Learn
/lɜːrn/verb
To get knowledge or skill in a new subject or activity.
She is learning Spanish.
Often appears as...
- learn english
- learn to drive
verb
To find out, discover or understand.
They are learning about the ancient civilization.
Often appears as...
- learn the truth
- learn about culture
verb
To memorize something.
She learned her lines for the play.
Often appears as...
- learn a poem
- learn lines
verb
To teach or inform someone.
He learned me how to play chess.
Often appears as...
- learn someone the basics
- learn someone a lesson
Usage tips
Informal, Approving
verb
To get knowledge or skill in a new subject or activity.
She is learning Spanish.
Often appears as...
- learn english
- learn to drive
verb
To find out, discover or understand.
They are learning about the ancient civilization.
Often appears as...
- learn the truth
- learn about culture
verb
To memorize something.
She learned her lines for the play.
Often appears as...
- learn a poem
- learn lines
verb
To teach or inform someone.
He learned me how to play chess.
Often appears as...
- learn someone the basics
- learn someone a lesson
Usage tips
Informal, Approving
Definition 1 of 4
Pro Tip 1/2Continuous Process
Learning is ongoing; you continually build on what you know.
I'm learning French, and it gets easier every day.
Pro Tip 2/2Active Engagement
Actively practicing and using new skills helps solidify learning.
After learning the basics of guitar, I practice daily.
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How memories form and...
Increased blood flow to the brain is helpful. And eat well. Your brain needs all the right nutrients to keep functioning correctly. And finally, give your brain a workout. Exposing your brain to challenges, like learning a new language, is one of the best defenses for keeping your memories intact.
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How playing an...
found that those who were exposed to a period of music learning showed enhancement in multiple brain areas, compared to the others. This recent research about the mental benefits of playing music has advanced our understanding of mental function, revealing the inner rhythms and complex interplay
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The truth about bats -...
you can learn how to protect such heroic animals. Install a properly designed bat box, one of the easiest ways to provide shelter for bats. Discourage the use of pesticides, which can harm bats when we try to feed on the insects you want to get rid of in the first place.
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What is depression? -...
actually reduces their suicide risk. Open conversations about mental illness help erode stigma and make it easier for people to ask for help. And the more patients seek treatment, the more scientists will learn about depression, and the better the treatments will get.
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Your body language may...
Sometimes we spread out. I see you. So I want you to pay attention to what you're doing right now. We're going to come back to that in a few minutes, and I'm hoping that if you learn to tweak this a little bit, it could significantly change the way your life unfolds.
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The benefits of a...
But recent advances in brain imaging technology have given neurolinguists a glimpse into how specific aspects of language learning affect the bilingual brain. It's well known that the brain's left hemisphere is more dominant and analytical in logical processes,
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Learning is bravery PIPE...
you can please okay now please raise it higher hey what's that about I'll tell you what it's about what it's about is that you learned at the age of four that teachers and parents and coaches and bosses would always ask for
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Can you solve the...
but they've lived there since birth, and the dictator has ensured they can't learn their own eye color. There are no reflective surfaces, all water is in opaque containers, and most importantly,
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Kangaroo Boxing Fight PIPE...
For a male, there's only really one key lesson to learn in his life. To get to the top, he must become a fighter.
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The Rise of the Cali...
You have to learn who your enemy is, otherwise you're not going to win the fight.
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How memories form and...
Increased blood flow to the brain is helpful. And eat well. Your brain needs all the right nutrients to keep functioning correctly. And finally, give your brain a workout. Exposing your brain to challenges, like learning a new language, is one of the best defenses for keeping your memories intact.
Video examples
How playing an...
found that those who were exposed to a period of music learning showed enhancement in multiple brain areas, compared to the others. This recent research about the mental benefits of playing music has advanced our understanding of mental function, revealing the inner rhythms and complex interplay
Video examples
The truth about bats -...
you can learn how to protect such heroic animals. Install a properly designed bat box, one of the easiest ways to provide shelter for bats. Discourage the use of pesticides, which can harm bats when we try to feed on the insects you want to get rid of in the first place.
