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to learned

to learned

8 1.0
Past form used in British English to say someone studied or found out something
  • verb
  • /lɜrnd/
  • UK
translation icon : aprender
  • When I was a child, I learned to ride a bicycle.
  • lessons learned

That is a technique that he learned in in his studies.

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Examples

  • And when she came here she learned English by watching TV shows.

  • What from this process have you learned about human nature?

  • And I, I learned I was wrong.

  • Look at what we have learned from here, OK?

  • What are three things you have learned about fear?

  • Think about everything you learned as a child.

  • Then you take what you learned and you stretch again.

  • So let's start with some of the things we learned last time.

  • So that is where I learned all of my secrets.

  • What's the biggest lesson you learned from Love Island?

Compounds

1 4.4

A person who knows a lot about a subject from study

learned response
  • Specialized
1 5.7

A reaction a person develops from practice or experience, not one they are born with

6.4

A job like law or medicine that needs a lot of study and high moral standards

learned reaction
  • Specialized
5.3

A way of acting you get from practice or experience

Surface Forms

learn infinitive
learning present participle
learns third person singular
learnt past
learned past
learned past participle
learnt past participle

Morphology

learned = learn (transparent) = learn + ed

This is the regular past tense/past participle formation of the verb 'learn' with the productive suffix -ed.

Etymology

Learned is the simple past form of learn, made by adding 'ed' to show the action happened before. So saying 'I learned it' means 'I got that knowledge in the past', though in British English people may also say 'learnt'.