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learn

lərn
WordNet
The prodigal's eldest brother returns from work in the fields and learns from a servant on the bridge to the left that his brother is back. He is angry about the festive reception of his brother, who after all has wasted all his money. The father calms the eldest son's anger. Below the picture an explanatory text in Latin. This print is part of an album.
The prodigal's eldest brother returns from work in the fields and learns from a servant on the bridge to the left that his brother is back. He is angry about the festive reception of his brother, who after all has wasted all his money. The father calms the eldest son's anger. Below the picture an explanatory text in Latin. This print is part of an album.
  1. (v) learn
    gain knowledge or skills "She learned dancing from her sister","I learned Sanskrit","Children acquire language at an amazing rate"
  2. (v) learn
    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"
  3. (v) learn
    be a student of a certain subject "She is reading for the bar exam"
  4. (v) learn
    commit to memory; learn by heart "Have you memorized your lines for the play yet?"
  5. (v) learn
    impart skills or knowledge to "I taught them French","He instructed me in building a boat"
  6. (v) 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"
Illustrations
The different types of practice and study of the ideal learning program of the 'Academia', displayed in a study room. Pupils of different ages and levels are busy in one room called 'Academia d'Pitori'. As Leonardo da Vinci and other theorists advised, they work in groups in order to benefit from each other's experience and criticism.
The different types of practice and study of the ideal learning program of the 'Academia', displayed in a study room. Pupils of different ages and levels are busy in one room called 'Academia d'Pitori'. As Leonardo da Vinci and other theorists advised, they work in groups in order to benefit from each other's experience and criticism.
A child learns from a book while a teacher looks on sternly with a rod. They are followed by a beggar, an invalid, a dropsy and a blind man with a guide dog. Life is short and controlled by study and illness. Below the scene a verse in Latin and a Dutch and French caption in letterpress. This print is part of an album.
A child learns from a book while a teacher looks on sternly with a rod. They are followed by a beggar, an invalid, a dropsy and a blind man with a guide dog. Life is short and controlled by study and illness. Below the scene a verse in Latin and a Dutch and French caption in letterpress. This print is part of an album.
Sheet with 10 performances about the bad boy Jan Piet who learns his lesson and from now on goes through life obediently. A caption below each image. Numbered top right: No 323.
Sheet with 10 performances about the bad boy Jan Piet who learns his lesson and from now on goes through life obediently. A caption below each image. Numbered top right: No 323.
In a niche the feminine personification of the gift of learning, one of the seven gifts of the Holy Spirit. She wears a crown of leaves and a caduceus in her right hand. At the bottom of the Bible text from Wisdom 13: 1 in Latin. The print is part of an album.
In a niche the feminine personification of the gift of learning, one of the seven gifts of the Holy Spirit. She wears a crown of leaves and a caduceus in her right hand. At the bottom of the Bible text from Wisdom 13: 1 in Latin. The print is part of an album.
The Christ child learns to walk under the watchful eye of God the Father in Heaven and the Holy Spirit. He is held by the hand by Mary and Joseph. Putti offer fruit baskets and a flower garland. One of the putti is sitting on an ox, another is leaning on a lamb. Cherubs in the sky. In the margin a sketch of a putto.
The Christ child learns to walk under the watchful eye of God the Father in Heaven and the Holy Spirit. He is held by the hand by Mary and Joseph. Putti offer fruit baskets and a flower garland. One of the putti is sitting on an ox, another is leaning on a lamb. Cherubs in the sky. In the margin a sketch of a putto.
Group of girondins in a prison cell in the Conciergerie, at the time they learn their death sentence, 1793.
Group of girondins in a prison cell in the Conciergerie, at the time they learn their death sentence, 1793.
Shrove Tuesday wreath of joy and play. Central performance in which Cupido Pan (or Marsyas) learns to play the flute, in the background a naked nymph. Here the image should be interpreted as John Law who has taken off his mask and as the god of the wind trade is advised by the good spirit to abandon the wind trade. The nymph must then propose Mrs. Law. In a separately printed frame with dwarfs, musical instruments and food items that refer to Shrove Tuesday. With different verses. Print (cut out and pasted in) in the hardback first edition (304 B 11) of Het Groote Tafereel der Fwaasheid with cartoons on the Windhandel or Actiehandel from 1720.
Shrove Tuesday wreath of joy and play. Central performance in which Cupido Pan (or Marsyas) learns to play the flute, in the background a naked nymph. Here the image should be interpreted as John Law who has taken off his mask and as the god of the wind trade is advised by the good spirit to abandon the wind trade. The nymph must then propose Mrs. Law. In a separately printed frame with dwarfs, musical instruments and food items that refer to Shrove Tuesday. With different verses. Print (cut out and pasted in) in the hardback first edition (304 B 11) of Het Groote Tafereel der Fwaasheid with cartoons on the Windhandel or Actiehandel from 1720.
Sheet with a large representation of children who receive music lessons from their parents. Jan learns to play the violin and Betje learns to play the piano. Under the image a caption. Numbered top right: No. 8.
Sheet with a large representation of children who receive music lessons from their parents. Jan learns to play the violin and Betje learns to play the piano. Under the image a caption. Numbered top right: No. 8.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
Interesting fact
The parents of Albert Einstein were worried that he was mentally slow because it took him a long time to learn how to speak
  1. Learn
    To acquire knowledge or skill; to make progress in acquiring knowledge or skill; to receive information or instruction; as, this child learns quickly. "Take my yoke upon you and learn of me."
Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
Interesting fact
Children spend more time learning about life through media than any other manner. The average child spends approximately 28 hours a week watching television, which is twice as much time as they spend in school.
  1. learn
    To gain or acquire knowledge of or skill in; become informed of or acquainted with: as, to learn grammar; to learn the truth.
  2. learn
    To teach.
  3. learn
    To acquire or receive knowledge, information, or intelligence; receive instruction; profit from teaching: as, to learn how to act; the child learns rapidly.
Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary
Interesting fact
Mark Twain first learned to ride a bicycle at age 55.
  1. (v.t) Learn
    lėrn to acquire knowledge of, to get to know: to gain power of performing:
  2. (v.i) Learn
    to gain knowledge: to improve by example
  3. (v.t) Learn
    lėrn (prov.) to teach
Quotations
Live to learn, learn to live, then teach others.
Doug Horton
Much learning does not teach understanding.
Heraclitus
It is not from ourselves that we learn to be better than we are.
Wendell Berry
Euripides
Some wisdom you must learn from one who's wise.
Euripides
The man who is too old to learn was probably always too old to learn.
Caryl Haskins
There is no time of life past learning something.
St. Ambrose
Idioms

