Learn

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1 Pronunciation 2 Verb 3 Synonyms 4 Antonyms 4.1 Translations

Pronunciation

• lû(r)n, /lɜː(r)n/, /l3:(r)n/

  Rhymes: -ɜː(r)n

Verb

to learn (learns , learned / learnt, learned / learnt, learning)

1. To acquire, or attempt to acquire knowledge or an ability to do something.
2. To attend a course or other educational activity.
3. To make use of a bad experience.
4. To improve, maybe used in an order: "Learn how to do it better!"
5. To be studying to take a driving test etc, or to do a driving test etc.

Synonyms

• study

Antonyms

• forget
• teach

Translations

• Chinese: 学 (xué)
• Dutch: leren
• Finnish: oppia (1, 3, 4), opiskella (2, 5), opetella (4, 5)
• French: apprendre
• Frisian: leare
• German: lernen
• Guaraní: ñembo'euka
• Hebrew: (ללמוד , leel-mod)
• Ido: lernar
• Indonesian: belajar
• Interlingua: apprender
• Italian: apprendere ,imparare
• Japanese:
  • 学ぶ (まなぶ , manabu)
  • 勉強 する (べんきょう する, benkyō-suru)
  • 学習 する (がくしゅう する, gakushū-suru)
• Korean: 배우다
• Latin: discere
• Latvian: mācīties
• Manchu: (tacimbi )
• Polish: uczyć się
• Portuguese: aprender
• Slovio: ucxit
• Spanish: aprender
• Tupinambá: nhembo'e (thing learned indicated with postposition esé (r-))
• Swedish: lära sig (1,4,5)