well-educated
ʊˌkeɪ
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| —adj | |
| 1. | having an education, esp a good one |
| 2. | displaying culture, taste, and knowledge; cultivated |
| 3. | (prenominal) based on experience or information (esp in the phrase an educated guess) |
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educated
pp. adj. from educate. As an abbreviated way to say well-educated, attested from 1855. Educated guess first attested 1954.
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