American English pronunciation
How to pronounce educated
IPA transcription: ['ɛdʒə,keɪtɪd]
Pronunciation variants: ['ɛdʒə,keɪtɪd]['ɛdʒju,keɪtɪd]
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Verb
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create by training and teaching
“The old master is training world-class violinists”
“we develop the leaders for the future”
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give an education to
“We must educate our youngsters better”
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teach or refine to be discriminative in taste or judgment
“Cultivate your musical taste”
“Train your tastebuds”
“She is well schooled in poetry”
Adjective
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possessing an education (especially having more than average knowledge)
Adjective
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characterized by full comprehension of the problem involved
“an educated guess”
“an enlightened electorate”
Usage examples
- He is self-educated, having dropped out of high school in the ninth grade.
- He was educated at the University of Berlin and Heidelberg, Germany.
- Rouseau was educated in the public schools of Pittsford and Rochester.
- Keane was educated at Clifton College and Royal Military Academy Woolwich.
- He was born in South Australia and was educated at Gawler High School.
- He was educated at Saint Patrick's College, Wellington and Victoria University of Wellington.
- Poskitt was educated at Terrington Hall School, Terrington, North Yorkshire and Collingwood College, Durham.
- Ridley was educated at Clifton College and Balliol College, Oxford.
- He was educated at Eton and at Trinity College, Cambridge.
- Doyle was educated in Montreal, and did not attend university.