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learn

[ lurn ]

verb (used with object)

learned or learnt learning
  1. to acquire knowledge of or skill in by study, instruction, or experience:

    to learn French;

    to learn to ski.

  2. to become informed of or acquainted with; ascertain:

    to learn the truth.

  3. to memorize:

    He learned the poem so he could recite it at the dinner.

  4. to gain (a habit, mannerism, etc.) by experience, exposure to example, or the like; acquire:

    She learned patience from her father.

  5. (of a device or machine, especially a computer) to perform an analogue of human learning with artificial intelligence.
  6. Nonstandard. to instruct in; teach.


verb (used without object)

learned or learnt learning
  1. to acquire knowledge or skill:

    to learn rapidly.

  2. to become informed (usually followed by of ):

    to learn of an accident.

learn

/ 濒蓽藧苍 /

verb

  1. when tr, may take a clause as object to gain knowledge of (something) or acquire skill in (some art or practice)
  2. tr to commit to memory
  3. tr to gain by experience, example, etc
  4. intr; often foll by of or about to become informed; know
  5. not_standard.
    to teach
鈥淐ollins English Dictionary 鈥 Complete & Unabridged鈥 2012 Digital Edition 漏 William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 漏 HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Derived Forms

  • 藞濒别补谤苍补产濒别, adjective
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Other 亚洲网紅露点 Forms

  • 濒别补谤苍顎僡路产濒别 adjective
  • 尘颈蝉路濒别补谤苍顎 verb mislearned or mislearnt mislearning
  • 辞耻迟顎卨别补谤苍顎 verb (used with object) outlearned or outlearnt outlearning
  • 谤别路濒别补谤苍顎 verb relearned or relearnt relearning
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亚洲网紅露点 History and Origins

Origin of learn1

First recorded before 900; Middle English lernen, Old English leornian 鈥渢o learn, read, ponder鈥 (cognate with German lernen ); akin to lesan 鈥渢o glean鈥 (cognate with German lesen 鈥渢o read鈥). See lear
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亚洲网紅露点 History and Origins

Origin of learn1

Old English leornian; related to Old High German lirnen
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Idioms and Phrases

  • by heart, learn
  • little knowledge (learning) is a dangerous thing
  • live and learn
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Example Sentences

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We have to learn to deal with the complexity of the system that we've got in different ways.

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"Feedback from teaching staff this week has been overwhelmingly positive; students are arriving calmly to lesson and, more importantly, ready to begin their learning promptly. "

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You spent 10 years in Ecuador, what did you learn there?

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He decided to fly out within hours of learning of the Pope's death.

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Joe Goldberg has maintained the status quo of his original inner narrative, learning nothing, changing nothing.

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When To Use

What are other ways to say聽learn?

To learn something is to acquire knowledge of it through study or experience. How does learn compare with discover, ascertain, and detect? Find out on .

Definitions and idiom definitions from 亚洲网紅露点 Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, 漏 Random House, Inc. 2023

Idioms from The American Heritage庐 Idioms Dictionary copyright 漏 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.

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