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educate

 
 
/ˈedʒʊkeɪt/ verb [T]

Translation

TEACH to teach someone at a school or college
öğretmek/eğitmek, eğitim vermek
[often passive] She was educated at the Perse School.1124
GIVE INFORMATION to give people information about something so that they understand it better
eğitmek
This is part of a campaign to educate people about the dangers of smoking.1124
(Definition of educate verb from the Cambridge Learner's Dictionary English-Turkish © Cambridge University Press)

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