co-educate
co-educate verb: to educate children of both sexes together.
Verb
co-educate (third-person singular simple present co-educates, present participle co-educating, simple past and past participle co-educated)
- To educate children of both sexes together.
- Fiercely academic and successful, these schools, arguably, had resisted the 'egalitarian' impulse to co-educate and were providing a space where girls could aspire to be doctors, mathematicians and politicians.2005, Chris Gaine, Rosalyn George, Gender, 'Race' and Class in Schooling: A New Introduction, page 132
Forms of co-educate
| third-person singular present | co-educates |
|---|---|
| present participle | co-educating |
| past participle | co-educated |
| past | co-educated |
Origin of co-educate
From co- + educate.
Questions about co-educate
- What does co-educate mean?
- Co-educate means to educate children of both sexes together.
- What part of speech is co-educate?
- Co-educate is a verb.
- What is the past tense of co-educate?
- The past tense of co-educate is co-educated.
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