Definitions for learnt

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learnt learnt

Spelling: [lurnt]

IPA: /lɜrnt/

Learnt is a 6 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 6 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 8 points.

You can make 143 anagrams from letters in learnt (aelnrt).

Definitions for learnt

verb

1. a simple past tense and past participle of learn.

verb (used with object)

1. to acquire knowledge of or skill in by study, instruction, or experience:
2. to become informed of or acquainted with; ascertain:
3. to memorize:
4. to gain (a habit, mannerism, etc.) by experience, exposure to example, or the like; acquire:
5. (of a device or machine, especially a computer) to perform an analogue of human learning with artificial intelligence.
6. Nonstandard. to instruct in; teach.

verb (used without object)

1. to acquire knowledge or skill:
2. to become informed (usually followed by of):

Origin of learnt

before 900; Middle English lernen, Old English leornian to learn, read, ponder (cognate with German lernen); akin to lesan to glean (cognate with German lesen to read). See Examples for learnt

They've been learnt to do all sorts of hard and troublesome things.

He was a great storyteller and I learnt everything from him, about screen acting and technique; he was a wonderful actor.

In making his intervention Mr Miliband has watched and learnt from Barack Obama.

I know that many people around the world remember my son, many health professionals have learnt from our choices.

Commentators asked whether Norway had learnt anything from 22 July: Did Breivik “win”, as a Swedish journalist suggested?

It had been all the better for him had he learnt to be methodical with his money.

The way to do this must still be learnt, but it is now comparatively easy.

What typifies the modern commune is the fact that it has learnt from earlier mistakes.

I have since learnt that these ranges were seen by Mr. Giles, and were named the Warburton Ranges.

He learnt the character of the stranger as quickly as he learnt his language.