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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
}