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I've finally learnt how to say, 'No comment'. To appear in the tabloids is a real learning curve and a steep one at that. You had better learn quick or you get burnt.
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Meaning of "burnt" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF BURNT

burnt  [bɜːnt] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF BURNT

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Burnt is a verb and can also act as an adjective.
The adjective is the word that accompanies the noun to determine or qualify it.

The verb is the part of the sentence that is conjugated and expresses action and state of being.

See the conjugation of the verb burnt in English.

WHAT DOES BURNT MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Burned

Burned or burnt may refer to: ▪ Anything which has undergone combustion ▪ Burned, quality of an image transformed with loss of detail in all portions lighter than some limit, and/or those darker than some limit ▪ Burned, 1995 album by Electrafixion ▪ "Burned", an episode of CSI: Miami ▪ "Burned", a 2003 episode of The Twilight ZoneBurned, a 2005 novel by Ellen Hopkins ▪ Burned, a 2010 novel by P. C. Cast ▪ Burned, 2003 MTV television series ▪ "Burned", a song written by Neil Young on the eponymous Buffalo Springfield album...

Definition of burnt in the English dictionary

The definition of burnt in the dictionary is affected by or as if by burning; charred. Other definition of burnt is calcined, with a resultant darkening of colour.

CONJUGATION OF THE VERB TO BURNT

PRESENT

Present
I burn
you burn
he/she/it burns
we burn
you burn
they burn
Present continuous
I am burning
you are burning
he/she/it is burning
we are burning
you are burning
they are burning
Present perfect
I have burned
you have burned
he/she/it has burned
we have burned
you have burned
they have burned
Present perfect continuous
I have been burning
you have been burning
he/she/it has been burning
we have been burning
you have been burning
they have been burning
Present tense is used to refer to circumstances that exist at the present time or over a period that includes the present time. The present perfect refers to past events, although it can be considered to denote primarily the resulting present situation rather than the events themselves.

PAST

Past
I burned
you burned
he/she/it burned
we burned
you burned
they burned
Past continuous
I was burning
you were burning
he/she/it was burning
we were burning
you were burning
they were burning
Past perfect
I had burned
you had burned
he/she/it had burned
we had burned
you had burned
they had burned
Past perfect continuous
I had been burning
you had been burning
he/she/it had been burning
we had been burning
you had been burning
they had been burning
Past tense forms express circumstances existing at some time in the past,

FUTURE

Future
I will burn
you will burn
he/she/it will burn
we will burn
you will burn
they will burn
Future continuous
I will be burning
you will be burning
he/she/it will be burning
we will be burning
you will be burning
they will be burning
Future perfect
I will have burned
you will have burned
he/she/it will have burned
we will have burned
you will have burned
they will have burned
Future perfect continuous
I will have been burning
you will have been burning
he/she/it will have been burning
we will have been burning
you will have been burning
they will have been burning
The future is used to express circumstances that will occur at a later time.

CONDITIONAL

Conditional
I would burnt
you would burnt
he/she/it would burnt
we would burnt
you would burnt
they would burnt
Conditional continuous
I would be burning
you would be burning
he/she/it would be burning
we would be burning
you would be burning
they would be burning
Conditional perfect
I would have burnt
you would have burnt
he/she/it would have burnt
we would have burnt
you would have burnt
they would have burnt
Conditional perfect continuous
I would have been burning
you would have been burning
he/she/it would have been burning
we would have been burning
you would have been burning
they would have been burning
Conditional or "future-in-the-past" tense refers to hypothetical or possible actions.

IMPERATIVE

Imperative
you burn
we let´s burn
you burn
The imperative is used to form commands or requests.
NONFINITE VERB FORMS
Infinitive
to burn
Past participle
burned
Present Participle
burning
Infinitive shows the action beyond temporal perspective. The present participle or gerund shows the action during the session. The past participle shows the action after completion.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH BURNT


aren´t
ɑːnt
aunt
ɑːnt
can´t
kɑːnt
chant
tʃɑːnt
courant
kʊˈrɑːnt
gant
ɡɑːnt
grant
ɡrɑːnt
implant
ɪmˈplɑːnt
learnt
lɜːnt
mowburnt
ˈməʊˌbɜːnt
overlearnt
ˌəʊvəˈlɜːnt
plant
plɑːnt
relearnt
riːˈlɜːnt
sunburnt
ˈsʌnˌbɜːnt
transplant
trænsˈplɑːnt
unburnt
ʌnˈbɜːnt
underburnt
ˌʌndəˈbɜːnt
unlearnt
ʌnˈlɜːnt
weren´t
wɜːnt
windburnt
ˈwɪndˌbɜːnt

