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learn

  • verb
  • lûn

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

Other meanings

  1. To attend a course or other educational activity.

  2. To gain knowledge from a bad experience so as to improve.

    “learn from one's mistakes”

Synonyms

  • study
  • acquire

Antonyms

  • forget
  • teach

Related words

  • learnability
  • learnable
  • learnfare
  • learnification
  • learnling
  • learny
  • mislearn
  • outlearn
  • relearn
  • belearn
  • learn one's place
  • lessons learned

Example sentences

  • “Did you just learn that word today?”

    Tatoeba · shekitten · CC0

  • “You have yet to learn your lesson.”

    Tatoeba · ddnktr · CC0

  • “The more you learn, the less you know.”

    Tatoeba · Igider · CC0

Word history

From Old English "leornian" (to learn", rarely also, "to teach).

Where this comes from

This definition is adapted from “learn” on Wiktionary, by its contributors; example sentences are from Tatoeba, credited to their authors above; related-word lists use Open English WordNet (CC BY 4.0, based on Princeton WordNet), published under CC BY-SA 4.0. This page is published under the same licence.