learned

American  

[lur-nid, lurnd] / ˈlɜr nɪd, lɜrnd /

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.

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learned British  

/ 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

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Other Word Forms

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

Etymology

Origin of learned

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

Example Sentences

Aunt Kitty was still downstairs, but she would surely rid herself of me the moment she learned this.

From Literature

The company learned a lot from it and successfully tested new code and ways to move viewers over from one stream to a backup stream if the first one was failing.

From The Wall Street Journal

It couldn’t be learned how much OpenAI would be paying for its spot this year.

From The Wall Street Journal

"What we learned with MicroBooNE on how to analyze the data that comes to the detector all directly applies to DUNE."

From Science Daily

Buffett described in a 1989 letter to shareholders how he learned that a bad business model couldn’t be fixed by a cheap price.

From MarketWatch

Related Words

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