educated people
collocation in Englishmeaningsofeducatedandpeople
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educated
adjective
uk/ˈedʒ.u.keɪ.tɪd/us/ˈedʒ.ə.keɪ.t̬ɪd/
having learned a lot at school or university and having a good level ...
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people
noun[plural]
uk/ˈpiː.pəl/us/ˈpiː.pəl/
men, women, ...
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(Definition ofeducatedandpeoplefrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
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I show that these travelers encounterededucatedpeoplecapable of understanding and answering their visitors'scholarly questions in non-trivial ways.
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Predictably, apathy was higher among poor and lesseducatedpeoplebut, against expectations, rural folk expressed slightly more interest in politics than their urban counterparts.
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From the 1840s forward, the consumption of books steadily increased, par ticularly in urban areas, following the rapid expansion in the number ofeducatedpeople.
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Moreeducatedpeopleare less satisfied, on average, with how democracy is working than others, which is consistent with past findings.
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The neglect of the esoteric dimension turned the church into a degenerated, static body, engendering antireligious sentiments amongeducatedpeople, he asserted.
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Educatedpeoplecould hope or profess one thing, and yet live or presume another.
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In contrast to our distribution variable, we get a more standard result : wealthier, moreeducatedpeople favour free trade (in other words, regional economic integration).
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Information about the transplantation process is more important toeducatedpeople.
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This goes against conventional wisdom that more affluent people will pay more and that moreeducatedpeopleare more interested in sustainability.
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English tends to be the lingua franca in conversations betweeneducatedpeoplenot sharing the same language.
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Bettereducatedpeoplealso showed greater use of some self-help actions, as well as a difference in pattern of actions taken with increasing severity.
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Its geographic location, new and strong housing sector combined with business expansion has attracted many young, healthy, wealthy and highlyeducatedpeople.
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Putonghua is dominant everywhere, especially among theeducatedpeople.
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That cultural evolution is involved in such environmental ethical issues is clear; these questions would not have made sense even to mosteducatedpeople50 years ago.
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Evidently mediaeval thinking still has a powerful hold, even amongeducatedpeople, especially when they go outside their own specialities.
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The parties could have conceivably chosen a basic structure that giveseducatedpeoplespecial privileges or one that punishes lying by draconic means.
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