educated
/ˈedʒukeɪtɪd/adjective
उच्चारण एजुकेटिड
शिक्षित, पढ़ा-लिखा
Basic wordPYP · asked 5 times
Asked in previous papers
as antonym
- 1
having had a high standard of education
शिक्षित, पढ़ा-लिखा
- an educated woman who reads three newspapers a day
- the educated classes
- He comes from a well-educated family.
+ 2 more examples
- Educated young people are moving to the cities for work.
- She is highly educated but never boasts about it.
Synonyms learned literate well-read
Opposite uneducated illiterate ignorant
- 2
[in compounds]
having been educated at the place mentioned
(किसी जगह से) शिक्षा प्राप्त
- a Delhi-educated engineer
- She is a Mumbai-educated lawyer.
- My cousin is a Pune-educated architect.
+ 2 more examples
- He is a British-educated economist.
- The minister is an Allahabad-educated lawyer.
- 3
[only before noun]
based on knowledge and experience rather than on certain facts
(अनुमान) जानकारी पर आधारित, सोचा-समझा
- an educated guess
- The doctor made an educated guess about the cause of the fever.
- I made an educated guess that the train would be late.
+ 2 more examples
- His educated estimate of the cost proved correct.
- Can you give an educated opinion on the weather tomorrow?
§Structures (grammar patterns) 4
educated + noun
Before a noun, it means having had a good education: an educated person, educated youth.
Noun से पहले इसका अर्थ अच्छी शिक्षा पाया हुआ है: educated person।
- An educated voter makes better choices.
- She comes from an educated family.
educated at / in + place
Use 'at' for a school or college and 'in' for a city or country.
विद्यालय या महाविद्यालय के लिए 'at' और शहर या देश के लिए 'in' आता है।
- He was educated at a government school.
- She was educated in Pune.
an educated guess
A guess based on knowledge and experience, not on facts alone.
ज्ञान और अनुभव पर आधारित अनुमान, केवल तथ्यों पर नहीं।
- My educated guess is that prices will rise.
well / highly / poorly educated
Adverbs show the level of education, usually with a hyphen before a noun.
Adverb शिक्षा का स्तर बताते हैं; noun से पहले प्रायः hyphen लगता है।
- She is a well-educated woman.
- The workforce is highly educated.
+Collocations 4
adverb + educated
wellhighlypoorlyselfprivately
- He is self-educated and runs a library.
educated + noun
guessclasspersonmindaudience
- She made an educated guess in the quiz.
verb + educated
bebecomegetremainstay
- She became educated through night school.
educated + preposition
at schoolat collegein Indiaabroad
- He was educated abroad.
“More examples 5
- Radhika is the first educated girl in her family.
राधिका अपने परिवार की पहली शिक्षित लड़की है।
- Educated people should help others to learn.
शिक्षित लोगों को दूसरों को सीखने में मदद करनी चाहिए।
- He was educated at a missionary school in Shimla.
उसकी शिक्षा शिमला के एक मिशनरी स्कूल में हुई।
- The answer was an educated guess, not a certainty.
उत्तर एक अनुमान था, निश्चितता नहीं।
- An educated voter reads the manifesto carefully.
शिक्षित मतदाता घोषणा-पत्र ध्यान से पढ़ता है।
!Common mistakes 3
✗ He is a educated man.
✓ He is an educated man.
Educated begins with a vowel sound, so 'an' is needed.
'Educated' का आरंभ स्वर ध्वनि से होता है, इसलिए 'an' आता है।
✗ She was educated from a convent school.
✓ She was educated at a convent school.
The school takes 'at', not 'from'.
विद्यालय के साथ 'at' आता है, 'from' नहीं।
✗ She is a good educated girl.
✓ She is a well-educated girl.
Use the adverb well, not the adjective good, before educated.
'Educated' से पहले adverb 'well' आता है, adjective 'good' नहीं।
≠Thesaurus: which synonym when
Educated, literate and learned show different levels of knowledge.
Educated, literate और learned ज्ञान के अलग-अलग स्तर बताते हैं।
Having deep knowledge from study (two syllables).
अध्ययन से गहरा ज्ञान रखने वाला (दो syllables)।
- A learned scholar.
◇Word family
≈Synonyms and antonyms
AaSpelling
ed·u·cated
“Collocations, idioms and sayings
An educated guess (a reasoned guess, not a wild one).
Collocation 'an educated guess' (सोचा-समझा अनुमान, अंधा नहीं) है।