educate
verb (used with object)
to develop the faculties and powers of (a person) by teaching, instruction, or schooling.
has educated
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present perfectof educate (3rd person singular).present perfect
Used to describe actions that started in the past and continue into or have direct relevance to the present.
Example Sentences
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He co-authored the influential textbook Quantum Optics, a resource that has educated generations of physicists.
From Science Daily ● Jul. 5, 2026
Most people of Somali descent are law-abiding and have made big contributions as doctors, nurses and other professionals, he said, adding that as a Somali-American himself, he has educated countless American students over four decades.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 5, 2025
In June, the independent preparatory school, which has educated children for almost 130 years, announced it would sell the tables, which generations of children had eaten at, ahead of its closure on 31 December.
From BBC ● Nov. 23, 2025
She travels frequently and has educated herself on both science and the perspectives of people throughout Southeast Asia and the West, but her cousin dismisses her information.
From Salon ● Feb. 24, 2025
Time—no thanks to the theologians— has educated it, and this thing at any rate it would no longer believe if it could, as it certainly cannot.
From Lady Good-for-Nothing by Sir Arthur Thomas Quiller-Couch
