learning
n.
knowledge gained through study, education; process of acquiring knowledge
learn
v.
acquire knowledge; realize; be aware; discover; acquire; memorize
Learning
Learning
learning
Noun
1. the cognitive process of acquiring skill or knowledge; "the child's acquisition of language"
(synonym) acquisition
(hypernym) basic cognitive process
(hyponym) conditioning
2. profound scholarly knowledge
(synonym) eruditeness, erudition, learnedness, scholarship, encyclopedism, encyclopaedism
(hypernym) education
(hyponym) letters
learn
Verb
1. acquire or gain knowledge or skills; "She learned dancing from her sister"; "I learned Sanskrit"; "Children acquire language at an amazing rate"
(synonym) larn, acquire
(hyponym) relearn
(derivation) apprentice, learner, prentice
2. get to know or become aware of, usually accidentally; "I learned that she has two grown-up children"; "I see that you have been promoted"
(synonym) hear, get word, get wind, pick up, find out, get a line, discover, see
(hyponym) get the goods
(verb-group) witness, find, see
3. commit to memory; learn by heart; "Have you memorized your lines for the play yet?"
(synonym) memorize, memorise, con
(hypernym) study, hit the books
(hyponym) understudy, alternate
4. be a student of a certain subject; "She is reading for the bar exam"
(synonym) study, read, take
(hyponym) audit
5. impart skills or knowledge to; "I taught them French"; "He instructed me in building a boat"
(synonym) teach, instruct
(hypernym) inform
(hyponym) train, develop, prepare, educate
(cause) larn, acquire
6. find out, learn, or determine with certainty, usually by making an inquiry or other effort; "I want to see whether she speaks French"; "See whether it works"; "find out if he speaks Russian"; "Check whether the train leaves on time"
(synonym) determine, check, find out, see, ascertain, watch
(hyponym) test
(verb-group) see, check, insure, see to it, ensure, control, ascertain, assure
Learning
(p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Learn
(n.)
The knowledge or skill received by instruction or study; acquired knowledge or ideas in any branch of science or literature; erudition; literature; science; as, he is a man of great learning.
(n.)
The acquisition of knowledge or skill; as, the learning of languages; the learning of telegraphy.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), edited by Noah Porter.
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