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to teach someone
teachShe is teaching me French.
instructHis job is to instruct people in the use of the gym equipment.
trainShe trains new hairdressers.
coachHe coaches young football players.
tutorShe tutors students in French.
educateHow much does it cost to educate a child privately?
Most children's television programmes aim to educate and entertain at the same time.大多数儿童电视节目都旨在寓教于乐。
Children need to be educated about the way that diet and health interrelate.应该教育儿童懂得饮食和健康是如何相互关联的。
A small number of children are educated at home.少数孩子在家接受教育。
She was privately educated.
It is important to educate children before they become sexually active.在孩子们进入性活跃期之前对他们进行有关教育很重要。

SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases

Teaching in general
asynchronous
chief academic officer
CLIL
clue
clue in
didactic
hothouse
inculcate
miseducation
Moodle
multi-course
non-conditioned
non-didactic
popularize
sex ed
sex education
show/teach someone the ropesidiom
socialization
socializing
tutelage

educate | American Dictionary

educate
verb[ T ]
us/ˈedʒ·əˌkeɪt/
to teach someone, esp. in the formal system of schools:
His application form says he was educated in Germany.
It’s every citizen’s responsibility to be educated about his or her rights.

educated

adjectiveus/ˈedʒ·əˌkeɪt̬·əd/
a highly educated man

Examples of educate

educate
Theoretical linguists may wish for a stronger framework or tighter structure, but the book's informal style is more likely to attract and educate the public.
It was the students of the new schools who would eventually challenge the regime they were educated to protect and maintain.
An educated father could also positively influence weaning practices, thus limiting the prevalence of diarrhoea.
The distance to the desired professional role perception was greater for aged, less educated and economically inactive pharmacy users.
Those least dissatisfied with institutional practices of horizontal accountability were found more often among the elderly or the poorly educated.
There was a general consensus that artists should be better educated.
I call it technical assistance and training courses _ training materials to educate grassroots organisations on legislation.
The latter were essential to success because, having been favoured by the colonial regime, they dominated the ranks of the educated elite.
Broadsheets are read by the better educated whose class, income and status may make them less prone to political malaise.
Later born generations will also include greater proportions of more highly educated women which may also have repercussions for the marriage market.
They argue persuasively that the spoken language of the educated is heavily influenced by their experience of reading and writing.
For him the liberation of women was fundamental ; they should be free to be educated and to secure decently paid work.
And on the other hand, there is a small cadre of educated, scientific sorts who somehow manage to rise above this mechanistic cascade.
The public needs to be warned about risks involved in consumption of processed meat products, and educated about proper foodhandling and storage.
It also relied on extension infrastructure and an active farm consulting market to educate farmers.
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