'Learned' definitions:
Definition of 'learned'
From: WordNet
adjective
Having or showing profound knowledge; "a learned jurist"; "an erudite professor" [syn: erudite, learned]
adjective
Highly educated; having extensive information or understanding; "knowing instructors"; "a knowledgeable critic"; "a knowledgeable audience" [syn: knowing, knowledgeable, learned, lettered, well-educated, well-read]
adjective
Established by conditioning or learning; "a conditioned response" [syn: conditioned, learned] [ant: innate, unconditioned, unlearned]
Definition of 'Learned'
From: GCIDE
- Learned \Learn"ed\ (l[~e]rn"[e^]d), a. Of or pertaining to learning; possessing, or characterized by, learning, esp. scholastic learning; erudite; well-informed; as, a learned scholar, writer, or lawyer; a learned book; a learned theory. [1913 Webster]
- The learnedlover lost no time. --Spenser. [1913 Webster]
- Men of much reading are greatly learned, but may be little knowing. --Locke. [1913 Webster]
- Words of learned length and thundering sound. --Goldsmith. [1913 Webster]
- The learned, learned men; men of erudition; scholars. -- {Learn"ed*ly}, adv. {Learn"ed*ness}, n. [1913 Webster]
- Every coxcomb swears as learnedly as they. --Swift. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Learned'
From: GCIDE
- Learn \Learn\ (l[~e]rn), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Learned (l[~e]rnd), or Learnt (l[~e]rnt); p. pr. & vb. n. Learning.] [OE. lernen, leornen, AS. leornian; akin to OS. lin[=o]n, for lirn[=o]n, OHG. lirn[=e]n, lern[=e]n, G. lernen, fr. the root of AS. l[=ae]ran to teach, OS. l[=e]rian, OHG. l[=e]ran, G. lehren, Goth. laisjan, also Goth lais I know, leis acquainted (in comp.); all prob. from a root meaning, to go, go over, and hence, to learn; cf. AS. leoran to go. Cf. Last a mold of the foot, lore.]
- 1. To gain knowledge or information of; to ascertain by inquiry, study, or investigation; to receive instruction concerning; to fix in the mind; to acquire understanding of, or skill; as, to learn the way; to learn a lesson; to learn dancing; to learn to skate; to learn the violin; to learn the truth about something. "Learn to do well." --Is. i. 17. [1913 Webster]
- Now learn a parable of the fig tree. --Matt. xxiv. 32. [1913 Webster]
- 2. To communicate knowledge to; to teach. [Obs.] [1913 Webster]
- Hast thou not learned me how To make perfumes ? --Shak. [1913 Webster]
- Note: Learn formerly had also the sense of teach, in accordance with the analogy of the French and other languages, and hence we find it with this sense in Shakespeare, Spenser, and other old writers. This usage has now passed away. To learn is to receive instruction, and to teach is to give instruction. He who is taught learns, not he who teaches. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'learned'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- abstruse,
- academic,
- accomplished,
- au fait,
- autodidactic,
- bookish,
- broad-minded,
- civilized,
- college-bred,
- collegiate,
- cultivated,
- cultured,
- deep,
- educated,
- encyclopedic,
- erudite,
- experienced,
- expert,
- graduate,
- highbrow,
- intellectual,
- knowing,
- knowledgeable,
- lettered,
- literate,
- pansophic,
- polyhistoric,
- polymath,
- polymathic,
- postgraduate,
- profound,
- sage,
- sapient,
- scholarly,
- scholastic,
- schoolboyish,
- schoolgirlish,
- self-instructed,
- skilled,
- sophomoric,
- studentlike,
- studious,
- undergraduate,
- well-educated,
- well-grounded,
- well-informed,
- well-read,
- well-versed,
- wise,
- wise as Solomon
Learned, MS -- U.S. town in Mississippi
From: Gazetteer 2000
Name :
Learned, MS -- U.S. town in Mississippi
Population (2000) :
50
Housing Units (2000) :
24
Land area (2000) :
0.298770 sq. miles (0.773811 sq. km)
Water area (2000) :
0.002658 sq. miles (0.006885 sq. km)
Total area (2000) :
0.301428 sq. miles (0.780696 sq. km)
FIPS code :
39880
Located within :
Mississippi (MS), FIPS 28
Location :
32.197843 N, 90.547259 W
ZIP Codes (1990) :
39154
Note :
some ZIP codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs.
Words containing 'Learned'
- Learn,
- Learnedly,
- Learning,
- The learned,
- Book learning,
- Learned, MS,
- To learn by heart,
- To learn by rote,
- developmental learning,
- language learning,
- learned man,
- learned person,
- learned profession,
- learned reaction,
- learned response,
- learning ability,
- learning curve,
- learning disability,
- learning disorder,
- lust for learning,
- rote learning,
- Book-learned,
- Half-learned,
- sleep-learning