| educate | (v) give an education to, Example: We must educate our youngsters better |
| educate | (v) teach or refine to be discriminative in taste or judgment, Syn. civilise, civilize, school, cultivate, train, Example: Cultivate your musical taste; Train your tastebuds; She is well schooled in poetry |
| education | (n) the activities of educating or instructing; activities that impart knowledge or skill, Syn. instruction, didactics, educational activity, teaching, pedagogy, Example: he received no formal education; our instruction was carefully programmed; good classroom teaching is seldom rewarded |
| education | (n) knowledge acquired by learning and instruction, Example: it was clear that he had a very broad education |
| education | (n) the gradual process of acquiring knowledge, Example: education is a preparation for life; a girl's education was less important than a boy's |
| education | (n) the profession of teaching (especially at a school or college or university) |
| education | (n) the result of good upbringing (especially knowledge of correct social behavior), Syn. breeding, training, Example: a woman of breeding and refinement |
| educational | (adj) relating to the process of education, Example: educational psychology |
| educational | (adj) providing knowledge, Example: an educational film |
| educational institution | (n) an institution dedicated to education |
| educability | n. [ Cf. F. éducabilité. ] Capability of being educated. [ 1913 Webster ] |
| educable | a. [ Cf. F. éducable. ] Capable of being educated. “Men are educable.” M. Arnold. [ 1913 Webster ] |
| educate | v. t. |
| Educated | a. Formed or developed by education; |
| educatee | n. a learner who is enrolled in an educational institution. |
| Education | n. [ L. educatio; cf. F. éducation. ] The act or process of educating; the result of educating, as determined by the knowledge skill, or discipline of character, acquired; also, the act or process of training by a prescribed or customary course of study or discipline; To prepare us for complete living is the function which education has to discharge. H. Spenser. |
| Educational | a. Of or pertaining to education. “His educational establishment.” J. H. Newman. [ 1913 Webster ] |
| educationalist | n. a specialist in the theory of eduction. |
| Educationist | n. One who is versed in the theories of, or who advocates and promotes, education. |
| Educative | a. [ Cf. F. éducatif. ] Tending to educate; that gives education; |