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educated
adjective
: having an education and especially a good education
: having a particular kind of education
: showing education (sense 1b)
Full Definition of EDUCATED
1
: having an education; especially : having an education beyond the average <educated speakers>
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>
— ed·u·cat·ed·ness noun
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First Known Use of EDUCATED
1588
Related to EDUCATED
- Antonyms
- benighted, dark, ignorant, illiterate, uneducated, unlearned, unlettered, unscholarly
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Rhymes with EDUCATED
addlepated, animated, antiquated, caffeinated, calculated, castellated, complicated, corrugated, crenellated, dedicated, elevated, hyphenated, integrated, laminated, liberated, mentholated, perforated, pileated, pixilated, saturated, simulated, syncopated, tessellated, unabated, uncreated, understated, variegated
EDUCATEDNESS Defined for Kids
educated
adjective ed·u·cat·ed \ˈe-jə-ˌkā-təd\
Definition of EDUCATED for Kids
1
: having an education and especially a good education
2
: based on some knowledge <an educated guess>
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