart skills or knowledge to.; "I taught them French"; "He instructed me in building a boat" |
| ~ groom, train, prepare | educate for a future role or function.; "He is grooming his son to become his successor"; "The prince was prepared to become King one day"; "They trained him to be a warrior" |
v. (social) | 3. civilise, civilize, cultivate, educate, school, train | teach or refine to be discriminative in taste or judgment.; "Cultivate your musical taste"; "Train your tastebuds"; "She is well schooled in poetry" |
| ~ fine-tune, refine, polish, down | improve or perfect by pruning or polishing.; "refine one's style of writing" |
| ~ sophisticate | make less natural or innocent.; "Their manners had sophisticated the young girls" |
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