LARN

learn, larn, acquire

(verb) gain knowledge or skills; ā€œShe learned dancing from her sisterā€; ā€œI learned Sanskritā€; ā€œChildren acquire language at an amazing rateā€

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Verb

larn (third-person singular simple present larns, present participle larnin, simple past and past participle larnt or larned)

(Northern England, especially, Geordie) To learn.

(Northern England, especially, Geordie) To teach.

Anagrams

• lRNA

Source: Wiktionary



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Word of the Day

22 February 2025

ANALYSIS

(noun) the use of closed-class words instead of inflections: e.g., ā€˜the father of the brideā€™ instead of ā€˜the brideā€™s fatherā€™


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Coffee Trivia

Coffee has initially been a food ā€“ chewed, not sipped. Early African tribes consume coffee by grinding the berries together, adding some animal fat, and rolling the treats into tiny edible energy balls.

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