learning curve
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- noun
- /ˈlɜrnɪŋ kɜrv/
- Specialized
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curva de aprendizaje
- When starting a new job, many employees experience a steep learning curve as they adapt to their responsibilities.
- a steep learning curve
- accelerate the learning curve
- a short learning curve
It's a steep learning curve, but you can get there.
- It's a steep learning curve, but you can get there.
- And I mean, there was a huge learning curve going on.
- But of course there's a a learning curve with that, but it's been very freeing.
- And what they say is that most humans simply cannot survive the learning curve.
- You and your child must grasp that no matter what the technology, there is a learning curve associated with its use.
- Silver defender, from all your time working in model making, what was the biggest mistake you made, which in turn provided the biggest learning curve?
- And I think that probably that show was the biggest learning curve and what set the tone for my whole career because the show was supposed to be huge.
- If you go through the learning curve to go from paper to electronic and you get nothing out of it except it slowed you down.
- Like this has been a huge learning curve for me and, and an instance in which the tools of sobriety have been very helpful to me.
- And so it was definitely a learning curve in terms of speed, in terms of work ethic, in terms of hours that I'm, I've put in.
- So added a little extra layer to the learning curve of being a new Doctor.
Examples
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And Jake's learning curve in business has been so huge in the last year.
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I have Adobe Illustrator installed at work, but the learning curve is extremely steep.
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So it's, it's been, it's, it's been a little bit of a learning curve for me, but we're getting there.
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However, with new technology comes a learning curve for those who use it.
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It's a steep learning curve, but you can get there.
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You and your child must grasp that no matter what the technology, there is a learning curve associated with its use.
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In general, the learning curve is steep for both procedures.
Academic text (2005) -
No one is denying there's a learning curve to becoming a good writer.
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When students see other students' work, it accelerates the learning curve enormously.
Academic text (2007) -
Mark Marquez had a steep learning curve at the Valencia test earlier this week.
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Surface Forms
Morphology
The phrase transparently combines 'learning' (acquiring knowledge) with 'curve' (a plotted or bent line) to denote a plotted shape showing how learning progresses or the rate of learning; this composition is straightforward and cross-linguistically common (e.g., 'curva de aprendizaje', 'courbe d'apprentissage'), so a B1 learner who knows the constituents will likely infer it means a graph or pattern of learning. The specialised ML sense (model performance vs. training data) is a specific application of that transparent idea rather than an unpredictable idiom.
Etymology
Learning curve may come from old classroom and training pictures where teachers drew a line or a curve on a graph to show how quickly a student improved; that clear picture of a rising or steep line helps explain why the phrase means 'how fast or how hard it is to learn something'.