# learnt

Pronunciation: say "LURNT" UK/AUS /ˈlɜːnt/, US /ˈlɝnt/

## Verb

1. Past tense and past participle of learn. — simple past of learn
   - Simple: The past tense and past participle of learn, as in 'I learnt' and 'I have learnt'.
   - _She learnt Italian while working in Milan for a year._
   - _He learnt the hard way that the last bus leaves at eleven._

## Origin

From Middle English lernd, lernde, equivalent to learn + -t.

Source: DictionaryAI, https://dictionaryai.com/define/learnt (written from Wiktionary data, CC BY-SA 4.0: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/).