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learned

[ lur-nid for 1-3; lurnd for 4 ]
/ ˈlɜr nɪd for 1-3; lɜrnd for 4 /
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adjective
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.
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Origin of learned

First recorded in 1300–50, learned is from the Middle English word lerned.See learn, -ed2

OTHER WORDS FROM learned

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Words related to learned

accomplished, educated, scholarly, scientific, studied, well-educated, cultivated, cultured, experienced, grave, grounded, lettered, versed, abstruse, academic, bookish, brainy, conversant, deep, erudite

How to use learned in a sentence

British Dictionary definitions for learned

learned
/ (ˈlɜːnɪd) /
adjective
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

Derived forms of learned

learnedly, adverblearnedness, noun
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