A little learning is a dangerous thing - A small amount of knowledge can cause people to think they are more expert than they really are.eg. he said he'd done a course on home electrics, but when he tried to mend my table lamp, he fused all the lights! I think a little learning is a dangerous thing

Learn the ropes - If you are learning the ropes, you are learning how to do something.

Etymology

Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary OE. lernen, leornen, AS. leornian,; akin to OS. linōn, for lirnōn, OHG. lirnēn, lernēn, G. lernen, fr. the root of AS. lǣran, to teach, OS. lērian, OHG. lēran, 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

Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary A.S. leornian; Ger. lernen; cf. A.S. lǽran (Ger. lehren), to teach.

Usage in the news

Created especially for families and childcare providers, WGTE's Early Learning Department is a service which helps adults encourage young children in their natural curiosity and love of learning. gte.org

Students with learning differences are twice as likely as their peers to drop out of high school, according to the National Center for Learning Disabilities. pbs.org

Northeastern Illinois University Selects Desire2Learn® Learning Suite to Provide Powerful Personalized Learning and Measure Institutional Effectiveness . universitybusiness.com

ASHLAND — Children mostly learn by watching the actions of adults, but, sometimes, we can learn by watching them. dailyindependent.com

Learning to taste wine is no different than learning to really appreciate music or art—the pleasure you receive is proportionate to the effort you make. inemag.com

