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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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There’s an important aspect of specials, the business side of it, that I don’t think enough comics really get to learn until they’re confronted with it.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 18, 2026

“We plan to learn a lot from it, and we plan to make sure that we have the right product for our members,” Stephens said.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 18, 2026

Reading Festival's organisers are set to learn if their application to allow music on their main stage for a fourth day will be allowed despite residents' objections.

From BBC Aug. 18, 2026

For years, she read tarot cards for tourists who poured out of cruise ships eager to learn of new loves or fabulous riches.

From Barron's Aug. 18, 2026

It sometimes takes me a while to learn new things, Celia said when we parked on that random side street.

From "Keeping Pace" by Laurie Morrison

However, the young woman soon learns that the world of honey isn't as sweet as it seems.

From Barron's Aug. 13, 2026

“Like millions of families facing cancer, we’ve learned what every patient learns: Hope has a face.”

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 4, 2026

The reader is an outside observer and learns about things in a realistic manner.

From Salon Jul. 28, 2026

The new Prime Minister learns he has narrow fiscal running room.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 26, 2026

Respect is the first thing a child learns in a Dinka family—respect for mother, father, aunts, uncles, other children, and animals.

From "Lost Boy, Lost Girl" by John Bul Dau

The late Angelo Gasca prepared his assistants to take over one day and now it’s their turn to show what they learned.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 18, 2026

And he later learned he wasn’t alone, when another company service representative called the very next day and told him that roughly 171,000 small nongovernmental organizations “lost everything” in their OneDrive accounts.

From Slate Aug. 18, 2026

"It's absolutely scandalous," said one of the mothers, Rachel, who recently learned that she received the wrong sperm donor from the clinic.

From BBC Aug. 18, 2026

It couldn’t be learned what investments Walter financed with insurers’ money in the deals under examination by the government, including the Securities and Exchange Commission and the U.S.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 18, 2026

The dogs always know direction but this was before I learned to trust them—learned to understand that lead dogs know more than the person on the sled.

From "Woodsong" by Gary Paulsen

Diagnosed with autism, Arday says he was non-verbal until age 11 and only learnt to read and write at 18, before becoming Cambridge's professor of sociology of education at 37.

From Barron's Aug. 11, 2026

Despite never meeting Saunders, O'Brien said he was someone he had learnt a lot about over the years.

From BBC Aug. 6, 2026

On Friday evening, Berlin state finance minister Stefan Evers was appointed to replace him as the CDU's lead candidate, AFP learnt from internal party sources.

From Barron's Jul. 10, 2026

"No lessons have been learnt at Pentonville prison, no procedures have been put in place to prevent these deaths," said Saroj.

From BBC Jul. 9, 2026

Did yeh never wonder where yer parents learnt it all?

From "Harry Potter and the Cursed Child" by J.K. Rowling

OpenAI says of the young people who use ChatGPT, nine out of 10 use it to help them with learning.

From BBC Aug. 18, 2026

By learning which environments preserve ancient organisms on Earth, scientists may become better equipped to recognize possible signs of life elsewhere.

From Science Daily Aug. 17, 2026

“Once I got to the LSU beach team and started learning the game and actually playing, I just came to find a new love for the sport,” Rodriguez said.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 16, 2026

The real reason is that the world is learning to live without using as much oil as it used to.

From MarketWatch Aug. 16, 2026

“I’m learning, too. It’s not an only kind of thing.”

From "Legendary Frybread Drive-In" by Cynthia Leitich Smith




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