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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.

Example Sentences

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At least this is a lesson Tuchel did not have to wait too long to learn after the World Cup.

From BBC ● Sep. 26, 2026

You can learn more and vote here, plus read some delightful bios on the bears in the running or peruse its hall of champions.

From Salon ● Sep. 26, 2026

Stafford said all players must learn to move on from their mistakes.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 26, 2026

Nieuwenhuijsen was intrigued by the case because she hoped to learn more about the painter.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 26, 2026

“Because if you don’t learn how to work with your partner, you fail.”

From "Glitch" by Laura Martin

Jo learns to her dismay that she might have to surrender her precious friendship bracelet, whose charms represent her history with Raissa.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 24, 2026

She said she "learns faster" in the practical subject and most teenagers want to do something they enjoy alongside core academic subjects.

From BBC ● Sep. 23, 2026

The mind learns that disconnecting can allow a person to get space from the sensations, emotions, or experiences that are painful or overwhelming.

From Slate ● Sep. 23, 2026

"Everyone who studies chemistry beyond GCSE, or equivalent, learns about it."

From Science Daily ● Sep. 14, 2026

“He seemed nice otherwise. I hope he learns a lesson from this.”

From "A Monster of a Mystery (The Hardy Boys: Secret Files, #5)" by Franklin W. Dixon

De Villiers argues that the new findings show how much remains to be learned about the plant's non-cannabinoid chemistry.

From Science Daily ● Sep. 26, 2026

“Primetime” isn’t a film so much as it is a final exam testing what we’ve learned over the last 20 years.

From Salon ● Sep. 26, 2026

They have a proper catch-up roughly once a week, and she has learned not to take it personally if she doesn't hear from them.

From BBC ● Sep. 25, 2026

Jenny, who had learned she was a mutation carrier, could not acknowledge it when she began to change, even after a doctor made her diagnosis plain.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 25, 2026

Then a prison boredom—which I soon learned to fear above all else— settled over the cell.

From "The Hiding Place" by Corrie ten Boom

These women - all in their late 20s - grew up watching these stars, but it was only a few years ago that they learnt to study them through a telescope.

From BBC ● Sep. 26, 2026

On the intervening night of 8 and 9 June, Satish Salian was called by the police to a hospital where he learnt that his only child was dead.

From BBC ● Sep. 21, 2026

"I have learnt so much, I have met people all around the world, and it has been delightful," she said.

From BBC ● Sep. 17, 2026

He added: "We've also learnt that cool heads are needed, even in those most horrific of circumstances."

From BBC ● Sep. 11, 2026

Donne would have learnt from Hill about the possibility of life on other planets, and of planets circling other stars; he would also have learnt that these strange ideas derived from Giordano Bruno.

From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton

Those successes have depended on digitally unrolling CT scans and then using machine learning to detect extremely subtle changes in texture or shape associated with ancient ink.

From Science Daily ● Sep. 26, 2026

"They're learning how to leave," she says, "but we're learning how to let go."

From BBC ● Sep. 25, 2026

Rom-coms and dance movies are often littered with convoluted circumstances, but “Shake Your Booty!” sabotages the heartfelt story it wants to tell about finding new love and learning to let go.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 25, 2026

“Faculty report that some students experience negative feedback as existentially threatening, making it difficult to use criticism as an opportunity for learning and improvement,” the report says.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 24, 2026

I was also learning to hold my breath underwater.

From "Flying Through Water" by Mamle Wolo




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