learning
Plural: learnings
Noun
- Acquired knowledge or skill; the act of gaining knowledge.
- the cognitive process of acquiring skill or knowledge
- profound scholarly knowledge
- An act in which something is learned.
- Accumulated knowledge.
- Something that has been learned.
Verb
- gain knowledge or skills
- get to know or become aware of, usually accidentally
- commit to memory; learn by heart
- be a student of a certain subject
- impart skills or knowledge to
- find out, learn, or determine with certainty, usually by making an inquiry or other effort
- present participle and gerund of learn
Examples
- I'm learning to ride a unicycle.
- The department head was also a scholar of great learning.
- Through continuous LEARNING, I improved my Scrabble vocabulary significantly.
Origin / Etymology
From Middle English lernyng, lernynge, from Old English leornung (“learning, study”), from Proto-West Germanic *liʀnungu (“learning”), equivalent to learn + -ing. Cognate with Old Saxon lernunga, German Lernung.
Synonyms
acquire, acquisition, ascertain, check, con, determine, discover, encyclopaedism, encyclopedism, eruditeness, erudition, find out, get a line, get wind, get word, hear, instruct, larn, learn, learnedness, memorise, memorize, pick up, read, scholarship, see, study, take, teach, watch
Scrabble Score: 9
learning: valid Scrabble (US) TWL Wordlearning: valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
learning: valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary