learned
Americanadjective
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having much knowledge; scholarly; erudite.
learned professors.
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connected or involved with the pursuit of knowledge, especially of a scholarly nature.
a learned journal.
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of or showing learning learn or knowledge; well-informed.
learned in the ways of the world.
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acquired by experience, study, etc..
learned behavior.
adjective
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having great knowledge or erudition
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involving or characterized by scholarship
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(prenominal) a title applied in referring to a member of the legal profession, esp to a barrister
my learned friend
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
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Ukraine has learned how to detect Russian drones, for example, using cheap UAVs that can attack the Russian Shahed drones once they are identified.
And finally, younger generations—Gen Z specifically—have learned to communicate in a digital world, sending texts and instant messages instead of interacting in person.
Supervisor Foley said she learned the county used Roundup in San Juan Creek about a year ago and made a complaint.
From Los Angeles Times
That could have been the end of the story, but Marcus-Dew has taken what she learned and started again.
From BBC
Wolf Alice, winning best group, used their allotted stage time to make a plea for the "pubs, clubs and grassroots venues where we quite literally learned to play our instruments and write our songs".
From BBC
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