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learned

/ˈlɝnɪd/

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What does learned mean?

adjective

  1. Having much learning, knowledgeable, erudite; highly educated.
  2. A courteous description used in various ways to refer to lawyers or judges.
  3. Scholarly, exhibiting scholarship.
More meanings (3)

verb

  1. simple past and past participle of learn

adjective

  1. Derived from experience; acquired by learning.

proper noun

  1. A surname.

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IPA pronunciation

/ˈlɝnɪd/

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Other dictionary pronunciations

/ˈlɝnd//lɝnd/
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Peter could be exceeding polite also, having learned the grand manner at fairy ceremonies, and he rose and bowed to her beautifully.
J. M. (James Matthew) BarriePeter Pan : $b [Peter and Wendy]Project Gutenberg ebook #16
Ivar had never learned to speak English and his Norwegian was quaint and grave, like the speech of the more old-fashioned people.
Willa CatherO Pioneers!Project Gutenberg ebook #24
More book examples (3)
Very gently, when my mind was assured again, did they break to me what they had learned of the fate of Leatherhead.
H. G. (Herbert George) WellsThe war of the worldsProject Gutenberg ebook #36
But she had learned to love this slim, gray-eyed girl with an affection all the deeper and stronger from its very undemonstrativeness.
L. M. (Lucy Maud) MontgomeryAnne of Green GablesProject Gutenberg ebook #45
It was not unpleasant to the taste, though slightly acid, and I learned in a short time to prize it very highly.
Edgar Rice BurroughsA princess of MarsProject Gutenberg ebook #62