Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
educated
ed‧u‧cat‧ed /ˈedjʊkeɪtəd, ˈedjʊkeɪtɪd $ ˈedʒə-/ BrE AmE adjective
[Word Family: noun: education, educationalist, educationist, educator; adjective: educated ≠ uneducated, educational, educable ≠ ineducable, educative; verb: educate; adverb: educationally]
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 is likely to be correct because it is based on some knowledge:
Investors must make an educated guess as to the company’s potential.
Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary
educated
edu·cated [ˈedʒukeɪtɪd] [ˈedʒukeɪtɪd] adjective
1. -educated having had the kind of education mentioned; having been to the school, college or university mentioned
• privately educated children
• a British-educated lawyer
• He's a Princeton-educated Texan.
2. having had a high standard of education; showing a high standard of education
• an educated and articulate person
• the educated elite
• He spoke in an educated voice.
Idiom: educated guess
Thesaurus:
educated [educated] adj.
• an educated and articulate spokesman
informed • • knowledgeable • • thinking • • well-read •
Opp: uneducated
educated/informed/knowledgeable about sth
educated/informed/knowledgeable/thinking/well-read people
Example Bank:
• Less formally educated people can acquire professional competence.
• She seemed intelligent and well educated.
• the need for a broadly educated workforce
• Educated people might see through these claims.
• Educated women are less likely to marry young.
• It is the best trained and educated workforce in Europe.
• Let's make an educated guess.
• She's an educated and articulate spokeswoman.
• This is sometimes seen as the newspaper for an educated elite.
Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary - 4th Edition
educated / ˈed.jʊ.keɪ.tɪd / / -t̬ɪd / adjective
B2 having learned a lot at school or university and having a good level of knowledge:
She was probably the most highly educated prime minister of this century.
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Collins Advanced Learner’s English Dictionary
educated
[e̱ʤʊkeɪtɪd]
ADJ-GRADED
Someone who is educated has a high standard of learning.
The general secretary of the TUC is an educated, amiable and decent man.
Syn:
learned
[-e̱ʤʊkeɪtɪd]
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 -educated combines with adverbs to form adjectives indicating how much education someone has had and how good it was.
Many of the immigrants are well-educated.
...impoverished, undernourished, and ill-educated workers.
Merriam-Webster's Advanced Learner's Dictionary
educated
educated adj [more ~; most ~]
1 a : having an education and especially a good education
• These companies want an educated work force.
• an educated woman with an impressive career
- opposite uneducated
b : having a particular kind of education
• He is poorly/well educated.
- sometimes used in combination
• college-educated people
• a Harvard-educated economist
- see also self-educated
2 : showing education (sense 1b)
• educated speech/tastes
- opposite uneducated; see also educated guess at 2guess