learn
English
/lɜːn/, /lɝn/
verb
Definitions
- To acquire, or attempt to acquire knowledge or an ability to do something.
- To attend a course or other educational activity.
- To gain knowledge from a bad experience so as to improve.
- To study.
- To come to know; to become informed of; to find out.
Etymology
Inherited from Middle English lernen inherited from Old English leornian (acquire knowledge) inherited from Proto-Germanic *liznaną (learn).
Origin
Proto-Germanic
*liznaną
Gloss
learn
Concept
Semantic Field
Cognition
Ontological Category
Action/Process
Emoji
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Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- antilearning English
- autolearning English
- belearn English
- book-learned English
- cyberlearning English
- e-learner English
- e-learning English
- everlearning English
- forelearn English
- hyperlearning English
- lack-learning English
- learnability English
- learnable English
- learned English
- learnedly English
- learnedness English
- learner English
- learnership English
- learning English
- learningless English
- learnling English
- learnt English
- metalearning English
- microlearning English
- mislearn English
- must English
- must-learn English
- nonlearning English
- outlearn English
- overlearn English
- prelearned English
- prelearning English
- prelearnt English
- relearn English
- relearner English
- self-learning English
- telelearner English
- telelearning English
- unlearn English
- unlearnability English
- unlearnable English
- unlearner English
- Lernkartei German
- Lerntherapie German
- auslernen German
- erlernen German
- kennen lernen German
- lernen German
- umlernen German
- verlernen German
- *liznaną Proto-Germanic
- læra Norwegian Nynorsk
- lærepenge Norwegian Nynorsk
- leornian Old English
- lernd Middle English
- lerned Middle English
- lernen Middle English
- lerninge Middle English
- læra Old Norse
- lerni Esperanto
- lernen Old High German
- lernēn Old High German
- lernen Middle High German
- lernon Old Dutch
- liirnan Cimbrian
- lirnan Cimbrian
- lirnen Cimbrian
- linon Old Saxon
- leernen Alemannic German
- lérne Alemannic German
- lërne Alemannic German
- learn Scots
- lärnön Volapük
- learnen Mòcheno
- learn Bavarian
- learnan Bavarian
- must
- learnt
- unlearn
- relearn
- learned
- learner
- belearn
- outlearn
- learning
- mislearn
- e-learner
- overlearn
- learnedly
- unlearner
- forelearn
- prelearnt
- relearner
- learnable
- learnling
- e-learning
- prelearned
- must-learn
- prelearning
- telelearner
- learnership
- learnedness
- nonlearning
- unlearnable
- telelearning
- book-learned
- metalearning
- everlearning
- autolearning
- learningless
- learnability
- antilearning
- hyperlearning
- self-learning
- lack-learning
- microlearning
- cyberlearning
- unlearnability