educate
verb (used with object)
to develop the faculties and powers of (a person) by teaching, instruction, or schooling.
were educating
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past progressiveof educate.past progressive
Used to describe an ongoing action or continuous state that was happening at a specific time in the past.
Example Sentences
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She also said the university having a presence in the country meant they were "educating a generation of leaders for the future with whom we will be sharing our values".
From BBC ● Oct. 6, 2025
The company said that some officials there were addressing operational issues and that others were educating employees about what unionizing would entail, as in Buffalo.
From New York Times ● Jan. 14, 2022
“We were educating ourselves and our community, then Standing Rock catapulted us into action.”
From Seattle Times ● Nov. 26, 2020
And certainly maybe we were educating one another when things came up, but you're not educating in a way that feels reductive, I'll say.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 6, 2019
A hundred miles beyond the cabin Breed and Shady were educating their third litter of pups.
From The Yellow Horde by Charles Livingston Bull
