educated
- adjective
- /ˈɛdʒʊˌkeɪtɪd/
- I am now more educated about policy implications and will seriously take into consideration political leaders' policies on education.
So pushing your predictions and pushing your possibly educated guesstimates on to your production.
- So pushing your predictions and pushing your possibly educated guesstimates on to your production.
- Take a step out, look at what everybody's doing, think about if it makes sense, and then make a calculated, educated decision, OK?
- I don't really think that we can take anything that Donald Trump says regarding Bitcoin as an educated critique of Bitcoin.
- Imagine that they can make educated guesses about a patient's emotional state based on their face and posture.
- They took the stand and in my very well educated opinion, told lies.
Examples
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I mean, I make it an educated guess.
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And if I knew more about him, I might make an educated guess which way he's going to go.
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My educated opinion tells me...
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Bear in mind: this is my educated guess based on my experiences with women.
Blog text (27) -
Take a step out, look at what everybody's doing, think about if it makes sense, and then make a calculated, educated decision, OK?
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Therefore, addressing health issues requires healthcare professionals to make individual, case-specific, educated decisions.
Academic text (2003) -
At least attempt to be a little more educated about that which you dismiss, instead of propagating misinformation.
Blog text (10) -
Picking the absolute best GPU for mining would pretty much require a crystal ball, but that doesn't mean we can't make some educated guesses.
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Extrapolating from the Belgian and Dutch experience, however, and bearing in mind the decision that France recently made, our educated guess is that structural similarities will more and more marginalize cultural idiosyncrasies.
Academic text (1997) -
After reading the report, I made an educated decision to invest in the company.
Synonyms
Showing good judgment and practical sense
Knowing a lot about a situation and thinking fairly about it
A person who knows a lot about a subject or the world
Someone who knows a lot about a subject because they have the facts
Antonyms
Compounds
How Informed
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Educated used in phrases like 'educated guess' comes from the same Latin educare 'to bring up' and ducere 'to lead'. So an educated guess is a guess that is 'led' by knowledge and facts rather than a wild idea.