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/lɜːn/ · verb

Meaning

To acquire, or attempt to acquire knowledge or an ability to do something..

Definitions by Sense

1. To acquire, or attempt to acquire knowledge or an ability to do something.
2. To attend a course or other educational activity.
3. To gain knowledge from a bad experience so as to improve.
4. To study.
5. To come to know; to become informed of; to find out.
6. (now only in non-standard speech and dialects) To teach.
7. The act of learning something.

Example Sentences

It's time Dad learned (how) to change the oil in the car.

In my latest job, I've learnt to keep my mouth shut more than in the last one.

Toddlers learn to walk at around one year old.

Every day I learn more about this great city.

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I was very impressed with the obvious amount of work that went into the learning and synchronization of such a complex and harmonically and difficult score.

I have learned far more from them about how to be a scientist than they realize. Above all else, they taught me the virtues of proper waterfowl alignment.

Other rules learnt by butlers include lighting candles 15 minutes before guests enter a room, and not saying "good morning" to guests until you are 5ft away.

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Word Forms

• learns
• learning
• learned
• learnt
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• glossary
• learn
• learnest
• learnedst
• learneth
• -
• larn
• learne

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