English > educate: 3 senses > verb 2, cognition| Meaning | create by training and teaching. |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s somebody |
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| Synonyms | train, develop, prepare |
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| Narrower | drill | train in the military, e.g., in the use of weapons |
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| housebreak, house-train | train (a pet) to live cleanly in a house |
| retrain | teach new skills |
| toilet-train | train (a small child) to use the toilet |
| Broader | teach, learn, instruct | Impart skills or knowledge to |
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| Similar to | build up, develop | change the use of and make available or usable |
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| prepare, groom, train | Educate for a future role or function |
| train, prepare | Undergo training or instruction in preparation for a particular role, function, or profession |
| Spanish | adiestrar, amaestrar, capacitar, educar, entrenar, formar, industriar, preparar |
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| Catalan | capacitar, educar, ensinistrar, entrenar, formar, instruir |
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| Adjectives | educative | resulting in education |
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| Nouns | education | the activities of educating / educating or instructing |
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| education | the profession of teaching (especially at a school or college or university / university) |
| education | knowledge acquired by learning and instruction |
| education | the gradual process of acquiring knowledge |
