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learned
/ˈlɝnɪd/
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What does learned mean?
adjective
- Having much learning, knowledgeable, erudite; highly educated.
- A courteous description used in various ways to refer to lawyers or judges.
- Scholarly, exhibiting scholarship.
More meanings (3)
verb
- simple past and past participle of learn
adjective
- Derived from experience; acquired by learning.
proper noun
- A surname.
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IPA pronunciation
/ˈlɝnɪd/
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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.
Ivar had never learned to speak English and his Norwegian was quaint and grave, like the speech of the more old-fashioned people.
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Very gently, when my mind was assured again, did they break to me what they had learned of the fate of Leatherhead.
But she had learned to love this slim, gray-eyed girl with an affection all the deeper and stronger from its very undemonstrativeness.
It was not unpleasant to the taste, though slightly acid, and I learned in a short time to prize it very highly.