transitive verb
learned or Chiefly Brit.learnt, learn′ing- to get knowledge of (a subject) or skill in (an art, trade, etc.) by study, experience, instruction, etc.
- to come to know: to learn what happened
- to come to know how: to learn to swim
- to fix in the mind; memorize
- to acquire as a habit or attitude: to learn humility
- to teach: now dialectal or otherwise nonstandard
Origin of learn
Middle English lernen, to learn, teach from Old English leornian (akin to German lernen) from West Germanic an unverified form lizn?n (akin to Gothic laisjan, to teach) from Indo-European base an unverified form leis-, track, furrow from source Classical Latin lira, furrow- to gain knowledge or skill
- to be informed; hear (of or about)
