learned

[lur-nid, lurnd]

adjective

1. having much knowledge; scholarly; erudite.

   learned professors.

2. connected or involved with the pursuit of knowledge, especially of a scholarly nature.

   a learned journal.

3. of or showing learning learn or knowledge; well-informed.

   learned in the ways of the world.

4. acquired by experience, study, etc..

   learned behavior.

learned

/ ˈlɜːnɪd /

adjective

1. having great knowledge or erudition

2. 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

Other Word Forms

• learnedly adverb
• learnedness noun
• half-learned adjective
• half-learnedly adverb
• overlearned adjective
• overlearnedly adverb
• overlearnedness noun
• well-learned adjective

Word History and Origins

Origin of learned¹

First recorded in 1300–50, learned is from the Middle English word lerned. See learn, -ed ²

Example Sentences

That rage grew when she learned the sunscreen she had been using for years was unreliable and, according to some tests, offered next to no sun protection at all.

From BBC

“We started talking ‘Scarecrow,’ and as pure coincidence, he said, ‘Oh, I just learned the banjo and the dobro,’” Murdy says.

From Los Angeles Times

They sat around the campfire that night talking about the remarkable life of the man they had rescued and the lessons to be learned from his plight.

From Los Angeles Times

She told Guthrie that she learned of her husband’s diagnosis a few weeks before she ran the 26.2-mile route.

From Los Angeles Times

I learned she was an architect — just like me.

From Los Angeles Times

Related Words

• accomplished 
• educated 
• scholarly 
• scientific 
• studied 
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