learned
- having much knowledge; scholarly; erudite: learned professors.
- connected or involved with the pursuit of knowledge, especially of a scholarly nature: a learned journal.
- of or showing learning or knowledge; well-informed: learned in the ways of the world.
- acquired by experience, study, etc.: learned behavior.
Origin of learned
learn
- to acquire knowledge of or skill in by study, instruction, or experience: to learn French; to learn to ski.
- to become informed of or acquainted with; ascertain: to learn the truth.
- to memorize: He learned the poem so he could recite it at the dinner.
- to gain (a habit, mannerism, etc.) by experience, exposure to example, or the like; acquire: She learned patience from her father.
- (of a device or machine, especially a computer) to perform an analogue of human learning with artificial intelligence.
- Nonstandard. to instruct in; teach.
- to acquire knowledge or skill: to learn rapidly.
- to become informed (usually followed by of): to learn of an accident.
Origin of learn
Synonym study
Related Words for learned
educated, scientific, studied, scholarly, accomplished, well-educated, sound, experienced, versed, cultured, lettered, cultivated, grave, grounded, posted, abstruse, academic, bookish, brainy, conversantExamples from the Web for learned
Contemporary Examples of learned
“Then I learned he can't spell and is a manager at a CPK,” she said.
His first language was Russian, then he learned Swedish, but chooses to perform in monosyllabic broken English.
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January 4, 2015
I asked her how her trainers, born and raised in Iran, have learned how to teach hip-hop.
I have learned a lot about productions and the abilities I have in this realm.
I learned that he was working and living in the Lower East Side, delivering orders for an Italian restaurant and raising two kids.
Historical Examples of learned
"Stranger, thou hast not yet learned the fashions of Athens," said Anaxagoras, gravely.
PhilotheaLydia Maria Child
"I have not yet learned what right you have to inquire," replied the misguided maiden.
PhilotheaLydia Maria Child
He was not unfamiliar with the lot of one who dines with the learned Von Herzlich.
The SpendersHarry Leon Wilson
I never overdone it like that again, fur you see I'd learned something.
The SpendersHarry Leon Wilson
Ben Haley, on his part, had learned something, but not much.
Brave and BoldHoratio Alger
learned
- having great knowledge or erudition
- involving or characterized by scholarship
- (prenominal) a title applied in referring to a member of the legal profession, esp to a barristermy learned friend
learn
- (when tr, may take a clause as object) to gain knowledge of (something) or acquire skill in (some art or practice)
- (tr) to commit to memory
- (tr) to gain by experience, example, etc
- (intr; often foll by of or about) to become informed; know
- not standard to teach
Word Origin for learn
Word Origin and History for learned
"having knowledge gained by study," mid-14c., past participle adjective from learn (v.) in former transitive sense. Related: Learnedly; learnedness.
learn
Old English leornian "to get knowledge, be cultivated, study, read, think about," from Proto-Germanic *liznojan (cf. Old Frisian lernia, Middle Dutch leeren, Dutch leren, Old High German lernen, German lernen "to learn," Gothic lais "I know"), with a base sense of "to follow or find the track," from PIE *leis- "track." Related to German Gleis "track," and to Old English læst "sole of the foot" (see last (n.)).
The transitive sense (He learned me how to read), now vulgar, was acceptable from c.1200 until early 19c., from Old English læran "to teach" (cf. Dutch leren, German lehren "to teach," literally "to make known;" see lore), and is preserved in past participle adjective learned "having knowledge gained by study." Related: Learning.
Idioms and Phrases with learned
learn
In addition to the idioms beginning with learn
- learn by heart
- learn one's lesson
- learn to live with
also see:
- by heart, learn
- little knowledge (learning) is a dangerous thing
- live and learn