Learn

  • 21learn — [[t]lɜ͟ː(r)n[/t]] ♦ learns, learning, learned, learnt (American English uses the form learned as the past tense and past participle. British English uses either learned or learnt.) 1) VERB If you learn something, you obtain knowledge or a skill… …

    English dictionary

  • 22learn — [[t]lɜrn[/t]] v. learned [[t]lɜrnd[/t]] or learnt, learn•ing 1) to acquire knowledge of or skill in by study, instruction, or experience: to learn a new language[/ex] 2) to become informed of or acquainted with; ascertain: to learn the truth[/ex] …

    From formal English to slang

  • 23learn — verb 1 gain knowledge/skill ADVERB ▪ a lot ▪ I learned a lot from my father. ▪ quickly, soon ▪ Children learn very quickly. ▪ …

    Collocations dictionary

  • 24learn*/*/*/ — [lɜːn] (past tense and past participle learnt [lɜːnt] learned; [lɜːnd] ) verb 1) [I/T] to gain knowledge or experience of something, for example by being taught What did you learn at school today?[/ex] The children are learning to swim this… …

    Dictionary for writing and speaking English

  • 25learn — [c]/lɜn / (say lern) verb (learned /lɜnd / (say lernd) or learnt, learning) –verb (t) 1. to acquire knowledge of or skill in by study, instruction, or experience: to learn French. 2. to memorise. 3. to become informed of or acquainted with;… …

  • 26learn — learnable, adj. /lerrn/, v., learned /lerrnd/ or learnt, learning. v.t. 1. to acquire knowledge of or skill in by study, instruction, or experience: to learn French; to learn to ski. 2. to become informed of or acquainted with; ascertain: to… …

    Universalium

  • 27learn — v. 1) (d; intr.) to learn about, of 2) (d; intr.) to learn by (to learn by experience) 3) (D; intr., tr.) to learn from (to learn from experience; she learned everything from me) 4) (E) she is learning to drive 5) (L) we have learned that he has… …

    Combinatory dictionary

  • 28learn — verb (learned; learning) Etymology: Middle English lernen, from Old English leornian; akin to Old High German lernēn to learn, Old English last footprint, Latin lira furrow, track Date: before 12th century transitive verb 1. a. (1) to gain… …

    New Collegiate Dictionary

  • 29learn — see live and learn it is never too late to learn never too old to learn we must learn to walk before we can run don’t go near the water until you learn how to swim …

    Proverbs new dictionary

  • 30learn — verb 1) learn a foreign language Syn: acquire, grasp, master, take in, absorb, assimilate, digest, familiarize oneself with, be taught; informal get the hang of 2) she learnt the poem Syn: memorize …

    Synonyms and antonyms dictionary