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learned.

Having much learning, knowledgeable, erudite; highly educated.

7 characters1 syllables approx.English language

Meaning & usage

adj/ˈlɜːnɪd/UK/ˈlɜːnd/UK/ˈlɝnɪd/US/ˈlɝnd/US
  1. Having much learning, knowledgeable, erudite; highly educated.

  2. A courteous description used in various ways to refer to lawyers or judges.

    formal
  3. Scholarly, exhibiting scholarship.

Where this word comes from

From Middle English lerned, lernd, lernyd, equivalent to learn + -ed, which replaced the earlier lered (“taught”), from Old English (ġe)lǣred, past participle of lǣran (“to teach”). Learn formerly had the meaning “to teach”, which is now found only in nonstandard speech, as well as its standard meaning of “to learn”.

adj/lɜːnd/UK/lɝnd/US
  1. Derived from experience; acquired by learning.

    Everyday behavior is an overlay of learned behavior over instinct.
Where this word comes from

Past participle of learn.

verb/lɜːnd/UK/lɝnd/US
  1. simple past and past participle of learn

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Where this word comes from

Past participle of learn.

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