In the last analysis, methods don't educate children; people do.
Source: tatoeba (30044)
Educate
//ˈɛd͡ʒ.ʊˌkeɪt//
Synonyms for "educate" (90 found)
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Closest matches (18)
Strong matches (27)
Related words (45)
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More general
12 entriesAntonyms
1 entriesSynonyms
3 entriesderived
14 entriesmanner of
2 entriesrelated to
9 entriessimilar
5 entriesTranslations
72 translations across 44 languages.
Albanian
2 entries- arsimoj verb (to instruct or train)
- edukoj verb (to instruct or train)
Ancient Greek
1 entries- παιδεύω verb (to instruct or train)
Arabic
2 entries- درّب verb (to instruct or train)
- يُعَلم verb (to instruct or train)
Armenian
1 entries- կրթել verb (to instruct or train)
Azerbaijani
4 entries- oxutmaq verb (to instruct or train)
- təhsil vermək verb (to instruct or train)
- təhsilləndirmək verb (to instruct or train)
- təlim etmək verb (to instruct or train)
Bengali
1 entries- শিক্ষা দেওয়া verb (to instruct or train)
Bulgarian
3 entries- образовам verb (to instruct or train)
- обучавам verb (to instruct or train)
- тренирам verb (to instruct or train)
Catalan
2 entries- educar verb (to instruct or train)
- instruir verb (to instruct or train)
Cornish
1 entries- adhyski verb (to instruct or train)
Czech
1 entries- vzdělat verb (to instruct or train)
Dutch
3 entries- onderwijzen verb (to instruct or train)
- opleiden verb (to instruct or train)
- opvoeden verb (to instruct or train)
Esperanto
1 entries- eduki verb (to instruct or train)
Finnish
2 entries- kasvattaa verb (to instruct or train)
- kouluttaa verb (to instruct or train)
French
1 entries- éduquer verb (to instruct or train)
German
2 entries- ausbilden verb (to instruct or train)
- erziehen verb (to instruct or train)
Greek
1 entries- εκπαιδεύω verb (to instruct or train)
Hebrew
1 entries- חִינֵּךְ verb (to instruct or train)
Hungarian
1 entries- oktat verb (to instruct or train)
Ido
1 entries- edukar verb (to instruct or train)
Irish
1 entries- oil verb (to instruct or train)
Italian
2 entries- educare verb (to instruct or train)
- istruire verb (to instruct or train)
Japanese
3 entries- 啓発する verb (to instruct or train)
- 教える verb (to instruct or train)
- 教育する verb (to instruct or train)
Kabuverdianu
1 entries- iduka verb (to instruct or train)
Kyrgyz
2 entries- ийитүү verb (to instruct or train)
- окутуу verb (to instruct or train)
Latvian
1 entries- audzināt verb (to instruct or train)
Malay
1 entries- didik verb (to instruct or train)
Maltese
1 entries- eduka verb (to instruct or train)
Māori
1 entries- whakaako verb (to instruct or train)
Norman
3 entries- êcoler verb (to instruct or train)
- êdutchi verb (to instruct or train)
- înstruithe verb (to instruct or train)
Old English
1 entries- ġetēon verb (to instruct or train)
Ottoman Turkish
1 entries- اوكرتمك verb (to instruct or train)
Polish
2 entries- edukować verb (to instruct or train)
- uczyć verb (to instruct or train)
Portuguese
3 entries- educar verb (to instruct or train)
- ensinar verb (to instruct or train)
- instruir verb (to instruct or train)
Romanian
2 entries- educa verb (to instruct or train)
- instrui verb (to instruct or train)
Russian
3 entries- воспи́тывать verb (to instruct or train)
- обуча́ть verb (to instruct or train)
- обучи́ть verb (to instruct or train)
Scottish Gaelic
3 entries- foghlaim verb (to instruct or train)
- ionnsaich verb (to instruct or train)
- teagaisg verb (to instruct or train)
Sinhalese
1 entries- ඉගැන්වීම verb (to instruct or train)
Spanish
2 entries- educar verb (to instruct or train)
- instruir verb (to instruct or train)
Swahili
1 entries- elimisha verb (to instruct or train)
Swedish
2 entries- uppfostra verb (to instruct or train)
- utbilda verb (to instruct or train)
Tamil
1 entries- கற்பி verb (to instruct or train)
Tigrinya
1 entries- መሃረ verb (to instruct or train)
Turkish
1 entries- eğitmek verb (to instruct or train)
Welsh
1 entries- addysgu verb (to instruct or train)
Sample sentences
11 total sentences available.
You must educate your tongue to distinguish good coffee from bad.
Source: tatoeba (30088)
There were few colleges to educate women.
Source: tatoeba (267324)
You will never know what she went through to educate her children.
Source: tatoeba (313983)
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