learn as in gain knowledge or skills

• "She learned dancing from her sister"
• "I learned Sanskrit"
• "Children acquire language at an amazing rate"

Synonyms

• larngain knowledge or skills
• acquirecome into the possession of something concrete or abstract; take on a certain form, attribute, or aspect; come to have or undergo a change of (physical features and attributes); locate (a moving entity) by means of a tracking system such as radar ; win something through one's efforts; gain knowledge or skills; gain through experience

learn as in get to know or become aware of, usually accidentally

• "I learned that she has two grown-up children"
• "I see that you have been promoted"

Synonyms

• hearperceive (sound) via the auditory sense ; get to know or become aware of, usually accidentally; examine or hear (evidence or a case) by judicial process; receive a communication from someone; listen and pay attention
• get wordget to know or become aware of, usually accidentally
• get windget to know or become aware of, usually accidentally
• pick uptake and lift upward ; take up by hand; give a passenger or a hitchhiker a lift; gather or collect; get to know or become aware of, usually accidentally; get in addition, as an increase; take into custody; buy casually or spontaneously; register (perceptual input); lift out or reflect from a background; meet someone for sexual purposes; fill with high spirits; improve significantly; perceive with the senses quickly, suddenly, or momentarily; eat by pecking at, like a bird ; gain or regain energy
• find outestablish after a calculation, investigation, experiment, survey, or study; get to know or become aware of, usually accidentally; find out, learn, or determine with certainty, usually by making an inquiry or other effort; trap
• get a lineget to know or become aware of, usually accidentally
• discoverdiscover or determine the existence, presence, or fact of; get to know or become aware of, usually accidentally; make a discovery, make a new finding; make a discovery; find unexpectedly; make known to the public information that was previously known only to a few people or that was meant to be kept a secret; see for the first time; identify as in botany or biology, for example
• seethe seat within a bishop's diocese where his cathedral is located ; perceive by sight or have the power to perceive by sight; perceive (an idea or situation) mentally; perceive or be contemporaneous with; imagine; deem to be; get to know or become aware of, usually accidentally; see or watch; come together; find out, learn, or determine with certainty, usually by making an inquiry or other effort; be careful or certain to do something; go to see for professional or business reasons; go to see for a social visit; go to see a place, as for entertainment; take charge of or deal with; receive as a specified guest; date regularly; see and understand, have a good eye; deliberate or decide; observe as if with an eye; observe, check out, and look over carefully or inspect; undergo or live through a difficult experience; accompany or escort; match or meet; make sense of

learn as in commit to memory

• "learn by heart"
• "Have you memorized your lines for the play yet?"

Synonyms

• memorizecommit to memory
• memorisecommit to memory
• conin opposition to a proposition, opinion, etc.; deprive of by deceit; commit to memory; an argument opposed to a proposal ; a person serving a sentence in a jail or prison ; a swindle in which you cheat at gambling or persuade a person to buy worthless property

learn as in be a student of a certain subject

• "She is reading for the bar exam"

Synonyms

• studyconsider in detail and subject to an analysis in order to discover essential features or meaning; be a student; give careful consideration to; be a student of a certain subject; learn by reading books; think intently and at length, as for spiritual purposes; a detailed critical inspection ; applying the mind to learning and understanding a subject (especially by reading); a written document describing the findings of some individual or group; a state of deep mental absorption; a room used for reading and writing and studying; a branch of knowledge; preliminary drawing for later elaboration; attentive consideration and meditation; someone who memorizes quickly and easily (as the lines for a part in a play); a composition intended to develop one aspect of the performer's technique
• readsomething that is read; interpret something that is written or printed; have or contain a certain wording or form; look at, interpret, and say out loud something that is written or printed; obtain data from magnetic tapes or other digital sources; interpret the significance of, as of palms, tea leaves, intestines, the sky; interpret something in a certain way; be a student of a certain subject; indicate a certain reading; audition for a stage role by reading parts of a role; to hear and understand; make sense of a language
• takethe income or profit arising from such transactions as the sale of land or other property; the act of photographing a scene or part of a scene without interruption ; carry out; require (time or space); take somebody somewhere; get into one's hands, take physically; take on a certain form, attribute, or aspect; interpret something in a certain way; take something or somebody with oneself somewhere; take into one's possession; travel or go by means of a certain kind of transportation, or a certain route; pick out, select, or choose from a number of alternatives; receive willingly something given or offered; assume, as of positions or roles; take into consideration for exemplifying purposes; require as useful, just, or proper; experience or feel or submit to; make a film or photograph of something; remove something concrete, as by lifting, pushing, or taking off, or remove something abstract; serve oneself to, or consume regularly; accept or undergo, often unwillingly; make use of or accept for some purpose; take by force; occupy or take on; admit into a group or community; ascertain or determine by measuring, computing or take a reading from a dial; be a student of a certain subject; take as an undesirable consequence of some event or state of affairs; head into a specified direction; point or cause to go (blows, weapons, or objects such as photographic equipment) towards; be seized or affected in a specified way; have with oneself; engage for service under a term of contract; receive or obtain regularly; buy, select; to get into a position of having, e.g., safety, comfort; have sex with; lay claim to; be designed to hold or take; be capable of holding or containing; develop a habit; proceed along in a vehicle; obtain by winning; be stricken by an illness, fall victim to an illness

