learning
- noun
- /ˈlɜrnɪŋ/
- Formal
- My father spent all his time at study... at books of learning and philosophy.
- field of learning
Examples
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Improving the quality of life for people with learning disabilities involves more than just providing care services.
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We recommend the children be returned to an accredited learning program immediately.
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We have to keep learning and keep changing throughout our lives.
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Most of my learning has been from mistakes.
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Once, this was a respected institution of higher learning.
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I hope you enjoyed learning a bit about the Kippu.
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You have to promote organizational learning along the way.
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Large-ensemble classes provide powerful music learning experiences and do so at a uniquely low cost per student.
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The path of true learning is strewn with rocks, not roses.
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Most of my learning has come from making mistakes and reflecting on them.
Synonyms
Information and skills gained from study or experience
Learning knowledge and skills, often at school or university
Deep knowledge of a subject gained by long study
A strong and complete knowledge of a subject or idea
Great knowledge gained from study and reading
A strong, detailed understanding of a subject
A quality of knowing a lot from careful study
Deep knowledge someone has after long study of books
Very wide and deep knowledge of many different subjects
Antonyms
Compounds
- Specialized
A condition that makes reading, writing, or math hard for someone with average thinking skills
Learning to understand, speak, read, and write a language that is not your first
- Specialized
A difficulty that makes it hard for children with normal intelligence to read, write, or do math
A condition that makes it harder for a person to understand or do things like others their age
- Specialized
A graph showing how a computer model gets better with more training data
A way of teaching that uses new ideas and activities to help students learn
- Specialized
Learning where students make links between new information and what they already know
- Specialized
Computer method that teaches a program to create new data like images
How Extensive
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Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Learning comes from the old English verb learn, which meant 'to gain knowledge'. So learning can mean the deep knowledge a person has after long study.