learning
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/ˈlɜːnɪŋ/
English
Definitions
verb
- To acquire, or attempt to acquire knowledge or an ability to do something.
- To attend a course or other educational activity.
- To gain knowledge from a bad experience so as to improve.“learn from one's mistakes”
- To study.“I learn medicine.”
verb
- To teach.“Give him a clip round the ear. That'll learn him!”
noun
- An act in which something is learned.
- Accumulated knowledge.“The department head was also a scholar of great learning.”
- Something that has been learned
Related words
Synonyms
studylearnednesseruditioneruditenessacquisitionscholarshipdidacticinstructionlessoneducationinstructionalstudyingloreknowledgeteachexpertiseknowing