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learn
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- pronunciation:
- luhrn
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verb |
| inflections: |
learns, learning, learned, learnt |
| definition: |
When you learn something, you get to know about it. You learn something by studying, or by listening to other people, or by doing things.
Julia is learning how to play the violin. She takes lessons and practices every day.David learned Spanish from his grandmother. She is from Colombia.- similar words:
- get, pick up, realize, study
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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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discover, understand |
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some actions associated with learning |
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discover, experience, experiment, feel, find out, hear, imitate, practice, read, see, study, understand |
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some actions that cause learning |
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educate, inform, repeat, teach |
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some aspects of learning |
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memory |
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some broader categories that include learning |
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mind |
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some descriptions of someone learning |
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bright, curious, intelligent, stupid |
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some people associated with learning |
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explorer, professor, student, teacher |
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some places associated with learning |
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college, laboratory, library, school, university |
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some things conventionally associated with learning |
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experience, interest, memory, practice |
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some things that are learned |
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fact, information, job, language, lesson, method, subject, trick |
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