learn
To acquire, or attempt to acquire knowledge or an ability to do something.
Verb 4 meanings
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.”
To attend a course or other educational activity.
To gain knowledge from a bad experience so as to improve.
“learn from one's mistakes”
To study.
“I learn medicine.”
Noun 1 meaning
The act of learning something.
Etymology
From Middle English lernen (“to learn", also, "to teach"”), from Old English leornian (“to learn", rarely also, "to teach”), 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”).
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LEARN at a glance
LEARN has 5 letters and scores 5 points in Scrabble (L 1 + E 1 + A 1 + R 1 + N 1) and 7 in Words With Friends, before board bonuses. It ranks #665 by how often it appears in everyday English. It is valid in ENABLE, NWL2023, Collins/SOWPODS.
Rhymes with learn
All rhymesOne letter away
- YEARN8
- LEARY8
- LEARS5
- DEARN6
- LEARE5
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