Found 4 items, similar to learn.
English → Indonesian (Kamus Landak) Definition: learn belajar
English → Indonesian (quick) Definition: learn belajar, berguru, mempelajari
English → English (WordNet) Definition: learn learn v 1: acquire or gain knowledge or skills; “She learned dancing from her sister”; “I learned Sanskrit”; “Children acquire language at an amazing rate” [syn: larn, acquire] 2: get to know or become aware of, usually accidentally; “I learned that she has two grown-up children”; “I see that you have been promoted” [syn: hear, get word, get wind , pick up, find out, get a line, discover, see] 3: commit to memory; learn by heart; “Have you memorized your lines for the play yet?” [syn: memorize, memorise, con] 4: be a student of a certain subject; “She is reading for the bar exam” [syn: study, read, take] 5: impart skills or knowledge to; “I taught them French”; “He instructed me in building a boat” [syn: teach, instruct] 6: find out, learn, or determine with certainty, usually by making an inquiry or other effort; “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” [syn: determine, check, find out, see, ascertain, watch] [also: learnt]
English → English (gcide) Definition: Learn Learn \Learn\ (l[~e]rn), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Learned (l[~e]rnd), or Learnt (l[~e]rnt); p. pr. & vb. n. Learning.] [OE. lernen, leornen, AS. leornian; akin to OS. lin[=o]n, for lirn[=o]n, OHG. lirn[=e]n, lern[=e]n, G. lernen, fr. the root of AS. l[=ae]ran to teach, OS. l[=e]rian, OHG. l[=e]ran, G. lehren, Goth. laisjan, also Goth lais I know, leis acquainted (in comp.); all prob. from a root meaning, to go, go over, and hence, to learn; cf. AS. leoran to go. Cf. Last a mold of the foot, lore.] 1. To gain knowledge or information of; to ascertain by inquiry, study, or investigation; to receive instruction concerning; to fix in the mind; to acquire understanding of, or skill; as, to learn the way; to learn a lesson; to learn dancing; to learn to skate; to learn the violin; to learn the truth about something. “Learn to do well.” --Is. i. 17. [1913 Webster] Now learn a parable of the fig tree. --Matt. xxiv. 32. [1913 Webster] 2. To communicate knowledge to; to teach. [Obs.] [1913 Webster] Hast thou not learned me how To make perfumes ? --Shak. [1913 Webster] Note: Learn formerly had also the sense of teach, in accordance with the analogy of the French and other languages, and hence we find it with this sense in Shakespeare, Spenser, and other old writers. This usage has now passed away. To learn is to receive instruction, and to teach is to give instruction. He who is taught learns, not he who teaches. [1913 Webster] Learn \Learn\, v. i. To acquire knowledge or skill; to make progress in acquiring knowledge or skill; to receive information or instruction; as, this child learns quickly. [1913 Webster] Take my yoke upon you and learn of me. --Matt. xi. 29. [1913 Webster] To learn by heart. See By heart, under Heart. To learn by rote, to memorize by repetition without exercise of the understanding. [1913 Webster]