1 [VN] [oftenpassive] to teach sb over a period of time at a school, university, etc:
She was educated in the US. * He was educated at his local comprehensive school and then at Oxford.
2 ~ sb (in / on sth) to teach sb about sth or how to do sth:
[VN] Children need to be educated on the dangers of drug-taking. * [VNtoinf] The campaign is intended to educate the public to respect the environment.
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This is a English–English dictionary entry.
Sourced from Main Dictionary in Lughet's collection.
This word also appears under other sources in Lughet's collection — see the list below.
This entry for educate is sourced from Main Dictionary, one of the dictionaries and corpora merged into Lughet.
Is educate a noun, verb, or something else?
In this entry, educate is tagged as verb.
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