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eorganize, reorder: Margoliouth edited the collected letters<br />

<strong>of</strong> <strong>An</strong>drew Marvell.<br />

edition n. number, issue, printing, print run; copy; version: <strong>The</strong><br />

first Monday edition carried the news <strong>of</strong> the break-in, and a<br />

later edition reported the detention <strong>of</strong> a suspect.<br />

editor n. rewrite man or woman, rewriter, copy editor, redactor,<br />

reviser; writer, columnist, journalist, editorial writer, Brit<br />

leader-writer; editor-in-chief, managing editor, senior editor;<br />

compiler, collector: <strong>The</strong> editor sent the reporter out to check<br />

the facts <strong>of</strong> the story.<br />

editorial n. Brit leader, leading article; op-ed article, think-piece,<br />

opinion piece, position statement; essay, article, column: Did<br />

you see the editorial about the Middle East situation in today's<br />

paper?<br />

educate v. teach, train, instruct, edify, tutor, school, inform,<br />

enlighten, indoctrinate, inculcate, coach, drill, prepare,<br />

ready, rear, bring up, cultivate, develop, civilize: It is the<br />

responsibility <strong>of</strong> the state to educate the people.<br />

educated adj. 1 cultivated, cultured, erudite, well-read, lettered,<br />

literary, scholarly, learned; (well-)informed, knowledgeable,<br />

enlightened: <strong>The</strong>re is no real evidence that educated people<br />

enjoy greater job satisfaction than those who leave school at<br />

16. I haven't got the answer, but I could make an educated<br />

guess. 2 refined, polished, cultivated, civilized; discerning,<br />

critical, sensitive: She has an educated palate and really<br />

knows her wines.<br />

education n. 1 teaching, schooling, training, instruction, tuition,<br />

tutelage, edification, tutoring, cultivation, upbringing,<br />

indoctrination, drilling: His education was in the hands <strong>of</strong><br />

monks until he was twelve. 2 learning, lore, knowledge,<br />

information, erudition: Education is gained from the experience<br />

<strong>of</strong> others. 3 lesson, course (<strong>of</strong> study): <strong>The</strong> inhabitants gave<br />

her an education in how to survive in the wilderness.<br />

educational<br />

adj. 1 academic, scholastic, pedagogical, instructional: This<br />

is one <strong>of</strong> the best educational centres in the world. 2

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