learn meaning
EN[lɜːn] [lɝn] [-ɜː(ɹ)n]'to learn' UK US
- VerbSGlearnsPRlearningPT, PPlearnedPT, PPlearnt
- 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.
- learn from one's mistakes
- To be studying.
- To come to know; to become informed of; to find out.
- He just learned that he will be sacked.
- (now only in slang and dialects) To teach.
- To acquire, or attempt to acquire knowledge or an ability to do something.
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- Used in the Middle of Sentence
- Pythagoras learned much [ …] becoming a mighty wiseacre. — Leland.
- She taught him to do the twist, having learned it herself from an Alvin Ailey dancer at Jacob's Pillow.
- To be a professional actor you need to learn stagecraft.
- Used in the Beginning of Sentence
- Learning to make a pinch pot is a great way to gain some experience with manipulating soft clay.
- Used in the Ending of Sentence
- That same model can be invoked to explain how Isotta and Christine reconciled Eve's purported ignorance and weak-mindedness with their own clear intellectual resolve and considerable learning.
- Please try not to overreact if she drives badly when she is first learning.
- This "mimic agnosy" will be removed only through very prolonged maturation and learning.
- Used in the Middle of Sentence
Definition of learn in English Dictionary
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Source: Wiktionary