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[ US /ˈɫɝn/ ]
[ UK /lˈɜːn/ ]
VERB
  1. impart skills or knowledge to
    He instructed me in building a boat
    I taught them French
  2. get to know or become aware of, usually accidentally
    I see that you have been promoted
    I learned that she has two grown-up children
  3. find out, learn, or determine with certainty, usually by making an inquiry or other effort
    Check whether the train leaves on time
    See whether it works
    I want to see whether she speaks French
    find out if he speaks Russian
  4. gain knowledge or skills
    She learned dancing from her sister
    Children acquire language at an amazing rate
    I learned Sanskrit
  5. commit to memory; learn by heart
    Have you memorized your lines for the play yet?
  6. be a student of a certain subject
    She is reading for the bar exam

How To Use learn In A Sentence

  • It is, we learned, easier to learn to fly a plane than to master touch-typing. Radio review: Fry's English Delight: The Trial Of Qwerty
  • I learned how to negotiate fights between adolescent girls without making it seem like parental interference.
  • You can't expect to learn a foreign language in a few months.
  • We learn a little more about how interconnected the world is. Times, Sunday Times
  • The only people she would be able to talk to in English would be Ovidiu, and marginally to Rica with the broken language he was still trying to learn.
  • It wasn't a bad program; with full profs as teachers, I read a lot and learned a lot.
  • A few nights ago, after viewing one of these, I was quaffing beer in Bombay Peggy's and learned that every one of the four women at the table happened to live on the other side of a river, either the Yukon or the Klondike.
  • This research has done much to advance our understanding of language learning.
  • I am eager to learn how to ride a bicycle.
  • Nancy and Andy bring in Stevie for an emergency pediatrician visit on "Weeds" (Showtime at 10), only to turn on the television in the waiting room and learn that the feds are a little too close to catching their family. TV highlights: Monday, Oct.18, 2010
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