edify
gb/ˈɛdəfˌaɪ/ us/ˈɛdəfˌaɪ/
C1
Engleză
Sensuri
0 sensuri
Verb
formal
C1
action
1
teach and improve someone
to teach someone something useful and make them better or wiser
Tipar de utilizare:
edify [someone]
Greșeală frecventă:
Often confused with edit (change text) because they look similar but have different meanings.
Sinonime
educate (More general and common; less focused on moral improvement.)
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enlighten (Often suggests giving new insight or understanding.)
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instruct (Emphasizes teaching facts or skills rather than personal improvement.)
Antonime
mislead (Gives wrong ideas instead of helpful instruction.)
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corrupt (Makes someone morally worse rather than better.)
Colocații
edify readers
|edify the audience
|edify the public
|edify students
|edify others
|edify people
|edify through example
|edify through literature
|edify through instruction
|edify the mind
Teme
education
|learning
|communication
Exemple
- The museum’s audio guide is designed to edify visitors as they move through the exhibits.
- She writes essays that edify without preaching.
- Good teachers entertain and edify their students at the same time.
Exemple pentru cursanți
- This book will edify you.
- The talk edified the audience.
Verb
formal
C1
property
2
give moral or intellectual benefit
to be helpful and teach something, not just be fun
Tipar de utilizare:
[something] edifies (more than it entertains)
Greșeală frecventă:
In modern English, edify is most common in formal writing; in casual speech people often say educate or teach instead.
Sinonime
inform (Focuses on giving facts, not necessarily improvement or uplift.)
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uplift (Emphasizes positive moral or emotional effect more than teaching.)
Antonime
debase (Suggests lowering moral standards or taste.)
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pander (Aims to please without improving or informing.)
Colocații
edify and entertain
|edify rather than entertain
|edify as well as amuse
|edify the reader
|edify the viewer
|edify the listener
|edify the community
|edify the faithful
Teme
education
|media
|culture
Exemple
- The documentary edifies more than it entertains, and that’s why it works.
- He prefers films that edify as well as amuse.
- Her columns are meant to edify, not to provoke outrage.
Exemple pentru cursanți
- Some TV shows entertain, but they do not edify.
- This article edifies and explains the topic clearly.
Gramatică
Forma de dicționar
edify
IPA
GB/ˈɛdəfˌaɪ/
US/ˈɛdəfˌaɪ/
Silabe și accent
edi - fy (2 silabe)
Stress on 1st syllable (edi)
Forme ale cuvântului
Verb
- Base: edify
- 3rd Person Singular: edifies
- Present Participle: edifying
- Past: edified
Familie de cuvinte
Forms
edifies
verb
edifying
verb
edified
verb
Core family
edification
noun C1
Negative and opposite forms
unedifying
adjective
Expresii
be edified
1/bˈi ˈɛdɪfˌaɪd/
fixed phrase
formal
feel taught or improved
to feel you learned something useful
Exemple
- I was edified by her explanation of the history behind the painting.
- They left the lecture feeling genuinely edified.
- If you read the footnotes, you’ll be edified.
edify and entertain
1/ˈɛdəfˌaɪ ˈænd ˌɛntɚtˈeɪn/
fixed phrase
formal
teach while also amusing
to teach people and make them enjoy it
Exemple
- The best podcasts manage to edify and entertain in equal measure.
- Her goal is to edify and entertain readers, not to lecture them.
- The exhibition was curated to edify and entertain families.