learn

[ lurn ]
/ lɜrn /

verb (used with object), learned [lurnd] /lɜrnd/ or learnt, learn·ing.

verb (used without object), learned [lurnd] /lɜrnd/ or learnt, learn·ing.

to acquire knowledge or skill: to learn rapidly.
to become informed (usually followed by of): to learn of an accident.

Origin of learn

before 900; Middle English lernen, Old English leornian to learn, read, ponder (cognate with German lernen); akin to lesan to glean (cognate with German lesen to read). See lear

synonym study for learn

1. Learn, ascertain, detect, discover imply adding to one's store of facts. To learn is to add to one's knowledge or information: to learn a language. To ascertain is to verify facts by inquiry or analysis: to ascertain the truth about an event. To detect implies becoming aware of something that had been obscure, secret, or concealed: to detect a flaw in reasoning. To discover is used with objective clauses as a synonym of learn in order to suggest that the new information acquired is surprising to the learner: I discovered that she had been married before.

OTHER WORDS FROM learn

learn·a·ble, adjective mis·learn, verb, mis·learned or mis·learnt, mis·learn·ing. out·learn, verb (used with object), out·learned or out·learnt, out·learn·ing. re·learn, verb, re·learned or re·learnt, re·learn·ing.

WORDS THAT MAY BE CONFUSED WITH learn

learn teach

Words nearby learn

leapfrog test, leapt, lear, lear board, lear complex, learn, learn by heart, learn one's lesson, learn to live with, learned, learned borrowing

Example sentences from the Web for learnable

  • German and Spanish were scarcely ever taught; indeed, the former was regarded as quite outside the list of learnable tongues.

    It Might Have Been |Emily Sarah Holt

British Dictionary definitions for learnable

learn
/ (lɜːn) /

verb learns, learning, learned (lɜːnd) or learnt

(when tr, may take a clause as object) to gain knowledge of (something) or acquire skill in (some art or practice)
(tr) to commit to memory
(tr) to gain by experience, example, etc
(intr; often foll by of or about) to become informed; know
not standard to teach

Derived forms of learn

learnable, adjective

Word Origin for learn

Old English leornian; related to Old High German lirnen

Idioms and Phrases with learnable

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