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Noun learning has 2 senses
- learning, acquisition - the cognitive process of acquiring skill or knowledge; "the child's acquisition of language"
--1 is a kind of basic cognitive process
--1 has particulars:
- eruditeness, erudition, learnedness, learning, scholarship, encyclopedism, encyclopaedism - profound scholarly knowledge
--2 is a kind of education
--2 has particulars: letters
Verb learn has 6 senses
- learn, larn, acquire - acquire or gain knowledge or skills; "She learned dancing from her sister"; "I learned Sanskrit"; "Children acquire language at an amazing rate"
Sample sentence:
They learn to move
- learn, hear, get word, get wind, pick up, find out, get a line, discover, see - 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"
Sample sentence:
They learn that there was a traffic accident
- memorize, memorise, con, learn - commit to memory; learn by heart; "Have you memorized your lines for the play yet?"
--3 is one way to study, hit the books
Sample sentence:
Somebody ----s something
- learn, study, read, take - be a student of a certain subject; "She is reading for the bar exam"
Sample sentence:
Somebody ----s something
- teach, learn, instruct - impart skills or knowledge to; "I taught them French"; "He instructed me in building a boat"
--5 is one way to inform
Sample sentences:
Somebody ----s somebody
Something ----s somebody
Somebody ----s somebody to INFINITIVE
Somebody ----s that CLAUSE
- determine, check, find out, see, ascertain, watch, learn - 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"
Sample sentence:
They learn whether there was a traffic accident
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