learn

verb

1. 1.

   Get to know or become aware of, usually accidentally

   “I learned that she has two grown-up children.”

2. 2.

   To acquire, or attempt to acquire knowledge or an ability to do something.

3. 3.

   To come to know; to become informed of; to find out.

4. 4.

   To gain knowledge from a bad experience so as to improve.

5. 5.

   Gain knowledge or skills

   “She learned dancing from her sister.”

6. 6.

   To study.

noun

1. 1.

   The act of learning something.

Inflected forms

Grammatical variations of the same word.

• learningnounInflected form

  The cognitive process of acquiring skill or knowledge.

• learnedadjectiveInflected form

  Established by conditioning or learning.

• learnernounInflected form

  Someone (especially a child) who learns (as from a teacher) or takes up knowledge or beliefs.

Compound terms

Established multiword terms.

• learned reactionnounCompound term

  A reaction that has been acquired by learning.

• learned responsenounCompound term

  A reaction that has been acquired by learning.

• learned professionnounCompound term

  One of the three professions traditionally believed to require advanced learning and high principles.

• learned personnounCompound term

  Someone who has been admitted to membership in a scholarly field.

• learning abilitynounCompound term

  Mental ability.

• learning curvenounCompound term

  A graph showing the rate of learning (especially a graph showing the amount recalled as a function of the number of attempts to recall).

Related words

Connected by subject or meaning, not by word formation.

• learner's dictionarynounRelated term

  A dictionary specially written for those learning a foreign language.

• learner's permitnounRelated term

  A document authorizing the bearer to learn to drive an automobile.