4 definitions found
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Learn \Learn\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Learned}, or {Learnt} (?);
p. pr. & vb. n. {Learning}.] [OE. lernen, leornen, AS.
leornian; akin to OS. lin[=o]n, for lirn[=o]n, OHG.
lirn[=e]n, lern[=e]n, G. lernen, fr. the root of AS. l?ran to
teach, OS. l[=e]rian, OHG. l[=e]ran, G. lehren, Goth.
laisjan, also Goth lais I know, leis acquainted (in comp.);
all prob. from a root meaning, to go, go over, and hence, to
learn; cf. AS. leoran to go . Cf. {Last} a mold of the foot,
{lore}.]
1. To gain knowledge or information of; to ascertain by
inquiry, study, or investigation; to receive instruction
concerning; to fix in the mind; to acquire understanding
of, or skill; as, to learn the way; to learn a lesson; to
learn dancing; to learn to skate; to learn the violin; to
learn the truth about something. ``Learn to do well.''
--Is. i. 17.
Now learn a parable of the fig tree. --Matt. xxiv.
32.
2. To communicate knowledge to; to teach. [Obs.]
Hast thou not learned me how To make perfumes ?
--Shak.
Note: Learn formerly had also the sense of teach, in
accordance with the analogy of the French and other
languages, and hence we find it with this sense in
Shakespeare, Spenser, and other old writers. This usage
has now passed away. To learn is to receive
instruction, and to teach is to give instruction. He
who is taught learns, not he who teaches.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Learning \Learn"ing\, n. [AS. leornung.]
1. The acquisition of knowledge or skill; as, the learning of
languages; the learning of telegraphy.
2. The knowledge or skill received by instruction or study;
acquired knowledge or ideas in any branch of science or
literature; erudition; literature; science; as, he is a
man of great learning.
{Book learning}. See under {Book}.
Syn: Literature; erudition; lore; scholarship; science;
letters. See {Literature}.
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
learning
n 1: the cognitive process of acquiring skill or knowledge; "the
child's acquisition of language" [syn: {acquisition}]
2: profound scholarly knowledge [syn: {eruditeness}, {erudition},
{learnedness}, {scholarship}, {encyclopedism}, {encyclopaedism}]
From THE DEVIL'S DICTIONARY ((C)1911 Released April 15 1993) [devils]:
LEARNING, n. The kind of ignorance distinguishing the studious.