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Dictionary: ed·u·cat·ed   (ĕj'ə-kā'tĭd) pronunciation
adj.
  1. Having an education, especially one above the average.
    1. Showing evidence of schooling, training, or experience.
    2. Having or exhibiting cultivation; cultured: an educated manner.
  2. Based on a certain amount of experience or factual knowledge: an educated guess.

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adjective

  1. Having an education: enlightened, informed, lettered, literate. See knowledge/ignorance.
  2. Characterized by discriminating taste and broad knowledge as a result of development or education: civilized, cultivated, cultured, polished, refined, urbane, well-bred. See culture/nature.
  3. Provided with information; made aware: acquainted, advised, enlightened, informed, instructed, knowledgeable. See knowledge/ignorance.

Antonyms: educated
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adj

Definition: learned, experienced
Antonyms: ignorant, illiterate, inexperienced, stupid, uncultured, uneducated, unsophisticated


WordNet: educated
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The adjective has 3 meanings:

Meaning #1: possessing an education (especially having more than average knowledge)
  Antonym: uneducated (meaning #1)

Meaning #2: having or based on relevant experience
  Synonym: enlightened

Meaning #3: adequately educated in the use of numerical terms and concepts especially in arithmetical operations


Translations: Educated
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Dansk (Danish)
adj. - veluddannet, skolet, kvalificeret

idioms:

  • educated guess    kvalificeret gæt

Nederlands (Dutch)
ontwikkeld, deskundig

Français (French)
adj. - instruit, cultivé, distingué (une écriture), cultivé (une voix)

idioms:

  • educated guess    jugement émanant de l'expérience, hypothèse

Deutsch (German)
adj. - gebildet

idioms:

  • educated guess    eine wohlbegründete Vermutung

Ελληνική (Greek)
adj. - μορφωμένος, εκπαιδευμένος, καλλιεργημένος

idioms:

  • educated guess    βάσιμη υπόθεση

Italiano (Italian)
colto, istruito

idioms:

  • educated guess    ipotesi plausibile

Português (Portuguese)
adj. - culto, instruído

idioms:

  • educated guess    dedução (f) baseada no conhecimento

Русский (Russian)
образованный, культурный, развитой

idioms:

  • educated guess    догадка, основанная на фактах

Español (Spanish)
adj. - instruido, educado, culto

idioms:

  • educated guess    conjetura informada

Svenska (Swedish)
adj. - utbildad

中文(简体)(Chinese (Simplified))
受过教育的, 有教养的

idioms:

  • educated guess    基于经验的推测

中文(繁體)(Chinese (Traditional))
adj. - 受過教育的, 有教養的

idioms:

  • educated guess    基於經驗的推測

한국어 (Korean)
adj. - 교육을 받은, 교양이 있는

日本語 (Japanese)
adj. - 教育のある, 知識に基づいた

idioms:

  • educated guess    知識に基づく推論

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(صفه) مثقف, متعلم‏

עברית (Hebrew)
adj. - ‮מחונך, משכיל, מבוסס על ניסיון‬


 
 
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