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learn    Audio Help   [lurn] Pronunciation Key verb, learned    Audio Help   [lurnd] Pronunciation Key or learnt, learn·ing.
–verb (used with object)
1.to acquire knowledge of or skill in by study, instruction, or experience: to learn French; to learn to ski.
2.to become informed of or acquainted with; ascertain: to learn the truth.
3.to memorize: He learned the poem so he could recite it at the dinner.
4.to gain (a habit, mannerism, etc.) by experience, exposure to example, or the like; acquire: She learned patience from her father.
5.(of a device or machine, esp. a computer) to perform an analogue of human learning with artificial intelligence.
6.Nonstandard. to instruct in; teach.
–verb (used without object)
7.to acquire knowledge or skill: to learn rapidly.
8.to become informed (usually fol. by of): to learn of an accident.
[Origin: bef. 900; ME lernen, OE leornian to learn, read, ponder (c. G lernen); akin to lesan to glean (c. G lesen to read). See lear]

—Related forms
learn·a·ble, adjective

—Synonyms 1. Learn, ascertain, detect, discover imply adding to one's store of facts. To learn is to add to one's knowledge or information: to learn a language. To ascertain is to verify facts by inquiry or analysis: to ascertain the truth about an event. To detect implies becoming aware of something that had been obscure, secret, or concealed: to detect a flaw in reasoning. To discover is used with objective clauses as a synonym of learn in order to suggest that the new information acquired is surprising to the learner: I discovered that she had been married before.
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learn·ed    Audio Help   [lur-nid for 1–3; lurnd for 4] Pronunciation Key
–adjective
1.having much knowledge; scholarly; erudite: learned professors.
2.connected or involved with the pursuit of knowledge, esp. of a scholarly nature: a learned journal.
3.of or showing learning or knowledge; well-informed: learned in the ways of the world.
4.acquired by experience, study, etc.: learned behavior.
[Origin: 1300–50; ME lerned. See learn, -ed2]

—Related forms
learn·ed·ly, adverb
learn·ed·ness, noun
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Thesaurus Entries
  Roget's II: The New Thesaurus - Cite This Source
Main Entry:  learned
Part of Speech:  adjective
Definition:  Having or showing profound knowledge and scholarship.
Synonyms:  erudite, lettered, scholarly, wise
Source:  Roget's II: The New Thesaurus, Third Edition
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Hand, Learned, 1872-1961, American jurist, b. Albany, N.Y. He received his law degree from Harvard in 1896. He was a judge of the U.S. District Court for New York's Southern District (1909-24) and of the federal Second Circuit Court of Appeals (1924-51). Often called the "tenth justice of the Supreme Court," and regarded as one of the finest jurists in American history, Hand delivered more than 2,000 opinions, and was noted especially as a defender of free speech. He is the author of The Spirit of Liberty, a collection of papers and addresses (1952), and of The Bill of Rights, a series of lectures (1958).

See J. T. Noonan, Jr., Learned Hand (1994).

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