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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It smelt of reindeer and red deer and beaver, and fresh blood -and something else: a new smell that he hadn’t yet learnt.
From Literature
He shared the news he had learnt a few hours before.
From BBC
Iraq and Iran are very different countries but can lessons be learnt?
From BBC
Once volunteers have learnt how to help rescue a whale, they move onto dolphins and also learn about injured seals.
From BBC
But in January, Sian said the family received a "kick in the teeth" when they learnt that West had been released after serving six-and-a-half months of his sentence.
From BBC
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