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educating

educating is the present participle and gerund of educate.

Meaning of educate

Verb

educate (third-person singular simple present educates, present participle educating, simple past and past participle educated)

  1. (transitive) To instruct or train.
    • Wang said such changes to the Baishui glacier provide the chance to educate visitors about global warming.
    Synonyms:
    instruct, teach
    Antonyms:
    ignorize

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Adjective

educating

  1. (uncommon) That educates; educational.

Questions about educating

What does educating mean?
Educating means that educates; educational.
What is educating the present participle and gerund of?
Educating is the present participle and gerund of educate.
What part of speech is educating?
Educating is an adjective.

Words near educating in the dictionary

  1. educatee
  2. educatees
  3. educates
  4. educatest
  5. educateth
  6. educating
  7. education
  8. education assistant
  9. education assistants
  10. educationable
  11. educational

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Adapted from Wiktionary: educating (page history and authors); educate (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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