1. The cognitive process of acquiring skill or knowledge
   "the child's learning of language";
   - acquisition
    
2. Profound scholarly knowledge
   "His learning on ancient civilizations impressed his colleagues";
   - eruditeness, erudition, learnedness, scholarship, encyclopedism, encyclopaedism [Brit]

1. Gain knowledge or skills
   "She learned dancing from her sister"; "I learned Sanskrit";
   - larn [informal], acquire
    
2. Commit to memory; learn by heart
   "Have you learned your lines for the play yet?";
   - memorize, memorise [Brit], con [archaic]
    
3. 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 [informal], discover, see
    
4. Be a student of a certain subject
   "She is learning chemistry at university";
   - study, read, take
    
5. 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
    
6. [archaic] Impart skills or knowledge to
   "I'll learn you to do it right next time";
   - teach, instruct

Derived forms: learnings

Type of: acquire, act, basic cognitive process, education, gain, hit the books [informal], inform, move, study, win

Encyclopedia: Learning, Psychology of