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learn
English
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation) enPR: lûn, IPA(key): /l??n/
- (General American) enPR: lûrn, IPA(key): /l?n/
- Rhymes: -??(?)n
Etymology 1
From Middle English lernen, from Old English leornian (“to acquire knowledge”), from Proto-Germanic *liznan?. Cognate with German lernen (“to learn”).
Verb
learn (third-person singular simple present learns, present participle learning, simple past and past participle learned or (chiefly UK) learnt)
- To acquire, or attempt to acquire knowledge or an ability to do something.
- 2016, VOA Learning English (public domain)
- Every day I learn more about this great city.
- Every day I learn more about this great city.
- 2016, VOA Learning English (public domain)
- To attend a course or other educational activity.
- 1719, Daniel Defoe, Robinson Crusoe
- For, as he took delight to introduce me, I took delight to learn.
- 1719, Daniel Defoe, Robinson Crusoe
- To gain knowledge from a bad experience so as to improve.
- To study.
- To come to know; to become informed of; to find out.
Conjugation
Usage notes
- See other, dated and regional, sense of learn below.
Synonyms
- study
Antonyms
- forget
- teach
Derived terms
Translations
Noun
learn (plural learns)
- The act of learning something
Etymology 2
Possibly related to Middle English leren, from Old English l?ran (“to teach, instruct, indoctrinate”), from Proto-West Germanic *lai?ijan, from Proto-Germanic *laizijan? (“to teach”), from *laiz? (“lore, teaching", literally, "track, trace”), from Proto-Indo-European *leys- (“to track, furrow”).
Cognate with Scots lere, leir, Saterland Frisian leere, West Frisian leare, Dutch leren, German lehren, Swedish lära. See also lear, lore. But normally the Middle English word would give lere, not learn.
Verb
learn (third-person singular simple present learns, present participle learning, simple past and past participle learned or learnt)
- (now only in non-standard speech and dialects) To teach.
- Give him a clip round the ear. That'll learn him!
- 1599, William Shakespeare, Much Ado About Nothing, Act 4 Scene 1
- Sweet prince, you learn me noble thankfulness.
- circa 1611, William Shakespeare, Cymbeline, Act I Scene 5:
- Have I not been / Thy pupil long? Hast thou not learn’d me how / To make perfumes?
- 1993, The Simpsons, (18 Feb. 1993) Lisa's thoughts:
- That'll learn him to bust my tomater.
Usage notes
Now often considered non-standard.
Derived terms
- learned
Related terms
- larn
- lore
References
- learn in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
- learn in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913..
- Family Word Finder, Readers Digest Association Inc. NY 1975
Anagrams
- Laren, Larne, laner, neral, renal
Bavarian
Alternative forms
- learnan (Timau)
Etymology
From Old High German lern?n, lirn?n, from Proto-Germanic *liznan?. Compare German lernen, English learn, Dutch leren.
Verb
learn
- (Sappada, Sauris) to learn
References
- “learn” in Patuzzi, Umberto, ed., (2013) Ünsarne Börtar [Our Words], Luserna, Italy: Comitato unitario delle isole linguistiche storiche germaniche in Italia / Einheitskomitee der historischen deutschen Sprachinseln in Italien
Scots
Etymology
From Old English leornian
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /l?rn/
Verb
learn (third-person singular present learns, present participle learnin, past learnt, past participle learnt)
- To learn.
- To teach.
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constructionism
English
Etymology
construction +? -ism
Noun
constructionism (countable and uncountable, plural constructionisms)
- (law) A strict interpretation of the actual words and phrases used in law, rather than to any underlying intent.
- (social sciences) The idea that people learn about, or perceive the world by constructing mental models.
Derived terms
- social constructionism
- strict constructionism
Related terms
- constructionist
- constructivism
See also
- originalism
- textualism
Anagrams
- misconstruction
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