noun
- The cognitive process of acquiring skill or knowledge.
- usage: "the child's acquisition of language"
- synonyms: acquisition
- Profound scholarly knowledge.
- synonyms: eruditeness, erudition, learnedness, scholarship, encyclopedism, encyclopaedism
verb
- Gain knowledge or skills.
- usage: "She learned dancing from her sister"; "I learned Sanskrit"; "Children acquire language at an amazing rate"
- Get to know or become aware of, usually accidentally.
- usage: "I learned that she has two grown-up children"; "I see that you have been promoted"
- Commit to memory; learn by heart.
- usage: "Have you memorized your lines for the play yet"
- Be a student of a certain subject.
- usage: "She is reading for the bar exam"
- Impart skills or knowledge to.
- usage: "I taught them French"; "He instructed me in building a boat"
- Find out, learn, or determine with certainty, usually by making an inquiry or other effort.
- usage: "I want to see whether she speaks French"; "See whether it works"; "find out if he speaks Russian"; "Check whether the train leaves on time"
WordNet 3.0 © 2006 by Princeton University
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