learn as in impart skills or knowledge to

• "I taught them French"
• "He instructed me in building a boat"

Synonyms

• teachan English pirate who operated in the Caribbean and off the Atlantic coast of North America (died in 1718) ; impart skills or knowledge to; accustom gradually to some action or attitude
• instructimpart skills or knowledge to; give instructions or directions for some task; make aware of

learn as in find out, learn, or determine with certainty, usually by making an inquiry or other effort

• "I want to see whether she speaks French"
• "See whether it works"
• "find out if he speaks Russian"
• "Check whether the train leaves on time"

Synonyms

• determineestablish after a calculation, investigation, experiment, survey, or study; shape or influence; fix conclusively or authoritatively; decide upon or fix definitely; reach, make, or come to a decision about something; fix in scope; settle conclusively; find out, learn, or determine with certainty, usually by making an inquiry or other effort
• checka written order directing a bank to pay money; an appraisal of the state of affairs; the bill in a restaurant; the state of inactivity following an interruption; additional proof that something that was believed (some fact or hypothesis or theory) is correct; the act of inspecting or verifying; a mark indicating that something has been noted or completed etc.; something immaterial that interferes with or delays action or progress ; a mark left after a small piece has been chopped or broken off of something ; a textile pattern of squares or crossed lines (resembling a checkerboard); the act of restraining power or action or limiting excess; obstructing an opponent in ice hockey ; (chess) a direct attack on an opponent's king ; examine so as to determine accuracy, quality, or condition; make an examination or investigation; be careful or certain to do something; lessen the intensity of; stop for a moment, as if out of uncertainty or caution; put a check mark on or near or next to; slow the growth or development of; be verified or confirmed; be compatible, similar or consistent; block or impede (a player from the opposing team) in ice hockey ; develop (a child's or animal's) behavior by instruction and practice; consign for shipment on a vehicle; hand over something to somebody as for temporary safekeeping; abandon the intended prey, turn, and pursue an inferior prey ; stop in a chase especially when scent is lost; mark into squares or draw squares on; decline to initiate betting ; hold back, as of a danger or an enemy; place into check; write out a check on a bank account ; find out, learn, or determine with certainty, usually by making an inquiry or other effort; verify by consulting a source or authority; arrest the motion (of something) abruptly; make cracks or chinks in; become fractured
• find outestablish after a calculation, investigation, experiment, survey, or study; get to know or become aware of, usually accidentally; find out, learn, or determine with certainty, usually by making an inquiry or other effort; trap
• seethe seat within a bishop's diocese where his cathedral is located ; perceive by sight or have the power to perceive by sight; perceive (an idea or situation) mentally; perceive or be contemporaneous with; imagine; deem to be; get to know or become aware of, usually accidentally; see or watch; come together; find out, learn, or determine with certainty, usually by making an inquiry or other effort; be careful or certain to do something; go to see for professional or business reasons; go to see for a social visit; go to see a place, as for entertainment; take charge of or deal with; receive as a specified guest; date regularly; see and understand, have a good eye; deliberate or decide; observe as if with an eye; observe, check out, and look over carefully or inspect; undergo or live through a difficult experience; accompany or escort; match or meet; make sense of
• ascertainestablish after a calculation, investigation, experiment, survey, or study; be careful or certain to do something; find out, learn, or determine with certainty, usually by making an inquiry or other effort; learn or discover with certainty
• watcha small portable timepiece ; a period of time (4 or 2 hours) during which some of a ship's crew are on duty ; a purposeful surveillance to guard or observe ; the period during which someone (especially a guard) is on duty ; a person employed to keep watch for some anticipated event ; the rite of staying awake for devotional purposes (especially on the eve of a religious festival) ; look attentively; follow with the eyes or the mind; see or watch; observe with attention; be vigilant, be on the lookout or be careful; observe or determine by looking; find out, learn, or determine with certainty, usually by making an inquiry or other effort