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learned

  • adjective
  • /ˈlɜːnɪd/

Having much learning, knowledgeable, erudite; highly educated.

Other meanings

  1. Scholarly, exhibiting scholarship.

  2. Derived from experience; acquired by learning.

    “Everyday behavior is an overlay of learned behavior over instinct.”

Example sentences

  • “In the end, we all learned something.”

    Tatoeba · Igider · CC0
  • “I learned it by watching you.”

    Tatoeba · shekitten · CC0

Word history

From Old English "lǣred" ((ġe)lǣred).

Where this comes from

This definition is adapted from “learned” on Wiktionary, by its contributors; example sentences are from Tatoeba, credited to their authors above, published under CC BY-SA 4.0. This page is published under the same licence.