learnt
Americanverb
verb
Usage
And is learnt in the dictionary? Learnt is a word. It is the simple past tense and the past participle of the verb learn. Learnt causes some confusion because learned is also a valid form for the past tense and past participle of learn. Learned is more commonly used than learnt.
What's the past tense of learn?
The past tense of learn can be either learned or learnt, with learned being more common. For example:- Last night, she learned all her times tables by heart.
- Last night, she learnt her times tables by heart.
Example Sentences
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Referring to Sri Lanka's Lessons Learnt and Reconciliation Commission, he said: "We have every confidence in our domestic processes and mechanism."
From Reuters • Mar. 21, 2013
Learnt slowly and painfully, the practices of civilised life are permanently fragile and precarious.
From BBC • Jul. 13, 2012
Last year, the U.S. spent most of its diplomatic energy pushing the Sri Lankan government to launch a credible investigation of its own, through its “Lessons Learnt and Reconciliation Commission.”
From Time • Mar. 16, 2012
"My brother and my sister don't speak to me," he repeats on "I Never Learnt To Share," his voice quivering with what you might call melancholy ecstasy.
From Slate • Feb. 1, 2011
Learnt how on the voyage, from a girl who'd a typewriter on board with her.
From For the Sake of the School by Brazil, Angela
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