learn
verb
\ ˈlərn
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learned\ ˈlərnd
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learning
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learning
Definition of learn
1a(1)
: to gain knowledge or understanding of or skill in by study, instruction, or experience
learn a trade learned to play chess
(2)
: memorize
learn the lines of a play
b
: to come to be able
learn to dance
c
: to come to realize
learned that honesty paid
b
obsolete
: to inform of something
3
: to come to know : hear
we just learned that he was ill
: to acquire knowledge or skill or a behavioral tendency
were shocked to learn of her death
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Other Words from learn
learnable
\ ˈlər-nə-bəl
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adjective
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adjective
learner
noun
Examples of learn in a Sentence
People learn throughout their lives.
I can't swim yet, but I'm learning.
She's interested in learning French.
We had to learn the rules of the game.
I'm trying to learn my lines for the play.
We had to learn the names of the state capitals.
She learned through a letter that her father had died.
I later learned that they had never called.
We finally learned the truth about what had happened.
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Each month will focus on a specific theme or topic, where participants will learn new phrases and words. — courant.com, "Community News For The Manchester Edition," 11 Sep. 2019 Skip to main content (Photo: Jesse Grant, Getty Images) Putting your kids to bed can be an extreme sport with some serious consequences, as Ashton Kutcher learned. — Rasha Ali, USA TODAY, "'Sexiest' dad? Ashton Kutcher breaks toe getting daughter to bed, 'put it back on' himself," 11 Sep. 2019 Part of that history lesson is a tough course in economics that Burke has glumly learned to master over the last few years. — BostonGlobe.com, "The lunchtime crowd was light at the venerable Jamaica Plain pub on Tuesday, but the voice of the storied barroom’s owner was heavy and somber when he confirmed the rumors later in the day: Doyle’s, whose rich and colorful history stretches to the late 1800s, is approaching its last call.," 11 Sep. 2019 Each veteran gets two hives to manage for the year and learns skills like honey harvesting and wax processing. — Washington Post, "Veterans with PTSD, anxiety turn to beekeeping for relief," 11 Sep. 2019 Researchers made learned guesses at what sort of creature could have left the tracks. — Hans-dieter Sues, Smithsonian, "The Long, Strange Tale of the Hand Beast Footprints," 11 Sep. 2019 To determine what a company's standard terms are, the startup's machine learning algorithm analyzes its existing contracts. — Jeremy Kahn, Fortune, "‘Skype Mafia’ Backs A.I. Startup Automating Contract Negotiations," 11 Sep. 2019 His behavior at home grows so explosive that his parents insist he either see a therapist or learn biofeedback methods for regulating his emotions. — Jordan Kisner, The Atlantic, "Boy, Uninterrupted," 10 Sep. 2019 Dozens of papers have been published over the last few years revealing the existence of subtle giveaways in benchmark datasets used to evaluate machine-learning systems. — Wired, "AI Can Pass Standardized Tests—But It Would Fail Preschool," 10 Sep. 2019These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'learn.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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More Definitions for learn
learn
verb
English Language Learners Definition of learn
: to gain knowledge or skill by studying, practicing, being taught, or experiencing something
: to cause (something) to be in your memory by studying it
: to hear or be told (something) : to find out (something)
See the full definition for learn in the English Language Learners Dictionary
learn
verb
\ ˈlərn
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learned\ ˈlərnd \
also learnt\ ˈlərnt \;
learning