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learn
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- pronunciation:
- luhrn
- features:
- Word Combinations (verb), Word History, Word Builder, Word Explorer
| part of speech: |
verb |
| inflections: |
learns, learning, learned, learnt |
| definition 1: |
to get to know or gain knowledge of through study or experience.
She learned the craft of weaving from her grandmother.- similar words:
- acquire, comprehend, get, grasp, master, pick up, realize, study, take
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| definition 2: |
to find out about; become aware or informed of.
Did you ever learn how the accident happened?- synonyms:
- find out, hear
- similar words:
- acquire, ascertain, determine, discover, obtain, receive, unearth
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| definition 3: |
to fix in the mind; memorize.
I learned the poem for my English class.- synonyms:
- memorize
- similar words:
- get, study
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| related words: |
see, understand |
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| 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, 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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