Learn Learned I Learning Lot Past Watching Learnt

• to learn a language/a musical instrument/a skill
• i learned a lot from my father.
• you can learn a great deal just from watching other players.
• she's very keen to learn about japanese culture.

learn

1. to gain knowledge or skill by studying, from experience, from being taught, etc.
• to learn a language/a musical instrument/a skill
• I learned a lot from my father.
• You can learn a great deal just from watching other players.
• She's very keen to learn about Japanese culture.
• The book is about how children learn.
• He's learning to dance.
• Today we learnt how to use the new software.
• He’s still learning how to dance.
• He’s learning Spanish/to swim.
• She studied chemistry for three years.
• In this class we’ll revise/review what we did last week.
• If you practise speaking English, you’ll soon improve.
• We only had two weeks to rehearse the play.
2. to become aware of something by hearing about it from somebody else
• synonym discover
  https://www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com/definition/english/discover
• I learnt of her arrival from a close friend.
• We were very surprised to learn (that) she had got married again.
• We only learned who the new teacher was a few days ago.
• How did they react when they learned the news?
• It has been learned that 500 jobs are to be lost at the factory.
3. to study and repeat something in order to be able to remember it
• synonym memorize
  https://www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com/definition/english/memorize
• We have to learn one of Hamlet's speeches for school tomorrow.
4. to gradually change your attitudes about something so that you behave in a different way
• I'm sure she'll learn from her mistakes.
• He’ll just have to learn (that) he can’t always have his own way.
• I soon learned not to ask too many questions.
5. to know something because of something unpleasant that has happened to you
• He's a ruthless businessman, as I know to my cost.
6. to find out how to behave by learning from your mistakes or from unpleasant experiences, rather than from being told
7. to learn what to do or not to do in the future because you have had a bad experience in the past
8. to show somebody/know/learn how a particular job should be done
9. used to express surprise at something new or unexpected you have been told

Extra Examples

• Children learn very quickly.
• He was eager to learn all she could teach him.
• I was surprised to learn that he was only 23.
• I’ve got a lot to learn, haven’t I?
• She learned from watching others.
• Some people never learn, do they?
• The children learn about art by painting.
• They soon learn that bad behaviour is a sure-fire way of getting attention.
• We first learned of the problem from her school.
• You still have a lot to learn.
• learning about art
• Did you ever learn any languages?
• Everyone learns in a slightly different way.
• He learned to ride when he was about three years old.
• He’ll just have to learn (that) he can’t always have his own way.
• I learned of her arrival from a close friend.
• I’ll need to learn how to use the new software.
• I’m sure she’ll learn from her mistakes.
• I’ve forgotten most of what I learned at school.
• It’s a bit overwhelming at first but don’t worry, you’ll soon learn.
• Most of the kids here are eager to learn.
• She’s still quite young and she’s got a lot to learn.
• She’s very interested in learning more about Japanese culture.
• We have to learn one of Hamlet’s speeches for school tomorrow.
• We were very surprised to learn that she had got married again.
• You can learn a great deal just from watching the other players.
• You’ll have to learn your lines by next week.

Verb Forms

• present simple I / you / we / they learn
• he / she / it learns
• past simple learned
• past participle learned
• past simple learnt
• past participle learnt
• -ing form learning

Word Origin

• Old English leornian ‘learn’ (in Middle English also ‘teach’), of West Germanic origin; related to German lernen, also to lore.