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learn

learn [ lurn ] (past and past participle learned or learnt [ lurnt ], present participle learn·ing, 3rd person present singular learns)


verb 
Definition:
 
1. transitive and intransitive verb acquire information or skill: to acquire knowledge of a subject or skill through education or experience
I'm learning to play the piano.

2. transitive and intransitive verb find out: to gain information about somebody or something
learned that they're arriving tomorrow

3. transitive verb memorize something: to memorize something such as facts, a poem, a piece of music, or a dance
learn the periodic table

4. transitive verb teach somebody something: to teach a topic or skill to somebody ( nonstandard )

[ Old English leornian< Indo-European, "track"]

learn·a·ble adjective
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