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learning [lur-ning] Example Sentences
Main Entry:
learn [lurn]
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: acquire information
Synonyms: apprentice, attain, be taught, be trained, become able, become versed, brush up on, burn midnight oil, commit to memory, con, crack the books, cram, determine, drink in, enroll, gain, get, get down pat, get the hang of, get the knack of, grasp, grind, imbibe, improve mind, lucubrate, major in, master, matriculate, memorize, minor in, peruse, pick up*, pore over, prepare, read, receive, review, soak up, specialize in, study, take course, take in, train in, wade through
Notes: learn means to acquire or gain skill, knowledge or comprehension; teach means to impart skill, knowledge or comprehension to
Antonyms: teach
Main Entry: learning
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: education, knowledge
Synonyms: acquirements, attainments, culture, erudition, information, letters, literature, lore, research, scholarship, schooling, science, study, training, tuition, wisdom
Antonyms: ignorance
Main Entry: absorb
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: mentally take in information
Synonyms: assimilate, comprehend, digest, follow, get, get into, grasp, incorporate, latch onto, learn, sense, soak up, take in, understand
Antonyms: misunderstand, not get
Example Sentences
  • How tenure protects free speech and students' learning conditions.
  • Two-thirds of those presidents said online learning was comparable to face-to-face instruction.
  • For adults to go on learning languages easily, they need to recapture the indifference of childhood.
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Main Entry: acquisition
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: obtaining or receiving
Synonyms: accretion, achievement, acquirement, acquiring, addition, attainment, buy, gain, gaining, learning, obtainment, possession, prize, procuration, procurement, procuring, property, purchase, pursuit, recovery, redemption, retrieval, salvage, winning
Notes: acquisition is a material possession while an acquirement is a personal skill or knowledge that one gains
Antonyms: dearth, lack, loss, need, want
Main Entry: ascertain
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: make sure
Synonyms: catch on, check, check out*, check up on, confirm, determine, dig*, discover, divine, double-check, establish, eye*, eyeball, find out, fix, get down cold, get down pat, get hold of, get it down, get the hang of, identify, learn, learn the ropes, look-see, make certain, make sure, peg, pick up on, pick up*, read, see, settle, size, size up, tell, verify
Main Entry: assimilate
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: absorb mentally
Synonyms: comprehend, digest, grasp, incorporate, ingest, learn, osmose, sense, soak up, take in, take up, understand
Antonyms: misunderstand, reject, unlearn
Main Entry: cultivation
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: culture, sophistication, education
Synonyms: advancement, aestheticism, breeding, civility, civilization, delicacy, discernment, discrimination, enlightenment, gentility, good taste, grounding, improvement, learning, letters, manners, polish, progress, refined taste, refinement, schooling, taste
Antonyms: ignorance, unsophistication
Main Entry: culture
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: breeding, education, sophistication
Synonyms: ability, accomplishment, address, aestheticism, art, capacity, civilization, class, courtesy, cultivation, delicacy, dignity, discrimination, dress, elegance, elevation, enlightenment, erudition, experience, fashion, finish, gentility, good taste, grace, improvement, kindness, learning, manners, nobility, perception, polish, politeness, practice, proficiency, refinement, savoir-faire, science, skill, tact, training, urbanity
Main Entry: determine
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: discover, find out
Synonyms: add up to, ascertain, boil down to, catch on, certify, check, demonstrate, detect, divine, establish, figure, figure out, have a hunch, hear, learn, make out, see, size up, tell, tumble, unearth, verify, work out
Antonyms: miss, overlook
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