"To me it sends a message that we're continuing to look outside the box and recognize that our students don't all learn in the same way and don't all learn in the same time frame," says Faucette. stm.com

Students learn to use primary sources to research, Bright said, and similarly, they can learn from eyewitnesses accounts of events like 9/11. readingeagle.com

The students in Linda Rinaldo's Southwestern Middle School Alternative Learning Program learned what it is like to prepare and entertain a Thanksgiving dinner for 30 invited guests. post-journal.com

"I was wanting to learn how to play the guitar and Ron wanted to learn how to play the fiddle ," Bell said. stltoday.com

Gaithersburg resident learns firsthand the value of hands-on learning. gazette.net

Flooring choices for new and retrofit education facilities impact learning environments and affect student learning. asumag.com

I felt a shudder and an echo of something Catarina had said to us: "I have learned to live with the ghosts , and I have learned to love them.". journalgazette.net

The non-traditional style school offers smaller classrooms, unique learning tools and a comfortable learning environment. ach.com

Still learning, and lately I've learned. fayobserver.com

On my Mormon mission, I learned to speak Spanish more proficiently than I could ever learn in college, and it only cost $10,000. sltrib.com

Usage in scientific papers

N )σν−1S |wν (t) + (η/N )σν−1S | The learning rate η is a parameter controlling the speed of learning.
Predicting and generating time series by neural networks: An investigation using statistical physics

We study the convergence properties of a pair of learning algorithms (learning with and without memory).
Mathematics of learning

Scanners learn to search for supernovae in the SNfactory data stream by examining the almost one hundred supernovae already found by the search pipeline to learn what supernovae look like in the SNfactory subtractions.
Rates and Progenitors of Type Ia Supernovae

Learning Boolean formulae in Disjunctive Normal Form (DNF) has been a central problem in the computational learning theory literature since Valiant’s seminal paper on PAC learning .
On Learning Thresholds of Parities and Unions of Rectangles in Random Walk Models

In , BS was used to learn DNFs under the uniform distribution in two natural passive learning models.
On Learning Thresholds of Parities and Unions of Rectangles in Random Walk Models

Usage in literature

Summing up what we have been able to learn, and what the world has learned, about employment, it is generally agreed that hard work is best. "The Canadian Girl at Work" by Marjory MacMurchy

It took about sixty days to learn that the business would not support two persons. "Twenty Years of Hus'ling" by J. P. Johnston

We can do it better if we learn to use our hands. "The Tree-Dwellers" by Katharine Elizabeth Dopp

When the pupils have learned a story thoroughly, they are ready to make plans for playing it. "Children's Literature" by Charles Madison Curry

That can best through the Ordeal learned be. "Fearful Symmetry" by Ann Wilson

It is not what we learn in college, but what we learn after leaving it, that makes us what we are in after life. "Autobiography of Frank G. Allen, Minister of the Gospel" by Frank G. Allen

He would there, perchance, learn more of her, of her home, of her life, of her friends. "The Loyalist" by James Francis Barrett

We must all live and learn. "The Printer Boy." by William M. Thayer

It is not enough to say that the learned man (learned in this way) is merely ignorant. "The Lost Art of Reading" by Gerald Stanley Lee

So much Mr. Fenwick learned from the drunken woman, and nothing more he could learn. "The Vicar of Bullhampton" by Anthony Trollope

Usage in poetry
CLARIN. Because alone I know
Who you are: And this being so,
Learn, Clotaldo is . . . . . This strain
Puts me out.
'The sad vicissitudes of life
Long have I learn'd to bear;
But oh! my daughter, thou art new
To sorrow and to care!
Yet he cannot sleep thereunder,
But ever must toss and turn.
How went the battle, I wonder?
—And that he will never learn!
I ceased. But though I paused to learn,
No answer seemed to come,
And, save an onward—bickering burn,
All now again was dumb.
Thus shall they learn in God alone
Their hope securely stands;
That they may ne'er forget his works,
But practise his commands.
I would not give this story fame
If there were room to doubt it,
But when he learned to talk, he came
And told me all about it.