learn

Pronunciation

• enPR: lû(r)n
• IPA: /lɜː(r)n/
• SAMPA: /l3:(r)n/
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Verb

Plain form learn

Third-person singular learns

Past tense learned

Past participle learned

Present participle learning

1. When you learn something, you start to know how to do things that you didn't know before.

   I'm going to learn English!

   Martha is learning to play the piano.

2. When you learn something, you start to know something that you didn't know before.

   I've just learned that I've been adopted.

3. When you learn, you start to know more than you knew before.

   You have to learn from your own mistakes.

Synonyms

1. study

Antonyms

1. forget
2. teach

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