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learnt
[ lurnt ]
learnt
/ lɜːnt /
Example Sentences
Commentators asked whether Norway had learnt anything from 22 July: Did Breivik “win”, as a Swedish journalist suggested?
I know that many people around the world remember my son, many health professionals have learnt from our choices.
He was a great storyteller and I learnt everything from him, about screen acting and technique; he was a wonderful actor.
What typifies the modern commune is the fact that it has learnt from earlier mistakes.
In making his intervention Mr Miliband has watched and learnt from Barack Obama.
In the entrance hall of the Savoy, where large and lonely porters were dozing, he learnt that she was at home.
These additional languages can be acquired easily if they are learnt in the right way.
That was how I learnt the strangest tale that ever a man was told, and knew the miracle to which I owed my life.
Lombard Street has thus shown that it has fully learnt the only lesson that the external side of the crisis had to teach it.
She shook her head, looking kindly at the boy, who had quickly learnt to adore her, as had all the Nubians in the villa.
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Is Learnt A Word?
And is learnt in the dictionary?
Learnt is a word. It is the simple past tense and the past participle of the verb learn. Learnt causes some confusion because learned is also a valid form for the past tense and past participle of learn. Learned is more commonly used than learnt.
What’s the past tense of learn?
The past tense of learn can be either learned or learnt, with learned being more common.
For example:
- Last night, she learned all her times tables by heart.
- Last night, she learnt her times tables by heart.
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