learn
$ \mathrm{learn}
/lɜːn/
learn something to learn a language/skill/trade
He had the opportunity to learn English in Australia.
learn (something) from somebody/something I learned a lot from my father.
Everyone in the class had the opportunity to learn from each other.
learn (something) from doing something You can learn a great deal just from watching other players.
learn (about something) She's very keen to learn about Japanese culture.
The book is about how children learn.
She received no training but quickly learnt on the job (= while doing the job).
learn to do something He's learning to play the trumpet.
Most people learn to read as children.
learn how to do something Today we learnt how to use the new software.
learn what, where, etc… Students need to learn what to do in an emergency.
He's learning to dance.
He’s still learning how to dance.
Children learn very quickly.
He was eager to learn all she could teach him.
She learned from watching others.
The children learn about art by painting.
Did you ever learn any languages?
Everyone learns in a slightly different way.
He learned to ride when he was about three years old.
I've forgotten most of what I learned at school.
It's a bit overwhelming at first but don't worry, you'll soon learn.
Most of the kids here are eager to learn.
She's very interested in learning more about Japanese culture.
I've got a lot to learn, haven't I?
You still have a lot to learn.
Collocations
adverb
verb + learn
need to
be eager to
want to
preposition
about
from
through
2 transitive learn something to study and repeat something in order to be able to remember it I learnt the poem by heart.
We have to learn one of Hamlet's speeches for school tomorrow.
You'll have to learn your lines by next week.
Some people never learn, do they?
learn from something I'm sure she'll learn from her mistakes.
Why do people so often fail to learn from experience?
learn (that)… He’ll just have to learn (that) he can’t always have his own way.
They soon learn that bad behaviour is a sure-fire way of getting attention.
learn to do something They soon learned to love living in the countryside.
I soon learned not to ask too many questions.
learn of something I first learnt of his death many years later.
learn about something We only learned about the problems in May of this year.
learn (that)… We were very surprised to learn (that) she had got married again.
learn who, what, etc… We only learned who the new teacher was a few days ago.
learn something How did they react when they learned the news?
it is learned that… It has been learned that 500 jobs are to be lost at the factory.
I learnt of her arrival from a close friend.
We first learned of the problem from her school.
I was surprised to learn that he was only 23.
Collocations
verb + learn
be astonished to
be astounded to
be intrigued to
preposition
of
Idioms
Word Origin
Old English leornian ‘learn’ (in Middle English also ‘teach’), of West Germanic origin; related to German lernen, also to lore.