Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- intransitive verb To gain knowledge of or skill in through study, instruction, or experience.
- intransitive verb To become aware or informed of; find out: synonym: discover.
- intransitive verb To fix in the mind or memory; memorize.
- intransitive verb Nonstandard To cause to acquire knowledge; teach.
- intransitive verb Obsolete To give information to.
- intransitive verb To gain knowledge, information, comprehension, or skill.
from The Century Dictionary.
- To gain or acquire knowledge of or skill in; become informed of or acquainted with: as, to
learn grammar; to learn the truth. - To teach.
- To acquire or receive knowledge, information, or intelligence; receive instruction; profit from teaching: as, to
learn how to act; the child learns rapidly.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- intransitive verb To acquire knowledge or skill; to make progress in acquiring knowledge or skill; to receive information or instruction.
- intransitive verb See By heart, under
Heart . - intransitive verb to memorize by repetition without exercise of the understanding.
- transitive verb 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
- transitive verb obsolete To communicate knowledge to; to teach.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- verb To
acquire , or attempt to acquireknowledge or an ability to do something. - verb To
attend a course or othereducational activity. - verb To make use of a bad
experience . - verb To
improve , maybe used in an order. - verb To be studying.
- verb To come to
know ; to becomeinformed of; tofind out . - verb To
teach .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- verb get to know or become aware of, usually accidentally
- verb find out, learn, or determine with certainty, usually by making an inquiry or other effort
- verb impart skills or knowledge to
- verb gain knowledge or skills
- verb commit to memory; learn by heart
- verb be a student of a certain subject
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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He beat all Ireland in the Intermediate examinations, and when I met him in America years afterwards he said: ‘There is nothing I cannot learn and nothing that I want to learn’.534 Some instinct drew us together, it was to him I used to read my poems.
Later Articles and Reviews W.B. Yeats 2000
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Precious as are the words which drop from His lips, which are spirit and are life, His life itself is more than all His teachings; and it is when we learn, not _from_ Him, but when we _learn_ Him, that we see the Father.
Expositions of Holy Scripture Ephesians; Epistles of St. Peter and St. John Alexander Maclaren 1868
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if you want to learn how to or get tips on design mixtape covers checkthis site out...mixtape covers design is the next big thing in hip hop and graphic design..learn something you dont know or contribute www.officialmixtapetutorials.com
Boart Longyear: Corporate Report And Death To America Cosmo7 2009
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J-Lo thinks Caleb is cute, which we soon learn is code for "You're going to Hollywood."
'American Idol' premieres: New judges, same old show Lisa de Moraes 2011
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I'm glad to have had the opportunity to put this through the mill because it seems the only way to learn is to do.
The Gentle Hand of Correction Ulysses 2009
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Basically, writers, the lesson to learn is to tie up your loose ends, and make sure that if you raise the stakes in your plot, you show how bad the devastation will be or what there is to lose, etc.
Writer Unboxed » Blog Archive » Storytellers: You Are Obligated To Deliver The Goods 2010
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They best way for me to learn is to engage in discussion and argument about the subject.
Match Your Learning Style With The Proper Productivity Tools | Lifehacker Australia 2009
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If you're a scientist working in the proprietary labs of industry I've heard that the very first thing you have to learn is to UN-learn what you've been taught about the brick wall around causation.
Continuation… 2008
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The easiest way to learn is to be taught by the actual master herself, Paula Kates from PJ's soaps.
PJ's Soap Goodies AND Giveaway Anne-Marie 2008
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One perfectly valid way to learn is to put your thinking out there and let people comment on it.
whichbe commented on the word learn
A contranym: both to be taught or to teach. ("I'm gonna learn you!")
May 15, 2008