educated

1. 1
   adjective

   Having studied at college or at another high level of school.

   Like a backpack that has been filled with years of school learning.

   She is highly educated, with a degree in physics.

   Our town has many educated young people who finished college.

   Similarliterate, learned, cultured, knowledgeable

   Oppositeuneducated, illiterate, ignorant, unschooled

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2. 2
   adjective

   Based on good information rather than just guessing.

   Like a guess you make after looking at the clues, not just picking blindly.

   She made an educated guess about the answer.

   His educated estimate of the cost turned out to be very close.

   Similarinformed, reasoned, considered

   Oppositewild, random, uninformed, blind

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3. 3
   verb

   Simple past and past participle of educate. Use this form for teaching that already happened.

   Her parents educated her at home for many years.

   He educated himself by reading every book he could find.

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