learn

Meaning

Verb

1. To acquire, or attempt to acquire knowledge or an ability to do something.
2. To attend a course or other educational activity.
3. To gain knowledge from a bad experience so as to improve.
4. To study.
5. To come to know; to become informed of; to find out.

Noun

The act of learning something

Pronounced as (IPA)

/lɜːn/

Etymology

From Middle English lernen, from Old English leornian, from Proto-West Germanic *liʀnōn, from Proto-Germanic *lizaną, from Proto-Indo-European *(le-)lóys-e, stative from the root *leys- (“track, furrow, trace, trail”).
Cognate with German lernen (“to learn”). See also lore.

Sentences

" How did you learn to read ?" the girl asked at one point .