- educated
- educated 1660s, pp. adj. from EDUCATE (Cf. educate). As an abbreviated way to say well-educated, attested from 1855. Educated guess first attested 1954.
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educated — educated; mis·educated; un·educated; … English syllables
Educated — Ed u*ca ted, a. Formed or developed by education; as, an educated man. [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
educated — [ej′o͞okāt΄id] adj. 1. having, or showing the results of, much education ☆ 2. based on knowledge or experience [an educated guess] … English World dictionary
educated — index cognizant, familiar (informed), knowing, learned, literate, sciential Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton … Law dictionary
educated — [adj] learned, experienced accomplished, acquainted with, brainy, civilized, coached, corrected, cultivated, cultured, developed, enlightened, enriched, erudite, expert, finished, fitted, formed, informed, initiated, instructed, intelligent,… … New thesaurus
educated — ed|u|cat|ed [ edʒə,keıtəd ] adjective an educated person has received a good education and has a lot of knowledge: a dating service for educated, professional people a. used about the standard to which someone has been educated: Interpreters… … Usage of the words and phrases in modern English
educated — UK [ˈedjʊˌkeɪtɪd] / US [ˈedʒəˌkeɪtəd] adjective an educated person has received a good education and has a lot of knowledge a dating agency for educated, professional people a) used about the standard to which someone has been educated… … English dictionary
-educated — [[t] e̱ʤʊkeɪtɪd[/t]] 1) COMB in ADJ educated combines with nouns and adjectives to form adjectives indicating where someone was educated. ...the Oxford educated son of a Liverpool merchant. ...an American educated lawyer. 2) COMB in ADJ GRADED… … English dictionary
educated — ed|u|cat|ed [ˈedjukeıtıd US ˈedʒə ] adj 1.) having been well taught and learned a lot ▪ a highly educated woman 2.) university educated/well educated/privately educated etc having had a particular type of education 3.) educated guess a guess that … Dictionary of contemporary English
educated — adjective 1 intelligent because you have been taught or trained somewhere: an educated and sensitive woman | Harvard educated/Oxford educated etc: a Harvard educated lawyer 2 having a high standard of judgement about art, literature etc: She has… … Longman dictionary of contemporary English
