Learn /(lẽrn)/

Learn

v. t.

imp. & p. p. Learned; p. pr. & vb. n. Learning

  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.
    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 ?

Learn

v. i.
  1. To acquire knowledge or skill; to make progress in acquiring knowledge or skill; to receive information or instruction; as, this child learns quickly.
    Take my yoke upon you and learn of me.
    — Matt. xi. 29.

Phrases & Compounds

To learn by heart
See By heart, under Heart.
To learn by rote
to memorize by repetition without exercise of the understanding.