educate
verb (used with object)
to develop the faculties and powers of (a person) by teaching, instruction, or schooling.
are educating
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present progressiveof educate.present progressive
Used to describe an ongoing action or state that is currently taking place in the immediate present.
Example Sentences
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At Portillo’s, “we are educating consumers about all the protein on the menu,” Chief Financial Officer Michelle Hook said in an interview.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 30, 2026
"You are educating people about the way the world is in a way that's not combative, it's funny," he said.
From BBC ● Sep. 30, 2023
“So now, thinking people are educating themselves on what Islamic law says about it.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 27, 2022
Lawyers, yoga teachers, photographers, career coaches and tattoo artists are educating themselves about the effects of trauma, approaching their work with this new knowledge in mind and labeling their businesses “trauma-informed.”
From Washington Post ● Feb. 21, 2022
I. We compel children whom we are educating to do what we desire, for their own good.
From A Captive of the Roman Eagles by Felix Dahn
