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educated

adjective

Simple Definition of educated

  • : having an education and especially a good education

  • : having a particular kind of education

  • : showing education (sense 1b)

Source: Merriam-Webster's Learner's Dictionary

Full Definition of educated

  1. 1 :  having an education; especially :  having an education beyond the average <educated speakers>

  2. 2 a :  giving evidence of training or practice :  skilled <educated hands> b :  befitting one that is educated <educated taste> c :  based on some knowledge of fact <an educated guess>

educatedness

noun

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Examples of educated in a sentence

  1. These companies want an educated work force.

  2. an educated woman with an impressive career



1588

First Known Use of educated

1588

educated Synonyms

Synonyms
erudite, knowledgeable, learned
Antonyms
benighted, dark, ignorant

Other Education Terms

baccalaureate, colloquium, corequisite, dissertation, monograph, pedant, practicum, survey course, thesis

EDUCATED Defined for Kids

educated

adjective ed·u·cat·ed \ˈe-jə-ˌkā-təd\

Definition of educated for Students

  1. 1 :  having an education and especially a good education

  2. 2 :  based on some knowledge <an educated guess>



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