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE BURNT

burnous
burnouse
burnoused
burnout
Burns
Burns Night
burns unit
burnside
burnsides
burnt almond
burnt lime
burnt offering
burnt orange
burnt sacrifice
burnt shale
burnt sienna
burnt sugar
burnt umber
burnt-out
burnt-tip orchid

WORDS THAT END LIKE BURNT

accident
account
adolescent
advertisement
agent
agreement
amount
apartment
assessment
assistant
at a discount
blueprint
cant
client
comment
component
constant
consultant
saint
wrnt

Synonyms and antonyms of burnt in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

SYNONYMS OF «BURNT»

The following words have a similar or identical meaning as «burnt» and belong to the same grammatical category.
synonyms of burnt
ache · beam · bite · blaze · blush · boil · brand · char · colour · crave · desire · flame · flare · flicker · flush · fume · glare · gleam · glimmer · glow · hanker · hunger · hurt · ignite · incinerate · itch · kindle · light · long · pain · radiate · redden · scorch · sear · seethe · shimmer · shine · simmer · singe · smart · smoke · smoulder · sting · tingle · toast · yearn

Translation of «burnt» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF BURNT

Find out the translation of burnt to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of burnt from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «burnt» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

烧毁
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

quemado
570 millions of speakers

English

burnt
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

जला
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

أحرق
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

сожгли
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

queimado
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

দগ্ধ
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

brûlé
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Dibakar
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

verbrannt
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

焦げた
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Obaran
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

cháy
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

எரிந்த
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

जेल
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

yanmış
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

bruciato
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

spalony
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

спалили
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

ars
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

καμένα
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

verbrand
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

bränd
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

brent
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of burnt

TRENDS

TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «BURNT»

The term «burnt» is very widely used and occupies the 14.159 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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Principal search tendencies and common uses of burnt
List of principal searches undertaken by users to access our English online dictionary and most widely used expressions with the word «burnt».

FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «BURNT» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «burnt» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «burnt» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about burnt

EXAMPLES

10 QUOTES WITH «BURNT»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word burnt.
1
Ben Affleck
I've finally learnt how to say, 'No comment'. To appear in the tabloids is a real learning curve and a steep one at that. You had better learn quick or you get burnt.
2
Donovan Bailey
I was working in corporate Canada and I was doing all right. But I was burnt out... Long hours, a lot of clients. I just wanted to get away. Track and field was sort of like the elimination thing. I just wanted to go and do something. Exercise my brain and my body and kind of gravitate to that.
3
Brian Bosworth
The sight of burnt orange makes me puke.
4
Louis D. Brandeis
Fear of serious injury alone cannot justify oppression of free speech and assembly. Men feared witches and burnt women. It is the function of speech to free men from the bondage of irrational fears.
5
Camille Claudel
Don't fear anything for your letters, they are burnt one by one and I hope you do the same with mine.
6
Eric Allin Cornell
After a semester or so, my infatuation with computers burnt out as quickly as it had begun.
7
Cliff Curtis
I did a weird thing when I was about 24. For four years I had written quite a lot of poetry, and I started reading through it and thought some of it was really good. So I burnt it all.
8
Beatrice Dalle
There was a strange atmosphere on the set because we were filming in this large house, which was used for troubled children. You'd go in and find walls had been burnt down. The building was charged with this history and it stayed with us throughout the filming.
9
Buchi Emecheta
The first book I wrote was The Bride Price which was a romantic book, but my husband burnt the book when he saw it. I was the typical African woman, I'd done this privately, I wanted him to look at it, approve it and he said he wouldn't read it.
10
Sarah Fielding
I was condemned to be beheaded, or burnt, as the king pleased; and he was graciously pleased, from the great remains of his love, to choose the mildest sentence.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «BURNT»

