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EDUCATED
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I. (adjective)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Possessing an education (especially having more than average knowledge)
Classified under:
Similar:
knowing; knowledgeable; learned; lettered; well-educated; well-read (highly educated; having extensive information or understanding)
literate (knowledgeable and educated in one or several fields)
self-educated (educated by your own efforts rather than by formal instruction)
semiliterate (literate but poorly informed)
Also:
civilised; civilized (having a high state of culture and development both social and technological)
numerate (able to understand and use numbers)
enlightened (having knowledge and spiritual insight)
informed (having much knowledge or education)
intellectual (appealing to or using the intellect)
literate (able to read and write)
Antonym:
uneducated (not having a good education)
Sense 2
Meaning:
Characterized by full comprehension of the problem involved
Example:
an enlightened electorate
Synonyms:
educated; enlightened
Classified under:
Similar:
informed (having much knowledge or education)
II. (verb)
Sense 1
Past simple / past participle of the verb educate
Context examples:
An individual educated in the discipline of midwifery, who possesses evidence of certification according to the requirements of ACNM.
(Certified Midwife, NCI Thesaurus)
Living, as I do, in an educated and scientific atmosphere, I could not have conceived that the first principles of zoology were so little known.
(The Lost World, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
There was a difference amongst them as amongst the educated; and when I got to know them, and they me, this difference rapidly developed itself.
(Jane Eyre, by Charlotte Brontë)
A licensed health care practitioner educated in the two disciplines of nursing and midwifery.
(Certified Nurse Midwife, NCI Thesaurus)
Whether those pleading orators were persons educated in the general knowledge of equity, or only in provincial, national, and other local customs?
(Gulliver's Travels into several remote nations of the world, by Jonathan Swift)
But after they adjusted for factors like education, socioeconomic status and demographics, it became apparent that mostly higher-income, better-educated people — who are more likely to be in good health to begin with — were taking supplements.
(Healthy Diet Can't Be Replaced by Vitamins, Supplements, The Titi Tudorancea Bulletin)
IRIS must commit to pointing at certain areas of the sun at least a day in advance, so catching a CME in the act involves some educated guesses and a little bit of luck.
(Observing a Gigantic Eruption of Solar Material, NASA)
Doctors from the Duke Center for Atrial Fibrillation in North Carolina, US, highlight that the chocolate eaters in the study were healthier and more highly educated — factors associated with better general health — which might have influenced the findings.
(Eat Chocolate for Steady Heartbea, The Titi Tudorancea Bulletin)
I must tell you beforehand that Mr. Morris doesn't always speak slang—that is to say, he never does so to strangers or before them, for he is really well educated and has exquisite manners—but he found out that it amused me to hear him talk American slang, and whenever I was present, and there was no one to be shocked, he said such funny things.
(Dracula, by Bram Stoker)
She asked her, at different times, how many sisters she had, whether they were older or younger than herself, whether any of them were likely to be married, whether they were handsome, where they had been educated, what carriage her father kept, and what had been her mother's maiden name?
(Pride and Prejudice, by Jane Austen)
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