educated
Americanadjective
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having undergone education.
educated people.
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characterized by or displaying qualities of culture and learning.
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based on some information or experience.
an educated estimate of next year's sales.
adjective
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having an education, esp a good one
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displaying culture, taste, and knowledge; cultivated
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(prenominal) based on experience or information (esp in the phrase an educated guess )
Other Word Forms
- half-educated adjective
- noneducated adjective
- quasi-educated adjective
- supereducated adjective
- undereducated adjective
- well-educated adjective
Etymology
Origin of educated
Example Sentences
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At a previous hearing, he said the posts were "not befitting of someone as educated as myself and were said in the heat of the emotion".
From BBC
As co-founder of the Anne Frank Trust UK, she preserved Anne Frank's memory and educated people about the Holocaust.
From BBC
It is oil-rich, with an educated population and a glistening stock of foreign reserves.
Fears that highly educated women wouldn’t find men worthy of them were unfounded.
They also argue the ban amounts to unnecessary censorship in a vibrant democracy that is one of the most wired and educated countries in the world.
From Barron's
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