learn in English: To get new knowledge or a new skill by studying, trying, or being taught. (verb)

Translation

To get new knowledge or a new skill by studying, trying, or being taught.

Word origin

From Old English leornian, meaning to get knowledge or to study.

Origin: Old English
Root: leornian

Grammar

Verb typeregular (learn, learns, learned)

Examples

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"Learn" means to get to know English.

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"Learns" is the form used with he, she, or it.

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"Learned" is the past form of "learn".

When you learn, new knowledge or a skill becomes part of what you know. You can learn a language, learn to drive, or learn a person's name. It often comes from studying or being taught.

Related words

study

To spend time learning about something by reading or going to classes.

teach

To help someone learn how to do something or to know new facts.

know

To have information about something, or to be familiar with a person.

read

To look at written words and understand what they mean.

school

A place where children go to learn from teachers.

degree

The title you are given when you finish your studies at a university.

education

The teaching and learning that people get at a school or college.

experience

The knowledge or skill you get from doing something or from things that happen to you.

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