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Educative

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

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Informative 84% connected

Having power to inform, animate, or vivify.

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Informative 84% connected

Having power to inform, animate, or vivify.

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Instructive 84% connected

Conveying knowledge; serving to instruct or inform; as, experience furnishes very instructive lessons.

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Instructive 84% connected

Conveying knowledge; serving to instruct or inform; as, experience furnishes very instructive lessons.

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Develop 74% 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…

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Develop 74% 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…

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Educate 74% connected

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…

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Educate 74% connected

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…

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A priori unknown · 78% connection

Applied to knowledge and conceptions assumed, or presupposed, as prior to experience, in order to make experience rational or possible.

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Academic program noun · 78% connection

(education) a program of education in liberal arts and sciences (usually in preparation for higher education)

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Breed verb · 78% connection

To educate; to instruct; to form by education; to train; -- sometimes followed by up.

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Causal factor noun · 78% connection

a determining or causal element or factor; "education is an important determinant of one's outlook on life"

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Civilize verb · 78% connection

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

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College noun · 78% connection

an institution of higher education created to educate and grant degrees; often a part of a university

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Conducive adjective · 78% connection

Loading or tending; helpful; contributive; tending to promote.

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Convergent adjective · 78% connection

tending to one point of focus; tending to approach each other; converging.

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Culture verb · 78% connection

To cultivate; to educate.

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Descensive adjective · 78% connection

Tending to descend; tending downwards; descending.

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Determining factor noun · 78% connection

a determining or causal element or factor; "education is an important determinant of one's outlook on life"

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Discipline verb · 78% connection

To educate; to develop by instruction and exercise; to train.

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Educated imp. & p. p. · 78% connection

of Educate

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Educating p. pr. & vb. n. · 78% connection

of Educate

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Education noun · 78% connection

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

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Erudiate verb · 78% connection

To instruct; to educate; to teach.

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Experience noun · 78% connection

the accumulation of knowledge or skill that results from direct participation in events or activities; "a man of experience"; "experie…

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Expert noun · 78% connection

An expert or experienced person; one instructed by experience; one who has skill, experience, or extensive knowledge in his calling or…

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