educated

adj
/ˈɛd͡ʒəkeɪtɪd/UK/ˈɛd͡ʒəkeɪtɪd/CA

Etymology

From educate + -ed.

  1. derived from ēducātus
  2. inherited from educaten
  3. suffixed as educated — “educate + ed

Definitions

  1. Having attained a level of higher education, such as a college degree.

  2. Based on relevant information.

    • an educated guess
    • No matter what strategies you employ as you dissect each multiple-choice question and arrive at an educated answer, remember that you are looking for the best response, not only a correct one.
  3. Knowledgeable.

    • She cast an educated eye over the antiques.
    • an educated opinion
  4. + 1 more definition
    1. simple past and past participle of educate

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

A definitional loop anchored at educated. Each word in the ring is defined by the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself. Scroll to it and watch.

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A definitional loop anchored at educated. Each word in the ring appears in the definition of the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself.

10 hops · closes at educated

curated · pre-corpus. live cycle detection across the full graph is the next major milestone.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA