Meaning of "learnt" in the English dictionary

PRONUNCIATION OF LEARNT

learnt  [lɜːnt]

GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF LEARNT

Learnt is a verb.

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

See the conjugation of the verb learnt in English.

WHAT DOES LEARNT MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Learning

Learning is the act of acquiring new, or modifying and reinforcing, existing knowledge, behaviors, skills, values, or preferences and may involve synthesizing different types of information. The ability to learn is possessed by humans, animals and some machines. Progress over time tends to follow learning curves. Learning is not compulsory; it is contextual. It does not happen all at once, but builds upon and is shaped by what we already know. To that end, learning may be viewed as a process, rather than a collection of factual and procedural knowledge. Learning produces changes in the organism and the changes produced are relatively permanent. Human learning may occur as part of education, personal development, schooling, or training. It may be goal-oriented and may be aided by motivation. The study of how learning occurs is part of educational psychology, neuropsychology, learning theory, and pedagogy. Learning may occur as a result of habituation or classical conditioning, seen in many animal species, or as a result of more complex activities such as play, seen only in relatively intelligent animals. Learning may occur consciously or without conscious awareness.

CONJUGATION OF THE VERB TO LEARNT

PRESENT

Present

I learn

you learn

he/she/it learns

we learn

you learn

they learn

Present continuous

I am learning

you are learning

he/she/it is learning

we are learning

you are learning

they are learning

Present perfect

I have learned

you have learned

he/she/it has learned

we have learned

you have learned

they have learned

Present perfect continuous

I have been learning

you have been learning

he/she/it has been learning

we have been learning

you have been learning

they have been learning

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 learned

you learned

he/she/it learned

we learned

you learned

they learned

Past continuous

I was learning

you were learning

he/she/it was learning

we were learning

you were learning

they were learning

Past perfect

I had learned

you had learned

he/she/it had learned

we had learned

you had learned

they had learned

Past perfect continuous

I had been learning

you had been learning

he/she/it had been learning

we had been learning

you had been learning

they had been learning

Past tense forms express circumstances existing at some time in the past,

FUTURE

Future

I will learn

you will learn

he/she/it will learn

we will learn

you will learn

they will learn

Future continuous

I will be learning

you will be learning

he/she/it will be learning

we will be learning

you will be learning

they will be learning

Future perfect

I will have learned

you will have learned

he/she/it will have learned

we will have learned

you will have learned

they will have learned

Future perfect continuous

I will have been learning

you will have been learning

he/she/it will have been learning

we will have been learning

you will have been learning

they will have been learning

The future is used to express circumstances that will occur at a later time.

CONDITIONAL

Conditional

I would learnt

you would learnt

he/she/it would learnt

we would learnt

you would learnt

they would learnt

Conditional continuous

I would be learning

you would be learning

he/she/it would be learning

we would be learning

you would be learning

they would be learning

Conditional perfect

I would have learnt

you would have learnt

he/she/it would have learnt

we would have learnt

you would have learnt

they would have learnt

Conditional perfect continuous

I would have been learning

you would have been learning

he/she/it would have been learning

we would have been learning

you would have been learning

they would have been learning

Conditional or "future-in-the-past" tense refers to hypothetical or possible actions.

IMPERATIVE

Imperative

you learn
we let´s learn
you learn

The imperative is used to form commands or requests.

NONFINITE VERB FORMS

Infinitive

to learn

Past participle

learned

Present Participle

learning

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.

SYNONYMS OF «LEARNT»

The following words have a similar or identical meaning as «learnt» and belong to the same grammatical category.

synonyms of learnt

acquire · ascertain · attain · commit to memory · con · discern · discover · grasp · hear · master · memorize · take in · understand

TRANSLATION OF LEARNT

Find out the translation of learnt to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.

The translations of learnt from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «learnt» in English.

• Translator English - Chinese: 据悉
• Translator English - Spanish: aprendido
• English: learnt
• Translator English - Hindi: सीखा
• Translator English - Arabic: تعلمت
• Translator English - Russian: узнал
• Translator English - Portuguese: aprendidas
• Translator English - Bengali: জ্ঞানী
• Translator English - French: acquis
• Translator English - Malay: belajar
• Translator English - German: gelehrt
• Translator English - Japanese: 学んだ
• Translator English - Korean: 학습
• Translator English - Javanese: Sinau
• Translator English - Vietnamese: học
• Translator English - Tamil: கற்று
• Translator English - Marathi: शिकलो
• Translator English - Turkish: bilgili
• Translator English - Italian: dotto
• Translator English - Polish: nauczył
• Translator English - Ukrainian: довідався
• Translator English - Romanian: învățat
• Translator English - Greek: έμαθε
• Translator English - Afrikaans: geleer
• Translator English - Swedish: lärt
• Translator English - Norwegian: lært

10 QUOTES WITH «LEARNT»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word learnt.

1

James Balog

When I worked with wildlife a lot in the Eighties and Nineties, I learnt the meaning of patience. And when I worked with trees, I learned the meaning of humility.