Discover the use of burnt in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to burnt and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
Burnt Books: Rabbi Nachman of Bratslav and Franz Kafka
Part of the Jewish Encounter series Rodger Kamenetz, acclaimed author of The Jew in the Lotus, has long been fascinated by the mystical tales of the Hasidic master Rabbi Nachman of Bratslav.
Rodger Kamenetz, 2010
2
Burnt: A Teenage Addict's Road to Recovery
The author recounts how he became involved with drugs at an early age and describes his experiences at a drug treatment center
Craig Fraser, Deidre Sullivan, 1990
3
The Burnt Book: Reading the Talmud
" This story leaves us with the question, should all books be destroyed in order to give birth to thought and renew meaning?
Marc-Alain Ouaknin, 1998
4
Behind the Burnt Cork Mask: Early Blackface Minstrelsy and ...
Behind the Burnt Cork Mask reassesses relationships between blackface comedy and other genres and traditions of Western theater; between the music of minstrel shows and its European sources; between blackface performance and socially ...
William John Mahar, 1999
5
Burnt
Enter the strange and twisted world of Anthony Horowitz, and prepare for the fright of your life.
Anthony Horowitz, 2008
6
Burnt Shadows
But the shadows of history - personal, political - are cast over the entwined worlds of the Burtons, Ashrafs and the Tanakas as they are transported from Pakistan to New York, and in the novel's astonishing climax, to Afghanistan in the ...
Kamila Shamsie, 2009
7
A Burnt Out Case
Arriving anonymously at a Congo leper village, he is diagnosed as the mental equivalent of a 'burnt-out case', a leper mutilated by disease and amputation.
Graham Greene, 2010
8
Stallions at Burnt Rock (West Texas Sunrise Book #1): A Novel
Lee Morgan dreams of raising the ideal ranch horse-one that has speed, stamina, and heart.
Paul Bagdon, 2003
9
Burnt By the Sun: The Film Companion
Each of the volumes in this series on Russian cinema investigates the production, context and reception of the film, the people who made it, and the film itself, including its place in world cinema.
Birgit Beumers, 2000
10
Burnt Orange Britannia: Adventures in History and the Arts
How do they see their roles as educators? In this series of beautifully crafted autobiographies, Burnt Orange Britannia illuminates the forces that drive some of America's brightest minds.
William Roger Louis, 2006

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «BURNT»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term burnt is used in the context of the following news items.
1
Flyers burnt by air safety U-turn
The Civil Aviation Safety Authority promised charter aircraft operators an exemption from having to install a cripplingly expensive new air ... «The Australian, Jul 15»
2
Herdsmen discover burnt and decomposed body
Investigations are under way after a group of cow herdsmen stumbled upon the body of a man who was seemingly burnt and his corpse left ... «Citizen, Jul 15»
3
China stockmarket investors burnt by market turn
Millions of ordinary investors who piled into an ever-soaring Chinese stock market over the last year are bracing for a roller-coaster ride. STR. «The Australian Financial Review, Jul 15»
4
Kalgoorlie company found negligent after apprentice burnt during …
Mr Canny was burnt after flammable substances were sprayed on the engine, located close to a jerry can of petrol. The company denied the ... «ABC Online, Jul 15»
5
Tattoo removal warning after man is burnt
Not only have clients been burnt but subsequent infections have exacerbated the situation." Mr Dick said that anyone who had experienced ... «Bundaberg News Mail, Jul 15»
6
Steven Tyler's New Country Music Video Is Hot: 'I Burnt My …
I burnt my eyebrows off, but it was worth it. We went through [the sequence] and the wind blew. The jacket I wore had little fur pieces on it and I ... «The Inquisitr, Jul 15»
7
Michigan's apparel contract could help set market for Texas
... the Volunteers did, the Horns will likely kick off the 2015 season wearing Under Armour unless Nike makes a major burnt orange exception. «Burnt Orange Nation, Jul 15»
8
Four in a family burnt to death in Kinabatangan
KINABATANGAN: Four in a family including two children were burnt to death in a fire that razed two houses here last night. District police chief ... «New Straits Times Online, Jul 15»
9
Jason Pierre-Paul Played With Fire, and Got Burnt
These puns all needed to be said, I'm sorry readers (and JPP). But be thankful that I stopped before they got out of hand. As I'm sure you've ... «Baltimore Beatdown, Jul 15»
10
Four children burnt to death in Malawi orphanage
Msundwe Community in Lilongwe, 40 kilometers from Lilongwe City Center, on the Lilongwe – Mchinji Road, wore a sombre mood last ... «Nyasa Times, Jul 15»

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