educated

English

Etymology

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English educate

English -ed

English educated

From educate + -ed.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈɛd͡ʒəkeɪtɪd/, /ˈɛdjuːkeɪtɪd/
• (General American, Canada) IPA^(key): /ˈɛd͡ʒəkeɪtɪd/, [ˈɛd͡ʒəkeɪɾɪd]

  • Audio (Southern England):

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Adjective

educated (comparative more educated, superlative most educated)

1. Having attained a level of higher education, such as a college degree.
2. Based on relevant information.

   an educated guess

   • 2011, Susan L. Rozzi, Michelle G. Futrell, Douglas M. Kleiner, Study Guide for the Board of Certification, Inc., Entry-Level Athletic Trainer Certification Examination, F.A. Davis, page 26:

     No matter what strategies you employ as you dissect each multiple-choice question and arrive at an educated answer, remember that you are looking for the best response, not only a correct one.

3. Knowledgeable.

   She cast an educated eye over the antiques.

   an educated opinion

Synonyms

• See also Thesaurus:learned

Antonyms

• noneducated
• uneducated

Derived terms

• educated beyond one's intelligence
• educated guess
• educated incapacity
• educatedness
• hypereducated
• ineducated
• my very educated mother just served us nachos
• my very educated mother just served us nine pizzas
• my very educated mother just served us nine pumpkins
• my very educated mother just served us noodles
• noneducated
• overeducated
• over-educated
• self-educated
• semieducated
• under-educated
• undereducated
• uneducated
• well-educated

Translations

having attained a level of higher education — see also cultured

• Azerbaijani: təhsilli, oxumuş, bilikli
• Catalan: educat (ca)
• Crimean Tatar: tasil alğan
• Czech: vzdělaný (cs)
• Esperanto: klera (eo)
• Finnish: koulutettu (fi)
• French: cultivé (fr)
• Georgian: განათლებული (ganatlebuli)
• German: gebildet (de), ausgebildet (de)
• Gothic: 𐌿𐍃𐌻𐌰𐌹𐍃𐌹𐌸𐍃 (uslaisiþs)
• Greek: μορφωμένος (el) (morfoménos)
• Hebrew: מלומד (melumád)
• Hindi: शिक्षित (hi) m (śikṣit), शिक्षिता f (śikṣitā), साक्षर (hi) (sākṣar)
• Hungarian: iskolázott (hu), képzett (hu)
• Kurdish:

  Central Kurdish: زانا (ckb) (zana)

• Latin: ērudītus
• Norman: att'lé
• Plautdietsch: huachjelieet, beschläpen
• Portuguese: graduado (pt), diplomado
• Russian: образо́ванный (ru) (obrazóvannyj)
• Slovak: vzdelaný (sk)
• Spanish: educado (es)
• Swedish: utbildad (sv)
• Tagalog: edukado
• Tocharian B: ūwe
• Turkish: eğitimli (tr), okumuş (tr), tahsilli
• Ukrainian: осві́чений (uk) (osvíčenyj)
• Welsh: wedi'i addysgu
• Yao (Africa): -mlijiganye

based on relevant information

• Azerbaijani: bilikli, məlumatlı
• French: éclairé (fr), averti (fr), avisé (fr)
• Turkish: bilgili (tr), bilgilendirilmiş (tr)

Verb

educated

1. simple past and past participle of educate

Further reading

• Raymond Williams (1983), “Educated”, in Keywords: A Vocabulary of Culture and Society, revised American edition, New York, N.Y.: Oxford University Press, published 1985, →ISBN, page 111.