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learn

verb

1 learn

Gain knowledge or skills:
— She learned dancing from her sister.
— I learned Sanskrit.

synonyms: acquire, larn.

Roget 541: learn; practise.   

Roget 613: be wont etc. adj.. fall into a rut, fall into a custom etc. (conform to) 82; tread the beaten track, follow the beaten track, tread the beaten path, follow the beaten; stare super antiquas vias [Lat.]; move in a rut, ... show more

Dutch: verkrijgen, leren, meenemen, ondervinden, opsteken

2 learn

Get to know or become aware of, usually accidentally:
— I learned that she has two grown-up children.

synonyms: discover, find out, get a line, get wind, get word, hear, pick up, see.

Roget 527: tell; inform, inform of; acquaint, acquaint with; impart, impart to; make acquaintance with, apprise, advise, enlighten, awaken; transmit.    ... show more

Roget 480a: discover, find, determine, evolve, learn etc. 539; fix upon; pick up; find out, trace out, make out, hunt out, fish out, ... show more

Dutch: leren, horen, uitvinden, vernemen

3 learn

Commit to memory; learn by heart.

synonyms: con, memorise, memorize.

Dutch: memoriseren

4 learn

Be a student of a certain subject.

synonyms: read, study, take.

Roget 539: learn; acquire knowledge, gain knowledge, receive knowledge, take in knowledge, drink in knowledge, imbibe knowledge, pick up knowledge, gather knowledge, get knowledge, obtain knowledge, collect knowledge, glean knowledge, glean information, ... show more

5 learn

Impart skills or knowledge to.

synonyms: instruct, teach.

Dutch: lesgeven, onderrichten, doceren, onderwijzen, aanleren, bijbrengen, leren

6 learn

Find out, learn, or determine with certainty, usually by making an inquiry or other effort.

synonyms: ascertain, check, determine, find out, see, watch.

Dutch: leren, constateren


Moby thesaurus: 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 ... show more.

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