learned
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4.4
- adjective
- /ˈlɜrnɪd/
- Specialized
- The child's learned behavior in social situations showed how much he had observed and adapted.
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- So they're expressing this learned motor pattern.
- The other bad effect that will come from Ubi is learned helplessness.
Examples
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And how much of it is learned resilience and strategy?
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Her learned responses in the debate reflected years of studying philosophy.
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Through regular practice, he developed a learned approach to solving complex problems.
Synonyms
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1.9
Able to do something well because of practice
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4.1
Not present at birth but learned or developed later
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4.3
Learned to react in a certain way through repeated experience or training
Antonyms
Compounds
- Specialized
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5.7
A reaction a person develops from practice or experience, not one they are born with
- Formal
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6.4
A job like law or medicine that needs a lot of study and high moral standards
How Learned
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1.9
- Specialized
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4.4
- Specialized
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4.3
- Specialized
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4.1
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Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Learned in this sense comes from the verb learn, which means 'to get skills or knowledge by experience'. A helpful way to remember it is to think of a habit an animal picks up after practice, so a 'learned' behavior is one gained from experience.