learning
the act or process of acquiring knowledge or skill: Students exhibit a clear love of learning, enjoying the relationships they have with their teachers.
knowledge acquired by systematic study in any field of scholarly application: She enjoys showing off her learning to her parents.
Psychology. the modification of behavior through practice, training, or experience.
Usually learnings. something that is learned through education or experience: Parents can help set up expectations, nurture curiosity, cultivate discipline, and reinforce learnings.
Origin of learning
1synonym study For learning
Other words from learning
- un·learn·ing, adjective
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How to use learning in a sentence
Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan.
We, having no special learnings, had long since qualified as assistants.
Herland | Charlotte Perkins Stetson GilmanWhere, when, and how did the author pick up his multifarious learnings?
In the Name of the Bodleian and Other Essays | Augustine BirrellBooks show him human arts and laws Of every time and place; Books show the learnings and the faiths Of all the human race.
Cole's Funny Picture Book No. 1 | Edward William ColeI never loved book-learnings over-much, and this morn I seem to hate them; read, you who are more scholarly.
The Lady Of Blossholme | H. Rider Haggard
He was taught his grammar learnings by Mr. Bright (the famous school master of those times) of the schoole at Worcester.
Brief Lives (Vol. 2 of 2) | John Aubrey
British Dictionary definitions for learning
/ (ˈlɜːnɪŋ) /
knowledge gained by study; instruction or scholarship
the act of gaining knowledge
psychol any relatively permanent change in behaviour that occurs as a direct result of experience
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