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Educate

To bring /// or guide the powers of, as a child; to develop and cultivate, whether physically, mentally, or morally, but more commonly limited to the mental activities or senses; to expand, strengthen, and discipline, as the mind, a faculty, etc.,; to form and regulate the principles and character of; to prepare and fit for any calling or business by systematic instruction; to cultivate; to train; to instruct; as, to educate a child; to educate the eye or the taste.

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Verb group 8

Develop 84% connected

To free from that which infolds or envelops; to unfold; to lay open by degrees or in detail; to make visible or known; to disclose; to produce or giv…

oewn 2023 50% interchangeable

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Develop 84% connected

To free from that which infolds or envelops; to unfold; to lay open by degrees or in detail; to make visible or known; to disclose; to produce or giv…

oewn 2023 50% interchangeable

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Groom 84% connected

A boy or young man; a waiter; a servant; especially, a man or boy who has charge of horses, or the stable.

oewn 2023 50% interchangeable

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Groom 84% connected

A boy or young man; a waiter; a servant; especially, a man or boy who has charge of horses, or the stable.

oewn 2023 50% interchangeable

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Prepare 84% connected

To fit, adapt, or qualify for a particular purpose or condition; to make ready; to put into a state for use or application; as, to prepare ground for…

oewn 2023 50% interchangeable

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Prepare 84% connected

To fit, adapt, or qualify for a particular purpose or condition; to make ready; to put into a state for use or application; as, to prepare ground for…

oewn 2023 50% interchangeable

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Train 84% connected

To draw along; to trail; to drag.

oewn 2023 50% interchangeable

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Train 84% connected

To draw along; to trail; to drag.

oewn 2023 50% interchangeable

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Broader term 11

Ameliorate 76% connected

To make better; to improve; to meliorate.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Amend 76% connected

To change or modify in any way for the better

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Better 76% connected

Having good qualities in a greater degree than another; as, a better man; a better physician; a better house; a better air.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Down 76% connected

Fine, soft, hairy outgrowth from the skin or surface of animals or plants, not matted and fleecy like wool

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Improve 76% connected

To disprove or make void; to refute.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Instruct 76% connected

Arranged; furnished; provided.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Learn 76% connected

To gain knowledge or information of; to ascertain by inquiry, study, or investigation; to receive instruction concerning; to fix in the mind; to acqu…

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Meliorate 76% connected

To make better; to improve; to ameliorate; to soften; to make more tolerable.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Polish 76% connected

Of or pertaining to Poland or its inhabitants.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Refine 76% connected

To reduce to a fine, unmixed, or pure state; to free from impurities; to free from dross or alloy; to separate from extraneous matter; to purify; to…

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Teach 76% connected

To impart the knowledge of; to give intelligence concerning; to impart, as knowledge before unknown, or rules for practice; to inculcate as true or i…

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Manner of action 7

Drill 76% connected

To pierce or bore with a drill, or a with a drill; to perforate; as, to drill a hole into a rock; to drill a piece of metal.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Groom 76% connected

A boy or young man; a waiter; a servant; especially, a man or boy who has charge of horses, or the stable.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Prepare 76% connected

To fit, adapt, or qualify for a particular purpose or condition; to make ready; to put into a state for use or application; as, to prepare ground for…

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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School 76% connected

A shoal; a multitude; as, a school of fish.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Socialize 76% connected

To render social.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Sophisticate 76% connected

To render worthless by admixture; to adulterate; to damage; to pervert; as, to sophisticate wine.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Train 76% connected

To draw along; to trail; to drag.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Derivationally related 16

Education 74% connected

The act or process of educating; the result of educating, as determined by the knowledge skill, or discipline of character, acquired; also, the act o…

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Education 74% connected

The act or process of educating; the result of educating, as determined by the knowledge skill, or discipline of character, acquired; also, the act o…

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Educative 74% connected

Tending to educate; that gives education; as, an educative process; an educative experience.

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Educative 74% connected

Tending to educate; that gives education; as, an educative process; an educative experience.

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Educator 74% connected

One who educates; a teacher.

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Educator 74% connected

One who educates; a teacher.

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Instruction 74% connected

The act of instructing, teaching, or furnishing with knowledge; information.

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Instruction 74% connected

The act of instructing, teaching, or furnishing with knowledge; information.

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Refinement 74% connected

The act of refining, or the state of being refined; as, the refinement or metals; refinement of ideas.

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Refinement 74% connected

The act of refining, or the state of being refined; as, the refinement or metals; refinement of ideas.

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Student 74% connected

A person engaged in study; one who is devoted to learning; a learner; a pupil; a scholar; especially, one who attends a school, or who seeks knowledg…

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Student 74% connected

A person engaged in study; one who is devoted to learning; a learner; a pupil; a scholar; especially, one who attends a school, or who seeks knowledg…

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Trainer 74% connected

One who trains; an instructor; especially, one who trains or prepares men, horses, etc., for exercises requiring physical agility and strength.

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Trainer 74% connected

One who trains; an instructor; especially, one who trains or prepares men, horses, etc., for exercises requiring physical agility and strength.

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Synonym 6

Civilize 92% connected

To reclaim from a savage state; to instruct in the rules and customs of civilization; to educate; to refine.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

Open English WordNet places these words in at least one shared synset. They share a lexicalised sense, but context, register and collocation should still be checked before substitution.

Cultivate 92% connected

To bestow attention, care, and labor upon, with a view to valuable returns; to till; to fertilize; as, to cultivate soil.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

Open English WordNet places these words in at least one shared synset. They share a lexicalised sense, but context, register and collocation should still be checked before substitution.

Develop 92% connected

To free from that which infolds or envelops; to unfold; to lay open by degrees or in detail; to make visible or known; to disclose; to produce or giv…

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

Open English WordNet places these words in at least one shared synset. They share a lexicalised sense, but context, register and collocation should still be checked before substitution.

Prepare 92% connected

To fit, adapt, or qualify for a particular purpose or condition; to make ready; to put into a state for use or application; as, to prepare ground for…

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

Open English WordNet places these words in at least one shared synset. They share a lexicalised sense, but context, register and collocation should still be checked before substitution.

School 92% connected

A shoal; a multitude; as, a school of fish.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

Open English WordNet places these words in at least one shared synset. They share a lexicalised sense, but context, register and collocation should still be checked before substitution.

Train 92% connected

To draw along; to trail; to drag.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

Open English WordNet places these words in at least one shared synset. They share a lexicalised sense, but context, register and collocation should still be checked before substitution.

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