# educated

Pronunciation: say "EJ-uh-kay-tid" /ˈɛd͡ʒəkeɪtɪd/

## Adjective

1. Having reached a high level of schooling, such as a college degree.
   - Simple: Having studied at college or at another high level of school.
   - _An educated electorate is essential to a functioning democracy._
   - _She is well educated and travels widely for her research._
2. Based on relevant information or knowledge rather than pure guesswork.
   - Simple: Based on good information rather than just guessing.
   - _Analysts offered an educated guess about next quarter's sales._
   - _Rather than choose at random, she made an educated decision grounded in the data._

## Verb

3. Simple past and past participle of educate. — simple past and past participle of educate
   - Simple: Simple past and past participle of educate. Use this form for teaching that already happened.
   - _The monastery educated boys from across the region._
   - _She was educated at a small school in the countryside._

## Origin

Formed from "educate" combined with the suffix "-ed".

Source: DictionaryAI, https://dictionaryai.com/define/educated (written from Wiktionary data, CC BY-SA 4.0: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/).