{
    "term": "educate",
    "partOfSpeech": "verb",
    "ox3000": true,
    "cefr": "b1",
    "verbForms": {
        "presentSimple": {
            "iYouWeThey": "educate",
            "heSheIt": "educates"
        },
        "pastSimple": "educated",
        "pastParticiple": "educated",
        "ingForm": "educating"
    },
    "definitions": [
        {
            "senseNumber": 1,
            "definition": "to teach somebody over a period of time at a school, university, etc.",
            "sensetop": "be educated",
            "cefr": "b1",
            "ox3000": true,
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "She was educated in the US.",
                    "contextForm": "be educated"
                },
                {
                    "text": "All their children have been educated privately."
                },
                {
                    "text": "He was educated at his local comprehensive school and then at Oxford."
                }
            ],
            "topics": ["Education"]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 2,
            "definition": "to teach somebody about something or how to do something",
            "sensetop": "educate somebodyeducate somebody on somethingeducate somebody about somethingeducate somebody to do something",
            "cefr": "b2",
            "ox3000": true,
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "He believed the BBC's purpose was ‘to inform, educate and entertain’."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The industry wants to **educate the public**, but not cause undue concern.",
                    "contextForm": "educate somebody"
                },
                {
                    "text": "Children need to be educated on the dangers of drug-taking.",
                    "contextForm": "educate somebody on something"
                },
                {
                    "text": "an effort to educate consumers about the importance of long-term saving from an early age",
                    "contextForm": "educate somebody about something"
                },
                {
                    "text": "The campaign is intended to educate people to respect the environment.",
                    "contextForm": "educate somebody to do something"
                },
                {
                    "text": "We must educate people into recycling more of their rubbish."
                },
                {
                    "text": "We recognize the need to educate doctors on how to deal with these patients."
                }
            ]
        }
    ],
    "pronunciations": {
        "uk": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ˈedʒukeɪt/",
                "audio": "ed/educate/educate__gb_1.mp3"
            },
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ˈedʒukeɪts/",
                "audio": "ed/educate/educates__gb_1.mp3"
            },
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ˈedʒukeɪtɪd/",
                "audio": "ed/educate/educated__gb_1.mp3"
            },
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ˈedʒukeɪtɪŋ/",
                "audio": "ed/educate/educating__gb_1.mp3"
            }
        ],
        "us": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ˈedʒukeɪt/",
                "audio": "ed/educate/educate__us_1.mp3"
            },
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ˈedʒukeɪts/",
                "audio": "ed/educate/educates__us_1.mp3"
            },
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ˈedʒukeɪtɪd/",
                "audio": "ed/educate/educated__us_1.mp3"
            },
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ˈedʒukeɪtɪŋ/",
                "audio": "ed/educate/educating__us_1.mp3"
            }
        ]
    },
    "wordOrigin": "late Middle English: from Latin educat- ‘led out’, from the verb educare, related to educere ‘lead out’, from e- (variant of ex-) ‘out’ + ducere ‘to lead’."
}