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{ "term": "educated", "partOfSpeech": "adjective", "ox3000": true, "cefr": "b1", "definitions": [ { "senseNumber": 1, "definition": "having had the kind of education mentioned; having been to the school, college or university mentioned", "cefr": "b1", "ox3000": true, "examples": [ { "text": "privately educated children" }, { "text": "a British-educated lawyer" }, { "text": "He's a Princeton-educated Texan." }, { "text": "They were poorly educated and spoke little English." }, { "text": "Less formally educated people can acquire professional competence." }, { "text": "the need for a broadly educated workforce" } ], "topics": ["Education"], "collocations": { "verbs": ["be", "seem", "sound"], "adverb": ["highly", "very", "well"] } }, { "senseNumber": 2, "definition": "having had a high standard of education; showing a high standard of education", "cefr": "b1", "ox3000": true, "examples": [ { "text": "He seemed intelligent and **well educated**." }, { "text": "a **highly educated** workforce" }, { "text": "**Less educated** people are missing out on these opportunities." }, { "text": "This is sometimes seen as the newspaper for an educated elite." }, { "text": "She's an educated and articulate spokeswoman." }, { "text": "He spoke in an educated voice." }, { "text": "Educated people might see through these claims." }, { "text": "a study conducted among educated women living in Mumbai" }, { "text": "It is the best-educated workforce in Europe." } ], "topics": ["Education"], "collocations": { "verbs": ["be", "seem", "sound"], "adverb": ["highly", "very", "well"] } }, { "senseNumber": null, "definition": "a guess that is based on some degree of knowledge, and is therefore likely to be correct", "examples": [ { "text": "Let's make an educated guess." }, { "text": "As a vet, he could make an educated guess as to what was wrong with his stomach." }, { "text": "She could make an educated guess as to what was wrong with him." } ], "topics": ["Doubt, guessing and certainty"] } ], "pronunciations": { "uk": [ { "pronunciation": "/ˈedʒukeɪtɪd/", "audio": "ed/educated/educated__gb_1.mp3" } ], "us": [ { "pronunciation": "/ˈedʒukeɪtɪd/", "audio": "ed/educated/educated__us_1.mp3" } ] }, "wordOrigin": null }