learn
verb (used with object)
to acquire knowledge of or skill in by study, instruction, or experience.
had learned
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past perfectof learn.past perfect
Used to express a completed action that took place before another specific past action occurred.
Example Sentences
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Zouhair was unemployed and had learned German, his mother said, adding that he "dreamed of going to Germany for a better life".
From Barron's ● Aug. 2, 2026
Harry said that "it's very easy to sit in your grief, to sit in your stress" but he had learned that it was better to do something - talking.
From BBC ● Jul. 11, 2026
Indeed, that was effectively unknowable because, as the NYPD’s chief of detectives told reporters, they had learned that the bomb could’ve been timed to go off anywhere in the 12 hours prior to actual detonation.
From Slate ● Jul. 7, 2026
The first was oracular and inscrutable, a chairman who bragged he had learned to mumble with great incoherence.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 28, 2026
And even picky Quinby had learned to eat more than just peacock snails.
From "Willodeen" by Katherine Applegate
