learned
adjective
[ ˈləːnɪd ]
• (of a person) having acquired much knowledge through study.
• "a learned, generous, and notoriously absent-minded man"
Origin:
Middle English: from learn, in the sense ‘teach’.
learn
verb
• gain or acquire knowledge of or skill in (something) by study, experience, or being taught.
• "they'd started learning French"
Similar:
acquire a knowledge of,
gain an understanding of,
acquire skill in,
become competent in,
become proficient in,
grasp,
master,
take in,
absorb,
assimilate,
pick up,
digest,
familiarize oneself with,
become expert in,
know inside out,
know backwards,
comprehend,
study,
read up on,
work at,
apply oneself to,
be taught,
have lessons in,
pursue,
get the hang of,
get clued up about,
get the point of,
• teach (someone).
• "‘That'll learn you,’ he chuckled"
Origin:
Old English leornian ‘learn’ (in Middle English also ‘teach’), of West Germanic origin; related to German lernen, also to lore1.
