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learnt

[lurnt] / lɜrnt /

VERB

acquire information

Synonyms

STRONGEST

determine enroll gain get grasp master pick up read receive review study

STRONG

apprentice attain con cram grind imbibe lucubrate matriculate memorize peruse prepare

WEAK

be taught be trained become able become versed brush up on burn midnight oil commit to memory crack the books drink in get down pat get the hang of get the knack of improve mind major in minor in pore over soak up specialize in take course take in train in wade through

Antonyms

STRONGEST

ignore lose miss misunderstand neglect pass release spend

WEAK

overlook teach

VERB

discover, find out

Synonyms

STRONGEST

determine gain hear see understand

STRONG

ascertain detect discern gather tumble uncover unearth

WEAK

catch on dig up smoke out stumble upon trip over

Antonyms

STRONGEST

ignore miss overlook

WEAK

teach

Example Sentences

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Referring to Sri Lanka's Lessons Learnt and Reconciliation Commission, he said: "We have every confidence in our domestic processes and mechanism."

From Reuters • Mar. 21, 2013

Learnt slowly and painfully, the practices of civilised life are permanently fragile and precarious.

From BBC • Jul. 13, 2012

Last year, the U.S. spent most of its diplomatic energy pushing the Sri Lankan government to launch a credible investigation of its own, through its “Lessons Learnt and Reconciliation Commission.”

From Time • Mar. 16, 2012

"My brother and my sister don't speak to me," he repeats on "I Never Learnt To Share," his voice quivering with what you might call melancholy ecstasy.

From Slate • Feb. 1, 2011

And by Things Slowly Learnt I understand things which are not merely very hard to learn at the first, but which it is not enough to learn for once ever so well.

From The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 07, No. 44, June, 1861 Creator by Various