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learn

[lurn] / lɜrn /




Usage

What are other ways to say learn? To learn is to add to one's knowledge or information: to learn a language. To ascertain is to verify facts by inquiry or analysis: to ascertain the truth about an event. To detect implies becoming aware of something that had been obscure, secret, or concealed: to detect a flaw in reasoning. The verb discover is used with objective clauses as a synonym of learn in order to suggest that the new information acquired is surprising to the learner: I discovered that she had been married before.

Frequently Asked Questions

What is another word for learn?
To learn is to acquire knowledge of something through study and/or experience. The process of acquiring knowledge is called learning. To learn a subject or topic is to gain understanding of it—to grasp it. To learn a skill is to become proficient in it (and perhaps eventually to master it). In many cases, learning is the result of teaching. But learning isn’t always formal, like that done in school. We often learn things by teaching ourselves. Learning often involves working to understand something, but sometimes it happens almost automatically. The informal term pick up is sometimes used in the context of acquiring knowledge or skills in this way, such as through immersion, as in I picked up Italian when I spent two semesters in Rome. Another sense of learn (used in phrases like learn of and learn about) means to become or be made aware of something. This often involves hearing about or being informed about something, but sometimes it is more active. Synonyms for the more active sense include ascertain, detect, and discover.
What is another word for eager to learn?
Someone who is eager to learn often has a thirst for knowledge. Such a person is often inherently curious. Students who are eager to learn are often studious. A more general term is enthusiastic.
What is another word for a quick learner?
A quick or fast learner could be described as a quick study. You could describe such a person as having a quick mind or a ready grasp of something or, more informally, as having a mind like a sponge. Such a person could also be described as perceptive.
Is it learnt or learned?
Learned and learnt are both past tense forms of learn, but learned is far more common, especially in everyday speech.

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But before simply moving on — prepping for the next doomsday scenario — it is worth asking what we can learn from this one.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 17, 2026

“We need to learn and improve. We did not do everything perfectly,” he said.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 17, 2026

But Dubois is a beast and will learn really well, I was impressed in that fight he learned while being hurt which is difficult.

From BBC ● Oct. 17, 2026

“Maybe people can learn from them. Maybe this series is literally the beginning of a change.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 16, 2026

We had to learn if we wanted to protect the future.

From "Glitch" by Laura Martin

“Sometimes she has a new perspective and sometimes the world has changed. But in every case, she’ll take responsibility when she’s made a mistake and learns from it.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 12, 2026

Once a person learns the technique, it can potentially become part of ordinary daily movement without requiring continued use of specialized equipment.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 11, 2026

It learns from the order and timing of a borrower’s transactions to predict their ability to repay debt, and the likelihood of delinquency.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 6, 2026

Their weights, or the numeral parameters that the model learns throughout the training process, can be downloaded directly and run locally.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 5, 2026

When the officers take her and a group of other women on a tour of their fortified campus, she asks question after question, memorizing all she learns.

From "At Last She Stood" by Erin Entrada Kelly

If anything was learned about Santa Margarita last season in its first year under Palmer, it’s that the Eagles have one of the best coaching staffs in the state and keep improving each week.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 17, 2026

What’s brutally, painfully clear, beyond a shadow of a doubt, is that Holmes has not yet learned how to use her own voice.

From Salon ● Oct. 17, 2026

He’s learned that people want his money but not him.

From Slate ● Oct. 17, 2026

But Dubois is a beast and will learn really well, I was impressed in that fight he learned while being hurt which is difficult.

From BBC ● Oct. 17, 2026

By asking simple yes-or-no questions, listening for raps or silences, Mother learned that their spirit was a man.

From "American Spirits" by Barb Rosenstock

It was only later that he learnt of Nansi's heroics.

From BBC ● Oct. 16, 2026

"We continue working with our partners across government and the fire and rescue sector to ensure the lessons of the Grenfell tragedy are learnt, and this continues to shape everything we do."

From BBC ● Oct. 2, 2026

They learnt four dances, practised hard and rehearsed at home to prepare for the event, Fernhill House Care Home said.

From BBC ● Sep. 20, 2026

"And I feel like I learnt to do that too," she says.

From BBC ● Sep. 18, 2026

When me and Ma is working the fields and the time’s dragging, I learnt to make myself think on things so’s I won’t go dim-witted.

From "The Journey of Little Charlie" by Christopher Paul Curtis

“Can’t express enough how amazing of a learning experience this is,” Hesam Motlagh, a startup founder and adjunct professor at Stanford University, wrote on LinkedIn.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 17, 2026

"Everybody should be in there learning, having fun, looking forward to their weekend, and it's just vacant," she said.

From Barron's ● Oct. 16, 2026

The findings also point to a potentially useful insight about learning.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 16, 2026

In high school, I was in a learning community called the Civics and Government Institute.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 15, 2026

“Abuela is teaching me all the old Sephardic songs that she knows, and I’m also learning a few on my own.”

From "Across So Many Seas" by Ruth Behar


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