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ed·u·cat·ed
(ĕj′ə-kā′tĭd)adj.
1. Having an education, especially one above the average.
2.
a. Showing evidence of schooling, training, or experience.
b. Having or exhibiting cultivation; cultured: an educated manner.
3. Based on a certain amount of experience or factual knowledge: an educated guess.
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educated
(ˈɛdjʊˌkeɪtɪd)adj
1. having an education, esp a good one
2. displaying culture, taste, and knowledge; cultivated
3. (prenominal) based on experience or information (esp in the phrase an educated guess)
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ed•u•cat•ed
(ˈɛdʒ ʊˌkeɪ tɪd)adj.
1. having undergone education.
2. displaying qualities of culture and learning.
3. based on some information or experience: an educated guess.
[1660–70]
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Adj. | 1. | educated - possessing an education (especially having more than average knowledge) civilised, civilized - having a high state of culture and development both social and technological; "terrorist acts that shocked the civilized world" numerate - able to understand and use numbers enlightened - having knowledge and spiritual insight informed - having much knowledge or education; "an informed public"; "informed opinion"; "the informed customer" intellectual - appealing to or using the intellect; "satire is an intellectual weapon"; "intellectual workers engaged in creative literary or artistic or scientific labor"; "has tremendous intellectual sympathy for oppressed people"; "coldly intellectual"; "sort of the intellectual type"; "intellectual literature" literate - able to read and write uneducated - not having a good education |
2. | educated - characterized by full comprehension of the problem involved; "an educated guess"; "an enlightened electorate" informed - having much knowledge or education; "an informed public"; "informed opinion"; "the informed customer" |
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educated
adjective
1. cultured, lettered, intellectual, learned, informed, experienced, polished, literary, sophisticated, refined, cultivated, enlightened, knowledgeable, civilized, tasteful, urbane, erudite, well-bred He is an educated, amiable and decent man.
cultured philistine, uneducated, benighted, uncultivated, lowbrow, uncultured
cultured philistine, uneducated, benighted, uncultivated, lowbrow, uncultured
2. taught, schooled, coached, informed, tutored, instructed, nurtured, well-informed, well-read, well-taught The country's workforce is well educated and diligent.
taught ignorant, illiterate, uneducated, unread, unschooled, unlettered, untaught
taught ignorant, illiterate, uneducated, unread, unschooled, unlettered, untaught
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educated
adjective1. Having an education:
2. Characterized by discriminating taste and broad knowledge as a result of development or education:
3. Provided with information; made aware:
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Translations
vzdělaný
uddannet
koulutettu
školovan
教育のある
교육받은
izobražen
utbildad
ซึ่งได้รับการศึกษา
có học thức
educated
[ˈedjʊkeɪtɪd] ADJ [person, voice] → cultoan educated guess → una suposición bien fundamentada
Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005
educated
[ˈɛdʒʊkeɪtɪd] adj (= cultured) → cultivé(e)
(= well-educated) → instruit(e)educated guess n → supposition f éclairée
to make an educated guess → faire une supposition éclairée
to make an educated guess → faire une supposition éclairée
Collins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005
educated
Collins German Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged 7th Edition 2005. © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1980 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2007
educated
[ˈɛdjʊˌkeɪtɪd] adj (person) → istruito/a, colto/aCollins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995
educated
→ مُتَعَلِّم vzdělaný uddannet gebildet μορφωμένος culto koulutettu éduqué školovan colto 教育のある 교육받은 geschoold utdannet wykształcony culto образованный utbildad ซึ่งได้รับการศึกษา eğitimli có học thức 受过教育的Multilingual Translator © HarperCollins Publishers 2009