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

Other Word Forms

• learnedly adverb
• learnedness noun
• half-learned adjective
• half-learnedly adverb
• overlearned adjective
• overlearnedly adverb
• overlearnedness 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

She also learned that the squirrel had also attacked a young girl and her aunt while they toured an open house on the same street.

From Los Angeles Times

A tech start-up investor is taking a leading role in Reform UK's efforts to access sensitive data in a bid to identify savings in one council controlled by the party, the BBC has learned.

From BBC

Who are the winners, who are the losers, and what have we learned, kids?

From Salon

The family with the sick cats, he learned, lived less than a mile from an infected dairy, and the cat owner worked delivering hay to local dairies, spending time on infected farms.

From Los Angeles Times

He was also inspired by old B-movies and German Expressionism along with lessons learned from the stage.

From Los Angeles Times

Related Words

• accomplished 
• educated 
• scholarly 
• scientific 
• studied 
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