LEARN

learn, larn, acquire

(verb) gain knowledge or skills; “She learned dancing from her sister”; “I learned Sanskrit”; “Children acquire language at an amazing rate”

learn, hear, get word, get wind, pick up, find out, get a line, discover, see

(verb) get to know or become aware of, usually accidentally; “I learned that she has two grown-up children”; “I see that you have been promoted”

learn, study, read, take

(verb) be a student of a certain subject; “She is reading for the bar exam”

memorize, memorise, con, learn

(verb) commit to memory; learn by heart; “Have you memorized your lines for the play yet?”

teach, learn, instruct

(verb) impart skills or knowledge to; “I taught them French”; “He instructed me in building a boat”

determine, find out, see, ascertain, watch, learn

(verb) find out, learn, or determine with certainty, usually by making an inquiry or other effort; “I want to see whether she speaks French”; “See whether it works”; “find out if he speaks Russian”; “Check whether the train leaves on time”

Source: WordNet® 3.1

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Etymology 1

Verb

learn (third-person singular simple present learns, present participle learning, simple past and past participle (chiefly UK) learnt or learned)

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.

To study or to be studying.

To come to know; to become informed of; to find out.

Usage notes

• See other, dated and regional, sense of learn below.

Synonyms

• study

Antonyms

• forget

• teach

Etymology 2

Verb

learn (third-person singular simple present learns, present participle learning, simple past and past participle learnt or learned)

(now only in non-standard speech and dialects) To teach.

Usage notes

Now often considered non-standard.

Anagrams

• Laren, Larne, laner, neral, renal

Proper noun

Learn (plural Learns)

A surname.

Statistics

• According to the 2010 United States Census, Learn is the 17072^nd most common surname in the United States, belonging to 1663 individuals. Learn is most common among White (95.97%) individuals.

Anagrams

• Laren, Larne, laner, neral, renal

Source: Wiktionary

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Learn, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Learned, or Learnt (p. pr. & vb. n. Learning.] Etym: [OE. lernen, leornen, AS. leornian; akin to OS. linon, for lirnon, OHG. lirnen, lernen, G. lernen, fr. the root of AS. l to teach, OS. lerian, OHG.leran, G. lehren, Goth. laisjan, also Goth lais I know, leis acquainted (in comp.); all prob. from a root meaning, to go, go over, and hence, to learn; cf. AS. leoran to go . Cf. Last a mold of the foot, lore.]

1. To gain knowledge or information of; to ascertain by inquiry, study, or investigation; to receive instruction concerning; to fix in the mind; to acquire understanding of, or skill; as, to learn the way; to learn a lesson; to learn dancing; to learn to skate; to learn the violin; to learn the truth about something. "Learn to do well." Is. i. 17. Now learn a parable of the fig tree. Matt. xxiv. 32.

2. To communicate knowledge to; to teach. [Obs.] Hast thou not learned me how To make perfumes Shak.

Note: Learn formerly had also the sense of teach, in accordance with the analogy of the French and other languages, and hence we find it with this sense in Shakespeare, Spenser, and other old writers. This usage has now passed away. To learn is to receive instruction, and to teach is to give instruction. He who is taught learns, not he who teaches.

Learn, v. i.

Definition: To acquire knowledge or skill; to make progress in acquiring knowledge or skill; to receive information or instruction; as, this child learns quickly. Take my yoke upon you and learn of me. Matt. xi. 29. To learn by heart. See By heart, under Heart.

– To learn by rote, to memorize by repetition without exercise of the understanding.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition

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