Definition of 'learned'

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learned

(lɜːʳnɪd )

pronunciation note: Pronounced (lɜːʳnɪd) for meanings [sense 1] and , [sense 2]. Pronounced (lɜːʳnd) and not hyphenated for meaning [sense 3].

1. adjective [usually ADJECTIVE noun]

A learned person has gained a lot of knowledge by studying.

He is a serious scholar, a genuinely learned man.

Synonyms: scholarly, experienced, lettered, cultured More Synonyms of learned

2. adjective [usually ADJECTIVE noun]

Learned books or papers have been written by someone who has gained a lot of knowledge by studying.

This learned book should start a real debate on Western policy towards the Baltics.

3. adjective [usually ADJECTIVE noun]

A learned reaction, response, or ability is one that you acquire from experience or from your environment, not one that you were born with.

Your anxiety is a learned reaction, conditioned by the events of your life.

4. See also learn

Word Frequency

learned in British

(ˈlɜːnɪd )

adjective

having great knowledge or erudition

involving or characterized by scholarship

3. (prenominal)

a title applied in referring to a member of the legal profession, esp to a barrister

my learned friend

Derived forms

learnedly (ˈlearnedly)

adverb

learnedness (ˈlearnedness)

noun

Word Frequency

learned in American

(ˈlɜrnɪd ; lʉrˈnid; for 3, lɜrnd ; lʉrnd)

adjective

having or showing much learning; well-informed; erudite

having or showing much learning in some special field

a learned doctor

of or characterized by scholarship, study, and learning

a learned society

acquired by study, experience, etc.

a learned response

Derived forms

learnedly (ˈlearnedly)

adverb

learnedness (ˈlearnedness)

noun

Word origin of 'learned'

orig. pp. of learn in obs. sense of “teach”

Example sentences containing 'learned'

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In the years since finding In the Skin of a Lyon, she had learned to make three different Charter-skins. Garth Nix LIRAEL: DAUGHTER OF THE CLAYR (2001)Sutherland volunteered to be mother, which she learned later from Wallis meant that he was pleased with her. Robert Wilson THE COMPANY OF STRANGERS (2001)She'd learned something about genetics on the day he was born. Robert Wilson THE COMPANY OF STRANGERS (2001)

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Translations for 'learned'

British English: learned ADJECTIVE

A learned person has gained a lot of knowledge by studying.

He is a scholar, a genuinely learned man.

American English: learned
Brazilian Portuguese: erudito
Chinese: 博学的
European Spanish: erudito
French: érudit
German: gelehrt
Italian: erudito
Japanese: 博学な
Korean: 학식이 있는
European Portuguese: erudito
Spanish: erudito

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Definition of learned from the Collins English Dictionary

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