[
US
/ˈɫɝn/
]
[ UK /lˈɜːn/ ]
[ UK /lˈɜːn/ ]
VERB
-
impart skills or knowledge to
He instructed me in building a boat
I taught them French -
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 -
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 -
gain knowledge or skills
She learned dancing from her sister
Children acquire language at an amazing rate
I learned Sanskrit -
commit to memory; learn by heart
Have you memorized your lines for the play yet? -
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.
- We learn a little more about how interconnected the world is. Times, Sunday Times
- 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.
- You can't expect to learn a foreign language in a few months.
- 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
- He was in awe of China and pleaded that if India should progress it should learn a lesson or two from the communist regime.
- I wish people would bother to learn some history instead of regurgitating propaganda.
- I did not have intent to imply that homeschooling is like public school, but that public school directs what a child learns and when and unschooling does not. What do we teach our kids? | Johnny B. Truant