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1. The cognitive process of acquiring skill or knowledge
   "the child's learning of language";
   - acquisition
    
2. Profound scholarly knowledge
   "his vast and versatile learning";
   - eruditeness, erudition, learnedness, scholarship, encyclopedism, encyclopaedism [Brit]

1. Gain knowledge or skills
   "She learned dancing from her sister"; "I learned Sanskrit";
   - larn, acquire
    
2. Get to know or become aware of, usually accidentally
   "I learned that she has two grown-up children";
   - hear, get word, get wind, pick up, find out, get a line, discover, see
    
3. Commit to memory; learn by heart
   "Have you learned your lines for the play yet?";
   - memorize, memorise [Brit], con [archaic]
    
4. Be a student of a certain subject
   - study, read, take
    
5. Impart skills or knowledge to
   - teach, instruct
    
6. Find out, learn, or determine with certainty, usually by making an inquiry or other effort
   "learn whether the train leaves on time";
   - determine, check, find out, see, ascertain, watch

Derived forms: learnings

Type of: basic cognitive process, education, hit the books, inform, study

Encyclopedia: Learning