Definitions for learning

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learning learn·ing

Spelling: [lur-ning]

IPA: /ˈlɜr nɪŋ/

Learning is a 8 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 9 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 13 points.

You can make 308 anagrams from letters in learning (aegilnnr).

Definitions for learning

noun

1. knowledge acquired by systematic study in any field of scholarly application.
2. the act or process of acquiring knowledge or skill.
3. Psychology. the modification of behavior through practice, training, or experience.

verb (used with object)

1. to acquire knowledge of or skill in by study, instruction, or experience:
2. to become informed of or acquainted with; ascertain:
3. to memorize:
4. to gain (a habit, mannerism, etc.) by experience, exposure to example, or the like; acquire:
5. (of a device or machine, especially a computer) to perform an analogue of human learning with artificial intelligence.
6. Nonstandard. to instruct in; teach.

verb (used without object)

1. to acquire knowledge or skill:
2. to become informed (usually followed by of):

Origin of learning

before 900; Middle English lerning, Old English leornung. See learn, -ing¹

Examples for learning

He is honest about his religious doubts, but he is committed to learning more about God.

These tests prod and poke the children, creating lots of anxiety and taking away from the joy of learning.

In the absence of typical classrooms and curriculums, West Africans have opted for alternate methods of learning and education.

Already she was learning that peace of mind is essential to successful endeavor.

As to "earning her living," I am not sure but she was learning to do it in several ways.

Methinks, Alleyne, it is this learning which you have taught her that has taken all the life and sap from her.

The learning to take it manfully is what as individuals we get out of it.

What is most troubling is our – and I do mean “our” and not “their” – never treating these situations as learning opportunities.

So, too, did the Greeks, and divers other ancient peoples who were famed for their learning.

And Glenn, Tara, and Rosita spend the episode, um, learning to fish.