educate
verb (used with object)
to develop the faculties and powers of (a person) by teaching, instruction, or schooling.
has been educating
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present perfect progressiveof educate (3rd person singular).present perfect progressive
Used to describe an action that began in the past, has continued continuously, and is still in progress.
Example Sentences
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Most of the deleted episodes hailed from the first 40 years of the show, which has been educating young children for 52 seasons and counting since 1969.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 21, 2022
For a while, she worked at the Frederick school, which has been educating deaf and hard-of-hearing people since 1868.
From Washington Post ● Mar. 15, 2022
Victoria, in Peterborough, has been educating 11-year-old daughter Isabella at home for four years.
From BBC ● Jul. 18, 2021
Part of that effort has been educating the public on what we can do to help out our sea turtle friends.
From Washington Times ● Jun. 19, 2019
No; there cannot yet be the same advantages here as in an old country, which has been educating its sons and its daughters in the most perfect way for hundreds of years.'
From A Red Wallflower by Susan Warner
