learned

[ lur-nid lurnd ]

adjective

1. having much knowledge; scholarly; erudite:

   learned professors.

2. connected or involved with the pursuit of knowledge, especially of a scholarly nature:

   a learned journal.

3. of or showing learning learn or knowledge; well-informed:

   learned in the ways of the world.

4. acquired by experience, study, etc.:

   learned behavior.

learned

/ ˈlɜːnɪd /

adjective

1. having great knowledge or erudition
2. involving or characterized by scholarship
3. prenominal a title applied in referring to a member of the legal profession, esp to a barrister

   my learned friend

Derived Forms

• ˈlearnedly, adverb
• ˈlearnedness, noun

Other Words From

• learned·ly adverb
• learned·ness noun
• half-learned adjective
• half-learned·ly adverb
• over·learned adjective
• over·learned·ly adverb
• over·learned·ness noun
• well-learned adjective

Word History and Origins

Origin of learned¹

First recorded in 1300–50, learned is from the Middle English word lerned. See learn, -ed ²

Example Sentences

Isolated lesbians learned that there were other women like them via books whose covers aimed to titillate heterosexual men.

From The Daily Beast

The police learned that Kemp worked in a grocery on Decatur Avenue.

From The Daily Beast

“Then I learned he can't spell and is a manager at a CPK,” she said.

From The Daily Beast

His first language was Russian, then he learned Swedish, but chooses to perform in monosyllabic broken English.

From The Daily Beast

I asked her how her trainers, born and raised in Iran, have learned how to teach hip-hop.

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He was rector of the university of Ilfeldt 40 years, and published several learned works.

From Project Gutenberg

Decide about it, ye that are learned in the ethnographic distinctions of our race—but heaven defend us from the Bourbonnaises!

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He was learned, benevolent and pious, and author of several religious works.

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It was not an exalted niche to fill in life, but at least she had learned to fill it to perfection, and her ambitions were modest.

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He was the author of many learned theological works and controversial publications.

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Related Words

• accomplished
• educated
• scholarly
• scientific
• studied
• well-educated