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   learn

   /ləːn/

   verb

   • 1. gain or acquire knowledge of or skill in (something) by study, experience, or being taught: "they'd started learning French" Similar acquire a knowledge ofgain an understanding ofacquire skill inbecome competent inbecome proficient ingraspmastertake inabsorbassimilatepick updigestfamiliarize oneself withbecome expert inknow inside outknow backwardscomprehendstudyread up onwork atapply oneself tobe taughthave lessons inpursueinformal:get the hang ofget clued up aboutget the point of
   • ▪ commit to memory: "I'd learned too many grim poems in school" Similar memorizelearn by heartlearn by rotecommit to memorybecome word-perfect inlearn word for wordlearn parrot-fashionget off/down pathave off/down patknowretaininformal:get off by heartarchaic:conOpposite forget
   • ▪ become aware of (something) by information or from observation: "I learned that they had eaten already" Similar discoverfind outbecome awarebe made awarebe informedhave it brought to one's attentionhearbe given to understandget to knowcome to knowhear tellgatherunderstandascertainestablishrealizedetermineinformal:get wind of the factget wise to the factsuss outdope out
   • 2. teach (someone): archaic, informal "‘That'll learn you,’ he chuckled"

   Word Origin Old Englishleornian ‘learn’ (in Middle English also ‘teach’), of West Germanic origin; related to German lernen, also to lore1.

   Derivatives

   • 1. learnability noun
   • 2. learnable adjective

   Scrabble Points: 5

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