educate



educate someone for something

to train someone for something or to do something. I wasn't educated for doing this kind of thing. He had spent many years educating himself for just this kind of job.
See also: educate

educate someone in something

to train someone about something; to school someone in something. Her parents educated her in the ways of the old country. She had educated herself in the ways of big business.
See also: educate

Common Names:

NameGenderPronouncedUsage
Elissa[i'lisə]
ŚWiĘTomierzshvyen-TAWM-yeshPolish (Archaic)
Varlam-Russian
Monet[mɔ:'nei]
Adeane[ə'di:n]
Viktoriavik-TO-ree-ah (German), veek-TO-ree-yah (Russian)German, Swedish, Norwegian, Danish, Estonian, Russian, Ukrainian, Bulgarian