Definition

1. Verb:
   • To educate persons of both sexes together: The act of teaching or providing instruction to male and female students in the same institution or classroom, rather than in separate, single-sex environments.

Usage

• The verb "co-educate" is used to describe the system or action of integrated education. It is typically used in formal or educational contexts.
• It is a transitive verb, often used in the passive voice (e.g., "students are co-educated") or in a general sense describing an institution's policy.

Examples

• Verb:
  • The school's mission is to co-educate boys and girls from an early age.
  • They decided to co-educate all students in the new science program.
  • For decades, the college has co-educated its student body, believing it provides a more realistic social environment.

Advanced Usage

• "to be co-educated": Describes the state of having received an education in a mixed-sex environment.
  • She was co-educated, which she felt prepared her well for the mixed-gender workplace.

Variants and Related Words

• Co-education (n): The system or practice of educating students of both sexes together.
  • The move toward co-education was a significant reform for the historic academy.
• Co-educational (adj): Describing an institution where students of both sexes are taught together.
  • It is a co-educational university.

Synonyms

• Educate together: A more general phrase with the same meaning.
• Teach jointly: To instruct mixed groups.

Antonyms

• Segregate (by sex): To separate, especially in an educational context.
• Educate separately: To teach male and female students in different institutions or classes.

Verb

1. educate persons of both sexes together