Video examples
What is depression? -...
actually reduces their suicide risk. Open conversations about mental illness help erode stigma and make it easier for people to ask for help. And the more patients seek treatment, the more scientists will learn about depression, and the better the treatments will get.
Video examples
Your body language may...
Sometimes we spread out. I see you. So I want you to pay attention to what you're doing right now. We're going to come back to that in a few minutes, and I'm hoping that if you learn to tweak this a little bit, it could significantly change the way your life unfolds.
Video examples
The benefits of a...
But recent advances in brain imaging technology have given neurolinguists a glimpse into how specific aspects of language learning affect the bilingual brain. It's well known that the brain's left hemisphere is more dominant and analytical in logical processes,
Video examples
Learning is bravery PIPE...
you can please okay now please raise it higher hey what's that about I'll tell you what it's about what it's about is that you learned at the age of four that teachers and parents and coaches and bosses would always ask for
Video examples
Can you solve the...
but they've lived there since birth, and the dictator has ensured they can't learn their own eye color. There are no reflective surfaces, all water is in opaque containers, and most importantly,
Video examples
Kangaroo Boxing Fight PIPE...
For a male, there's only really one key lesson to learn in his life. To get to the top, he must become a fighter.
Video examples
The Rise of the Cali...
You have to learn who your enemy is, otherwise you're not going to win the fight.
Example 1 of 10
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Neil Gaiman
British Author
I hope that in this year to come, you make mistakes. Because if you are making mistakes, then you are making new things, trying new things, learning, living, pushing yourself, changing yourself, changing your world. You're doing things you've never done before, and more importantly, you're doing something.
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Tony Robbins
American Speaker
The secret of success is learning how to use pain and pleasure instead of having pain and pleasure use you. If you do that, you're in control of your life. If you don't, life controls you.
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Muhammad Ali
American Boxer
Friendship... is not something you learn in school. But if you haven't learned the meaning of friendship, you really haven't learned anything.
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Willie Nelson
American Musician
Freedom is control in your own life. I have more control now than in the past, and I'm learning the value of saying no. That's very important.
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Albert Einstein
German Physicist
Learn from yesterday, live for today, hope for tomorrow. The important thing is not to stop questioning.
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Mahatma Gandhi
Indian Leader
Live as if you were to die tomorrow. Learn as if you were to live forever.
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Henry Ford
American Businessman
You can't learn in school what the world is going to do next year.
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Benjamin Franklin
American Politician
Experience keeps a dear school, but fools will learn in no other.
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George Santayana
Spanish Philosopher
The wisest mind has something yet to learn.
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W. Edwards Deming
American Scientist
I am forever learning and changing.
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Neil Gaiman
British Author
I hope that in this year to come, you make mistakes. Because if you are making mistakes, then you are making new things, trying new things, learning, living, pushing yourself, changing yourself, changing your world. You're doing things you've never done before, and more importantly, you're doing something.
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Tony Robbins
American Speaker
The secret of success is learning how to use pain and pleasure instead of having pain and pleasure use you. If you do that, you're in control of your life. If you don't, life controls you.
Quote examples
Muhammad Ali
American Boxer
Friendship... is not something you learn in school. But if you haven't learned the meaning of friendship, you really haven't learned anything.
Quote examples
Willie Nelson
American Musician
Freedom is control in your own life. I have more control now than in the past, and I'm learning the value of saying no. That's very important.
Quote examples
Albert Einstein
German Physicist
Learn from yesterday, live for today, hope for tomorrow. The important thing is not to stop questioning.
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Mahatma Gandhi
Indian Leader
Live as if you were to die tomorrow. Learn as if you were to live forever.
Quote examples
Henry Ford
American Businessman
You can't learn in school what the world is going to do next year.
Quote examples
Benjamin Franklin
American Politician
Experience keeps a dear school, but fools will learn in no other.
Quote examples
George Santayana
Spanish Philosopher
The wisest mind has something yet to learn.
Quote examples
W. Edwards Deming
American Scientist
I am forever learning and changing.
Example 1 of 10
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