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learned

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learn·ed  (lûrnd)
adj.
1. Possessing or demonstrating profound, often systematic knowledge; erudite.
2. Directed toward scholars: a learned journal.
3. (lûrnd) Acquired by learning or experience: learned behavior; a learned response.

[Middle English lerned, educated, past participle of lernen, to learn, teach; see learn.]

learned·ly adv.
learned·ness n.
Synonyms: learned, erudite, scholarly
These adjectives mean having or showing profound knowledge: a learned jurist; an erudite professor; a scholarly treatise.

learned [ˈlɜːnɪd]
adj
1. having great knowledge or erudition
2. involving or characterized by scholarship
3. (Law) (prenominal) a title applied in referring to a member of the legal profession, esp to a barrister my learned friend
learnedly  adv
learnedness  n
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Adj.1.learned - having or showing profound knowledge; "a learned jurist"; "an erudite professor"
scholarly - characteristic of scholars or scholarship; "scholarly pursuits"; "a scholarly treatise"; "a scholarly attitude"
2.learnedlearned - highly educated; having extensive information or understanding; "knowing instructors"; "a knowledgeable critic"; "a knowledgeable audience"
educated - possessing an education (especially having more than average knowledge)
3.learned - established by conditioning or learning; "a conditioned response"
psychological science, psychology - the science of mental life

learned
Translations
learned [ˈlɜːnɪd]
A. ADJ [person] → docto, erudito; [remark, speech, book] → erudito; [profession] → liberal
my learned friend (frm) → mi distinguido colega
B. CPD learned body Nacademia f
learned society Nsociedad f científica
learned [ˈlɜːrnɪd] adj [person] → érudit(e); [book, work, paper] → savant(e)
learned1
adjgelehrt; book also, journalwissenschaftlich; society also, professionakademisch; a learned manein Gelehrter m; my learned colleague or friend (Jur) → mein verehrter Herr Kollege, meine verehrte Frau Kollegin

learned2
pret, ptp of learn
adj (Psych) behaviourangelernt; reactionantrainiert
learned [ˈlɜːnɪd] adj (person) → erudito/a, dotto/a; (book) → dotto/a
a member of the learned profession → un principe del foro
learned [ˈlɜːnɪd] adj (person) → erudito/a, dotto/a; (book) → dotto/a
a member of the learned profession → un principe del foro


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But now it was only to the HOT lands that a learned man had come from the cold; there he thought that he could run about just as when at home, but he soon found out his mistake.
He looks upon it as a man may look at a vast nursery in an old, old mansion where innumerable generations of his own people have learned to walk.
And long before his eyes had opened he had learned by touch, taste, and smell to know his mother--a fount of warmth and liquid food and tenderness.
 
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