different between definitive vs learned

English

Etymology

From Middle French définitif.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /d??f?n.?t.?v/

Adjective

definitive (comparative more definitive, superlative most definitive)

1. explicitly defined
2. conclusive or decisive

3. definite, authoritative and complete
   • 1838, William H. Prescott, History of the Reign of Ferdinand and Isabella the Catholic

     Some definitive […] scheme of reconciliation.

4. limiting; determining

5. (philately) general, not issued for commemorative purposes
6. (obsolete) Determined; resolved.
   • 1604, William Shakespeare, Measure, for Measure, V. i. 424:

     Never crave him. We are definitive.

Derived terms

• definitively

Translations

Noun

definitive (plural definitives)

1. (grammar) a word, such as a definite article or demonstrative pronoun, that defines or limits something
2. (philately) an ordinary postage stamp that is part of a series of all denominations or is reprinted as needed to meet demand

   Synonym: definitive stamp

Translations

Esperanto

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /defini?tive/
• Rhymes: -ive

Adverb

definitive

1. definitively

German

Adjective

definitive

1. inflection of definitiv:
   1. strong/mixed nominative/accusative feminine singular
   2. strong nominative/accusative plural
   3. weak nominative all-gender singular
   4. weak accusative feminine/neuter singular

Italian

Adjective

definitive

1. feminine plural of definitivo

Anagrams

• definitevi

Latin

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /de?.fi?.ni??ti?.u?e/, [d?e?fi?ni??t?i?u??]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /de.fi.ni?ti.ve/, [d??fini?t?i?v?]

Adjective

d?f?n?t?ve

1. vocative masculine singular of d?f?n?t?vus

References

• definitive in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• definitive in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré Latin-Français, Hachette

English

Etymology 1

From Middle English lerned, lernd, lernyd, equivalent to learn +? -ed, which replaced the earlier lered (“taught”), from Old English (?e)l?red, past participle of l?ran (“to teach”). Learn formerly had the meaning “to teach”, which is now found only in nonstandard speech, as well as its standard meaning of “to learn”.

Alternative forms

• learnèd, learnéd

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /?l??n?d/
• (US) IPA^(key): /?l?n?d/

Adjective

learned (comparative more learned, superlative most learned)

1. Having much learning, knowledgeable, erudite; highly educated.

   Synonyms: brainy, erudite, knowledgeable, scholarly, educated; see also Thesaurus:learned

   Antonyms: ignorant, stupid, thick, uneducated

   • 1854, Charles Edward Pollock, Lake v. Plaxton, 156 Eng. Rep. 412 (Exch.) 414; 10 Ex. 199, 200 (Eng.)

     My learned Brother Cresswell directed the jury to make the calculation […]
2. (law, formal) A courteous description used in various ways to refer to lawyers or judges.
3. Scholarly, exhibiting scholarship.

Usage notes

• This adjectival sense of this word is sometimes spelled with a grave accent, learnèd. This is meant to indicate that the second ‘e’ is pronounced as /?/ or /?/, rather than being silent, as in the verb form. This usage is largely restricted to poetry and other works in which it is important that the adjective’s disyllabicity be made explicit.

Derived terms

Translations

Etymology 2

From Old English leornian (“to acquire knowledge”)

Alternative forms

• learnt (UK, Ireland, Australia and New Zealand; alternative in Canada; rarely used in American English)

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /l??nd/
• (US) enPR: lûrnd, IPA^(key): /l?nd/

Verb

learned

1. (Canada, US and dialectal English) simple past tense and past participle of learn

Adjective

learned (comparative more learned, superlative most learned)

1. Derived from experience; acquired by learning.

   Everyday behavior is an overlay of learned behavior over instinct.

Translations

References

Further reading

• learned in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
• learned in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.

Anagrams

• Darleen, Darlene, Leander, relaned