learn´a|ble

learn´a|ble
learn «lurn», verb, learned or learnt «lurnt», learn|ing.
–v.i.
1. to gain knowledge or skill; receive instruction: »

Some children learn slowly.

2. to become informed; hear: »

to learn of an occurrence.

–v.t.
1. to find out about; gain knowledge of (a subject) or skill in (an art, trade, or other specialty): »

to learn French, to learn a new game.

2. to become able by study or practice: »

to learn to fly an airplane. In school we learn to read.

3. to memorize: »

to learn a poem by heart, to learn a song.

4. to find out; come to know: »

He learned the details of the train wreck. He learned that ¼ + ¼ = ½.

5. Substandard. to teach: »

After supper she got out her book and learned me about Moses and the Bulrushers (Mark Twain).

╂[Old English leornian]
–learn´a|ble, adjective.
Usage learn, teach. Substandard English often uses learn in the sense of teach: »

He learned me to play baseball.

Educated usage keeps the distinction: »

I learned to play baseball from him. He taught me to play baseball.


Useful english dictionary. 2012.

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