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View synonyms for book learning

book learning

noun

  1. knowledge acquired by reading books, as distinguished from that obtained through observation and experience.
  2. formal education:

    She thought that common sense was just as important as book learning.



book-learning

noun

  1. knowledge gained from books rather than from direct personal experience
  2. formal education
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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Other Words From

  • book-learn·ed [book, -lur-nid, -lurnd], adjective
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Word History and Origins

Origin of book learning1

First recorded in 1580–90
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Example Sentences

Many things besides book-learning did Wang Ken teach his pupil.

I'm so glad spring is here at last that I've got to take it out in something besides book-learning.

They are good girls, both, and as busy as they are good; in spare moments they come up here, and take to book learning.

Mere scholarship—book-learning—is seldom effective in the solution of intricate national and economic problems.

You know what is before you, and these qualities are of far more importance, in your case, than any book learning.

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