learning
8
2.0
- 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.
Academic text (2011) -
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.
Academic text (2011) -
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
∞
1.0
Learning knowledge and skills, often at school or university
∞
1.0
Information and skills gained from study or experience
35
6.1
Deep knowledge of a subject gained by long study
20
3.7
A strong and complete knowledge of a subject or idea
5
8.8
Great knowledge gained from study and reading
3
6.3
A strong, detailed understanding of a subject
1
8.9
Deep knowledge someone has after long study of books
A quality of knowing a lot from careful study
Very wide and deep knowledge of many different subjects
Antonyms
Compounds
- Specialized
23
4.0
A condition that makes reading, writing, or math hard for someone with average thinking skills
5
2.3
Learning to understand, speak, read, and write a language that is not your first
- Specialized
3
4.4
A difficulty that makes it hard for children with normal intelligence to read, write, or do math
1
3.9
A condition that makes it harder for a person to understand or do things like others their age
- Specialized
1
8.6
A way of learning things while you sleep by listening to recordings
- Specialized
1
4.0
A graph showing how a computer model gets better with more training data
- Specialized
1
7.9
Learning where students make links between new information and what they already know
A way of teaching that uses new ideas and activities to help students learn
- Specialized
Computer method that teaches a program to create new data like images
How Extensive
- Formal
5
8.8
- Formal
35
6.1
- Formal
8
2.0
∞
1.0
380
3.2
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.