learned

1. 1
   verb

   Past tense and past participle of learn. Use it for the past, or after has, have, had, is, was or were.

   I learned to ride a bike when I was six.

   We learned that the store had closed early because of the snow.

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2. 2
   well read (person)adjective

   Knowing a great deal from study and reading.

   Like a walking library, full of facts and ideas.

   She is a learned woman who reads everything she can find.

   Our science teacher is remarkably learned about old languages.

   Similareducated, knowledgeable, scholarly, erudite, brainy

   Oppositeuneducated, ignorant, unlearned

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3. 3
   SayLURNDUS/lɝnd/UK/lɜːnd/

   adjective

   Gained through practice or experience, not present from birth.

   Like riding a bike: no one is born knowing how; you learn it.

   Fear of fire is a learned response, not something babies are born with.

   Good manners are learned, not natural.

   Similaracquired

   Oppositeunlearned

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4. 4
   academic (work)adjective

   Showing deep study and careful knowledge of a subject.

   Like a serious textbook, full of careful research.

   The professor wrote a learned book about ancient Rome.

   They published their work in a learned magazine.

   Similarscholarly, erudite, academic, intellectual

   Oppositeignorant, uneducated

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5. 5
   in courtadjectiveformal

   A polite word used in court to talk about a lawyer or judge.

   My learned friend will explain the contract to the jury.

   The learned judge asked both sides to be brief.

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