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educate

  • verb
  • ed·u·cate
  • /ˈɛd͡ʒ.ʊˌkeɪt/

To instruct or train.

Example

“Wang said such changes to the Baishui glacier provide the chance to educate visitors about global warming.”

Synonyms

  • train
  • develop
  • prepare

Word history

From Latin "ēducātus".

Where this comes from

This definition is adapted from “educate” on Wiktionary, by its contributors; related-word lists use Open English WordNet (CC BY 4.0, based on Princeton WordNet), published under CC BY-SA 4.0. This page is published under the same licence.