learn

About 66.91 uses per million words.

Meaning

1. verb To acquire, or attempt to acquire knowledge or an ability to do something.

   It's time Dad learned (how) to change the oil in the car.

2. verb To attend a course or other educational activity.
3. verb To gain knowledge from a bad experience so as to improve.

   learn from one's mistakes

4. verb To study.

   I learn medicine.

5. verb To come to know; to become informed of; to find out.

   He just learned that he will be sacked.

6. verb To teach.

   Give him a clip round the ear. That'll learn him!

7. noun The act of learning something.

Similar words

instruct teach con see read ascertain study find out memorize discover

Often followed by

to the from that how about more a what

Word family

learnable learned learner learners learning learns