educated

educated
adj
1. learned, scholarly, erudite; literate, lettered, literary, well-read, Usu. Derog. bookish; knowledgeable, informed, conversant, versed, well-versed, well-grounded; accomplished, skilled, masterly.
2. cultivated, refined, cultured, artistic, Inf. arty, Sl. artsy, Inf. longhair or longhaired; enlightened, broad-minded, open-minded, aware, sensitive; articulate, well-spoken, fluent; intellectual, cerebral, brainy, highbrow or highbrowed; pedantic, pedagogish, professorial, donnish.
3. trained, schooled, instructed, tutored, coached, drilled, disciplined; prepared, readied, primed, hardened, inured; shaped, formed.

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  • -educated — [[t] e̱ʤʊkeɪtɪd[/t]] 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… …   English dictionary

  • educated — ed|u|cat|ed [ˈedjukeıtıd US ˈedʒə ] adj 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 …   Dictionary of contemporary English

  • educated — adjective 1 intelligent because you have been taught or trained somewhere: an educated and sensitive woman | Harvard educated/Oxford educated etc: a Harvard educated lawyer 2 having a high standard of judgement about art, literature etc: She has… …   Longman dictionary of contemporary English

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