Meaning & use
educated
Having received a good standard of schooling or training, especially at an advanced level.
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The panel included several well-educated professionals from law, medicine, and finance.
An educated guess based on the data suggested sales would rise next quarter.
A note on using this word
'Educated guess' is a common collocation meaning a guess based on knowledge or experience rather than a pure gamble.
Words with a similar meaning
well-informedlearnedschooled
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