learned
having much knowledge; scholarly; erudite: learned professors.
connected or involved with the pursuit of knowledge, especially of a scholarly nature: a learned journal.
of or showing learning or knowledge; well-informed: learned in the ways of the world.
acquired by experience, study, etc.: learned behavior.
Origin of learned
1Other words from learned
- learn·ed·ly, adverb
- learn·ed·ness, noun
- half-learned, adjective
- half-learn·ed·ly, adverb
- o·ver·learn·ed, adjective
- o·ver·learn·ed·ly, adverb
- o·ver·learn·ed·ness, noun
- well-learned, adjective
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How to use learned in a sentence
Where the poor creatures ever learned so much English, would be difficult to say, but it was well learned.
Gardens of the Caribbees, v. 1/2 | Ida May Hill StarrHe spoke cheerfully and readily as if he were repeating a lesson well learned, but he could not humbug me.
Black Rock | Ralph ConnorIn technical matters, this lesson has been fairly well learned.
Human Nature and Conduct | John DeweyBesides his godly knowledge, he was well learned in philosophy.
And what was so natural, as that you should fall in with Mr. Fabians well-learned lesson.
Polly in New York | Lillian Elizabeth Roy
British Dictionary definitions for learned
/ (ˈlɜːnɪd) /
having great knowledge or erudition
involving or characterized by scholarship
(prenominal) a title applied in referring to a member of the legal profession, esp to a barrister: my learned friend
Derived forms of learned
- learnedly, adverb
- learnedness, noun
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