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Definition of learned adjective from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

learned

adjective
 
/ˈlɜːnɪd/
 
/ˈlɜːrnɪd/
[usually before noun]
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  1. (formal) having a lot of knowledge because you have studied and read a lot
    • a learned professor
    see also friend (6)
  2. (formal) connected with or for people who have a lot of knowledge; showing and expressing deep knowledge synonym scholarly
    • a learned journal
    More Like This Adjectives ending in –ed pronounced /-ɪd/Adjectives ending in –ed pronounced /-ɪd/
  3.  
    /lɜːnd/
     
    /lɜːrnd/
     developed by training or experience; not existing at birth
    • a learned skill
    • We all have different learned responses to anger.
    4. Word OriginMiddle English: from learn, in the sense ‘teach’.
See learned in the Oxford Advanced American DictionarySee learned in the Oxford Learner's Dictionary of Academic English
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