learn

Pronunciation

• enPR: lû(r)n
• IPA ^(key): /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

Plain form learn

Third-person singular learns

Past tense learnt

Past participle learnt

Present participle learning

1. When you learn something, you start to know how to do things that you didn't know before.
   • Synonym: study
   • Antonym: forget

   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.
   • Synonym: study
   • Antonym: forget

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

3. When you learn, you start to know more than you knew before.
   • Antonym: teach

   You have to learn from your own mistakes.