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learn
- pronunciation:
- luhrn
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verb |
| inflections: |
learned, learning, learns, learnt |
| definition: |
to get knowledge about something through study or experience.
If you study harder, you will learn more.He learned the job by watching the other people.- similar words:
- comprehend, get, grasp, master, pick up, realize, study, take
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| related words: |
see |
| derivations: |
learnable (adj.), learner (n.) |
Learn is from an early German word that means "to follow along a track."
Word Builder: learn +
- learning:
things that are learned.
- learner:
a person who learns.
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similar to learn |
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acquire, discover, understand |
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some actions associated with learning |
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ascertain, cram, determine, digest, discover, examine, experience, experiment, feel, find out, grasp, hear, imitate, imprint, inquire, investigate, master, memorize, observe, pick up, practice, read, see, study, understand |
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some actions that cause learning |
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demonstrate, discipline, drill, educate, inform, instruct, lecture, reinforce, repeat, teach |
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some aspects of learning |
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comprehension, memory, perception |
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some broader categories that include learning |
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knowledge, mind |
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some descriptions of someone learning |
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apt, bright, curious, inquisitive, intelligent, quick, slow, smart, stupid |
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some people associated with learning |
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apprentice, expert, explorer, master, mentor, novice, professor, pupil, sage, scholar, student, teacher |
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some places associated with learning |
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college, laboratory, library, school, study, university |
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some things conventionally associated with learning |
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aptitude, association, awareness, by heart, curiosity, experience, interest, memory, observation, practice, study |
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some things that are learned |
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fact, information, job, language, lesson, method, moral, skill, subject, technique, theory, tradition, trick |
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without learning |
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automatic, inborn, instinctive |
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