Classes and Learning

noun

• The cognitive process of acquiring skill or knowledge.
  • usage: "the child's acquisition of language"
  • synonyms: acquisition
• Profound scholarly knowledge.
  • synonyms: eruditeness, erudition, learnedness, scholarship, encyclopedism, encyclopaedism

verb

• Gain knowledge or skills.
  • usage: "She learned dancing from her sister"; "I learned Sanskrit"; "Children acquire language at an amazing rate"
  • synonyms: learn, larn, acquire
• Get to know or become aware of, usually accidentally.
  • usage: "I learned that she has two grown-up children"; "I see that you have been promoted"
  • synonyms: learn, hear, get word, get wind, pick up, find out, get a line, discover, see
• Commit to memory; learn by heart.
  • usage: "Have you memorized your lines for the play yet"
  • synonyms: memorize, memorise, con, learn
• Be a student of a certain subject.
  • usage: "She is reading for the bar exam"
  • synonyms: learn, study, read, take
• Impart skills or knowledge to.
  • usage: "I taught them French"; "He instructed me in building a boat"
  • synonyms: teach, learn, instruct
• Find out, learn, or determine with certainty, usually by making an inquiry or other effort.
  • usage: "I want to see whether she speaks French"; "See whether it works"; "find out if he speaks Russian"; "Check whether the train leaves on time"
  • synonyms: determine, check, find out, see, ascertain, watch, learn

• (p.pr.&vb.n.) of Learn.
• (n.) The acquisition of knowledge or skill; as, the learning of languages; the learning of telegraphy.
• (n.) The knowledge or skill received by instruction or study; acquired knowledge or ideas in any branch of science or literature; erudition; literature; science; as, he is a man of great learning.