learnt
/ˈlɜːnt/US/ˈlɝnt/
learnt is the simple past of learn.
learnt is the past participle of learn.
Meaning of learn
Verb
learn (third-person singular simple present learns, present participle learning, simple past and past participle learned or learnt)
- To acquire, or attempt to acquire knowledge or an ability to do something.
- It's time Dad learned (how) to change the oil in the car.
- To attend a course or other educational activity.
- For, as he took delight to introduce me, I took delight to learn.1719 May 6 (Gregorian calendar), [Daniel Defoe], The Life and Strange Surprizing Adventures of Robinson Crusoe, […], London: […] W[illiam] Taylor […], →OCLC
- To gain knowledge from a bad experience so as to improve.
- learn from one's mistakes
- To study.
- I learn medicine.
- To come to know; to become informed of; to find out.
- He just learned that he will be sacked.
- To teach.
- Give him a clip round the ear. That'll learn him!
Forms of learnt
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Origin of learnt
From Middle English lernd, lernde, equivalent to learn + -t.
Words formed from learnt
Phrases with learnt
Words that rhyme with learnt
Questions about learnt
- What is learnt the simple past of?
- Learnt is the simple past of learn.
- How do you pronounce learnt?
- Learnt is pronounced /ˈlɜːnt/ (UK).
Words near learnt in the dictionary
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Adapted from Wiktionary: learnt (page history and authors); learn (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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