2

Carol Bellamy

Instant telecommunication allows better and updated information, lessons learnt and problems encountered to be exchanged and debated, it alerts us more quickly to problems and brings to many households around the world visions and information which hopefully spur us to action.

3

Madhur Bhandarkar

Films are meant solely to provide entertainment. There are no lessons to be learnt and and inferences to be drawn. Has anyone become dutiful and law abiding after seeing a film that espouses these very virtues? Films can do no more than influence fashion, decor, and hairstyle trends.

4

Alain de Botton

I learnt to stop fantasising about the perfect job or the perfect relationship because that can actually be an excuse for not living.

5

F. H. Bradley

It is good to know what a man is, and also what the world takes him for. But you do not understand him until you have learnt how he understands himself.

6

Elizabeth Barrett Browning

How many desolate creatures on the earth have learnt the simple dues of fellowship and social comfort, in a hospital.

7

John Henry Carver

My father was very much a handy person round the house, and I learnt a lot of carpentry from him.

8

Diane Cilento

I learnt the theory of movement, which I still teach sometimes. I was very, very ambitious to learn a skill.

9

Maryam D'Abo

The challenge of directing and interviewing helped me with confidence, and I learnt so much. If I hadn't had the brain hemorrhage, I might never have done it.

10

Oleg Deripaska

My mum brought me to my first job when I was 12. I started electrical work at her plant. She was an engineer, a technical expert, at one of the plants in the south, and in the summer she brought me in and I learnt how industrial things work: casting, electricity, maintenance, everything.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «LEARNT»

Discover the use of learnt in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to learnt and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.

Learnt

Portraying an authentic African-American dialect, Learnt tells the story of a discouraged teacher and a troubled student learning the most valuable lessons of their lives in one of Duval County's worst high schools.

Edward M. Baldwin, 2007

Ten Things I've Learn About Love

Until now . . . Heart-wrenching and life-affirming, this is a unique story of love lost and found, of rootlessness and homecoming and the power of the ties that bind. It is a story for fathers and daughters everywhere.

Sarah Butler, 2013

Brave Heart: Lessons Learnt from Life

There have been times throughout my life that have challenged who I am and I have not always held my head high and said: this is me.

Brett Kirk, Hayley S. Kirk, 2012

Everything I Know About Leadership...I Learnt from the Kids

Leadership trainer Keith Coats thinks so, and has written a witty and instructive book that draws on everyday events in the life of his family, pointing out how these experiences translate into important lessons in leadership.

Keith Coats, 2012

Photovoltaics in the Urban Environment: Lessons Learnt from ...

This book, based on wide-ranging studies supported by the European Commission and International Energy Agency, is the first to properly address these issues.It sets out by looking at the implications on planning policy of PV in the urban ...

Bruno Gaiddon, Henk Kaan, Donna Munro, 2009

Public Relations Disasters: Talespin--Inside Stories and ...

From Dow Corning breast implants to the McDonald's "McLibel" case, this book entertainingly exposes some of the world's most infamous (and also some unreported) PR disasters, and shows how crisis management helped or hindered.

Gerry McCusker, 2006

Lessons I Learnt from My Mother

REALLY, YOU DON'T GET TO BE TAUGHT THESE LESSONS IN ANY SCHOOL, THEY ARE LESSONS FROM THE SCHOOL OF 'EXPERIENCE'.BELIEVE ME-THIS IS A BOOK FOR EVERYONE NO MATTER YOUR AGE OR RACE!

Bamidele I. Kehinde, 2011

The Global Financial Crisis: What Have We Learnt?

Written in an accessible manner, this book will appeal to economists, economic policy-makers and students of economics and public policy who are trying to look at alternative ways of understanding why the Global Financial Crisis (GFC) ...

Steven Kates, 2011

Avoiding Damage Caused by Soil-structure Interaction: ...

Increasing development in the urban environment and supporting infrastructure systems has necessitated a greater use of underground space and sites that were hitherto judges to be not economically viable (e.g. because of difficult ground ...

Richard Kastner, Jamie Standing, Oddvar Kjekstad, 2003

Foreign Aid and Development: Lessons Learnt and Directions ...

This book offers important new research and will appeal to those working in economics, politics and development studies as well as to governmental and aid professionals.

Finn Tarp, 2003

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «LEARNT»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term learnt is used in the context of the following news items.

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Five things we learnt from the Sunday Politics Labour leadership …

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Aaradhya has learnt to do high five, says Abhishek | The Siasat Daily

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Africa this week: Five things we've learnt

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Slough Borough Council: Lessons must be learnt from Rotherham …

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Five things we learnt from All Blacks romp - Fox Sports

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