English

Etymology
OE. leornian.

Pronunciation
AHD|lû(r)n, IPA|/l��(r)n/, SAMPA|/l3:(r)n/
audio|en-us-learn.ogg|Audio (US)
:rhymes|��(r)n

Verb
en-verb|learns|learning|learned or learnt

1. To acquire, or attempt to acquire knowledge or an ability to do something.
2. To attend a course or other educational activity.

#* 1719: w:Daniel Defoe|Daniel Defoe, w:Robinson Crusoe|Robinson Crusoe
#*: For, as he took delight to introduce me, I took delight to learn.

1. To make use of a bad experience.
2. To improve, maybe used in an order.

#: Learn how to do it better!

1. To be studying to take a driving test etc, or to do a driving test etc.
2. To come to know; to become informed of; to find out.

#: He just learned that he will be sacked.

Synonyms
study

Antonyms
forget
teach

Derived terms
learned
learner

Usage notes
;History
In some regions there are people who do not distinguish between learn and teach. It is a fairly recent distinction. As recently as the 18th century it was acceptable to say The teacher learned the students their lessons. Then for no understood reason learn in the sense of teach discontinued in all but the south of the United States, where it is still in use today.

Translations
trans-top|to acquire knowledge or ability
French: apprendre
German: lernen
Italian: imparare, apprendere
trans-mid
Kurdish: KUchar|��رب���
Romanian: înv�ţa
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trans-top|to attend educational activity
German: lernen
Italian: imparare, apprendere
trans-mid
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trans-top|to make use of a bad experience
Italian: imparare
trans-mid
Kurdish: KUchar|��ر ب���
Romanian: înv�ţa
trans-bottom

trans-top|to improve
trans-mid
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trans-top|to be studying
Italian: imparare, studiare
trans-mid
Kurdish: KUchar|خ���د�, KUchar|س��ع� کرد�
Romanian: înv�ţa, studiu
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trans-top|to come to know; to become informed of; to find out
German: erfahren
Italian: apprendere
trans-mid
Romanian: afla
Old English: geascian|ġe�scian
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Translations to be checked
rfc-trans
trans-top|Translations to be categorised
Albanian: mëson
Arabic: ARchar|�تع��
Bosnian: u�iti
Catalan: aprendre
Chinese: 学 (xué)
Croatian: u�iti
Danish: lære
Dutch: leren
Esperanto: lerni
Finnish: oppia (1,3,4), opiskella (2,5), opetella (4,5)
French: apprendre
Frisian: leare
Guaraní: ñembo'euka
Hebrew: (�����, leel-mod)
Hungarian: tanul
Ido: lernar
Indonesian: ajar|belajar
Interlingua: apprender
Japanese:
:学� (���, manabu)
:�強�� (�������, benky�-suru)
:学��� (�������, gakushū-suru)
trans-mid
Korean: 배��
Latin: discere
Latvian: m�cīties
Lithuanian: mokytis
Manchu: (tacimbi)
Maori: ako
Polish: uczy�|uczy� si�
Portuguese: aprender
Scottish Gaelic: ionnsaich, foghlaim, teagaisg
Serbian:
:Cyrillic: ��и�и#Serbian|��и�и
:Roman: u�iti#Serbian|u�iti
Slovene: u�iti se, izu�iti (3)
Spanish: aprender
Tupinambá: nhembo'e (thing learned indicated with postposition esé (r-))
Swedish: lära sig (1,4,5)
Telugu: న�ర�����న� (naerchukonu), (1,2,3,4,5), త�లిసి��న� (telisikonu) (6)
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References
R:Century 1911
R:Webster 1913
Family Word Finder Readers Digest Association Inc. NY 1975

Category:English irregular verbs

el:learn
es:learn
fa:learn
fr:learn
gl:learn
hi:learn
io:learn
id:learn
it:learn
lt:learn
hu:learn
ja:learn
pl:learn
pt:learn
ru:learn
simple:learn
fi:learn
ta:learn
te:learn
vi:learn
tr:learn
uk:learn
zh:learn

• 2007-11-17 18:07 - VolkovBot - robot Adding: [[lt:learn]], [[simple:learn]]

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