LEARNING

learning, acquisition

(noun) the cognitive process of acquiring skill or knowledge; “the child’s acquisition of language”

eruditeness, erudition, learnedness, learning, scholarship, encyclopedism, encyclopaedism

(noun) profound scholarly knowledge

Source: WordNet® 3.1

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Etymology

Noun

learning (usually uncountable, plural learnings)

(uncountable) An act in which something is learned.

(uncountable) Accumulated knowledge.

(countable) Something that has been learned

Usage notes

• Countable sense “thing learned” often used in plural form learnings; see learnings: Usage notes for details.

Hyponyms

• game-based learning

• higher learning

Verb

learning

present participle of learn

Anagrams

• langerin, relaning

Source: Wiktionary

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Learn"ing, n. Etym: [AS. leornung.]

1. The acquisition of knowledge or skill; as, the learning of languages; the learning of telegraphy.

2. The knowledge or skill received by instruction or study; acquired knowledge or ideas in any branch of science or literature; erudition; literature; science; as, he is a man of great learning. Book learning. See under Book.

Syn.

– Literature; erudition; lore; scholarship; science; letters. See Literature.

LEARN

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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