Learn

4 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Learn \Learn\ (l[~e]rn), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Learned}
     (l[~e]rnd), or {Learnt} (l[~e]rnt); p. pr. & vb. n.
     {Learning}.] [OE. lernen, leornen, AS. leornian; akin to OS.
     lin[=o]n, for lirn[=o]n, OHG. lirn[=e]n, lern[=e]n, G.
     lernen, fr. the root of AS. l[=ae]ran to teach, OS.
     l[=e]rian, OHG. l[=e]ran, G. lehren, Goth. laisjan, also Goth


     lais I know, leis acquainted (in comp.); all prob. from a
     root meaning, to go, go over, and hence, to learn; cf. AS.
     leoran to go. Cf. {Last} a mold of the foot, {lore}.]
     1. To gain knowledge or information of; to ascertain by
        inquiry, study, or investigation; to receive instruction
        concerning; to fix in the mind; to acquire understanding
        of, or skill; as, to learn the way; to learn a lesson; to
        learn dancing; to learn to skate; to learn the violin; to
        learn the truth about something. "Learn to do well." --Is.
        i. 17.
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              Now learn a parable of the fig tree.  --Matt. xxiv.
                                                    32.
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     2. To communicate knowledge to; to teach. [Obs.]
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              Hast thou not learned me how
              To make perfumes ?                    --Shak.
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     Note: Learn formerly had also the sense of teach, in
           accordance with the analogy of the French and other
           languages, and hence we find it with this sense in
           Shakespeare, Spenser, and other old writers. This usage
           has now passed away. To learn is to receive
           instruction, and to teach is to give instruction. He
           who is taught learns, not he who teaches.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Learn \Learn\, v. i.
     To acquire knowledge or skill; to make progress in acquiring
     knowledge or skill; to receive information or instruction;
     as, this child learns quickly.
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           Take my yoke upon you and learn of me.   --Matt. xi.
                                                    29.
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     {To learn by heart}. See {By heart}, under {Heart}.
  
     {To learn by rote}, to memorize by repetition without
        exercise of the understanding.
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  learn
       v 1: acquire or gain knowledge or skills; "She learned dancing
            from her sister"; "I learned Sanskrit"; "Children
            acquire language at an amazing rate" [syn: {larn}, {acquire}]
       2: get to know or become aware of, usually accidentally; "I
          learned that she has two grown-up children"; "I see that
          you have been promoted" [syn: {hear}, {get word}, {get
          wind}, {pick up}, {find out}, {get a line}, {discover}, {see}]
       3: commit to memory; learn by heart; "Have you memorized your
          lines for the play yet?" [syn: {memorize}, {memorise}, {con}]
       4: be a student of a certain subject; "She is reading for the
          bar exam" [syn: {study}, {read}, {take}]
       5: impart skills or knowledge to; "I taught them French"; "He
          instructed me in building a boat" [syn: {teach}, {instruct}]
       6: find out, learn, or determine with certainty, usually by
          making an inquiry or other effort; "I want to see whether
          she speaks French"; "See whether it works"; "find out if
          he speaks Russian"; "Check whether the train leaves on
          time" [syn: {determine}, {check}, {find out}, {see}, {ascertain},
           {watch}]
       [also: {learnt}]

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  77 Moby Thesaurus words for "learn":
     absorb, appreciate, apprehend, ascertain, assimilate,
     attend classes, attend school, awaken to, be informed, be with one,
     become acquainted with, become alive to, become aware of,
     become conscious of, broaden the mind, catch, catch on,
     chance upon, come to know, commit to memory, comprehend, conceive,
     cram the mind, determine, dig, digest, discover, fathom, find,
     find out, find out about, follow, gain knowledge, gather, get,
     get hep to, get hold of, get it, get next to, get the drift,
     get the idea, get the picture, get wise to, go into training,
     go to school, grasp, have, have it reported, have it taped,
     hear of, hit upon, ken, know, learn about, learn by heart,
     load the mind, master, memorize, pick up information, read,
     read with, realize, receive instruction, savvy, see the light,
     seize, seize the meaning, sense, serve an apprenticeship, take,
     take in, take lessons, train, twig, uncover, undergo schooling,
     understand