learner

[ lur-ner ]

/ ˈlɜr nər /

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noun

a person who is learning; student; pupil; apprentice; trainee.

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Origin of learner

before 1000; Middle English lerner(e), Old English leornere;see learn, -er¹

Words nearby learner

learned, learned borrowing, learned helplessness, learned profession, learned society, learner, learner's chain, learning, learning curve, learning difficulties, learning disability

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How to use learner in a sentence

Concurrently, education systems must adapt immediately to the needs of learners in a digital future.
After the COVID-19 Pandemic We Need to Build More Resilient Countries|Saadia Zahidi|January 19, 2021|Time
At insider websites like Beach Grit, vulnerable adult learners, particularly those mythopoetically rhapsodizing about the life-changing joy of waves they first rode the week before, are mercilessly mocked.
How I Learned to Surf in Middle Age|Tom Vanderbilt|January 5, 2021|Outside Online
Google Classroom is used with our youngest learners all the way up through college and beyond.
Best Chromebooks: Five things to consider|Eric Alt|December 9, 2020|Popular-Science
Rhode Island, for example, has reported that virtual-only learners are being infected at similar rates as those attending in-person school.
Youth sports have been hit with few coronavirus outbreaks so far. Why is ice hockey so different?|Ariana Eunjung Cha, Karin Brulliard|December 4, 2020|Washington Post

Some learners have the advantage of oversight and support from parents or siblings.
Failing grades double and triple — some rising sixfold — amid pandemic learning|Donna St. George|December 3, 2020|Washington Post
Subjects were assigned the roles of “teacher” and “learner” and placed in separate rooms.
‘Compliance’: The Year’s Most Controversial Film|Marlow Stern|August 18, 2012|DAILY BEAST
Franco, the perpetual and ravenous learner, would get straight A's from any of those teachers.
The Yes List||August 11, 2011|DAILY BEAST
"It was miraculous what a slow learner she was," says one person who met her.
The Education of Cathie Black|Jacob Bernstein|April 8, 2011|DAILY BEAST
Jamshid, the third person in our household, is a swift 23-year-old; a fabulous cook and fast learner.
Why I Love Afghanistan|Ching Eikenberry|July 3, 2010|DAILY BEAST
The next point is, to ascertain the precision with which the learner can bisect an object with the wires of the telescope.
Decline of Science in England|Charles Babbage
He is a poor teacher who is not a learner, and he is but little of a learner who is not something of a teacher also.
Thoughts on Educational Topics and Institutions|George S. Boutwell
Our junior clerk was an apt learner in deception and trickery.
Captains of Industry|James Parton
The less rubbing out the better the learner will progress, and the more satisfaction he will receive from the results.
Mechanical Drawing Self-Taught|Joshua Rose
In those days pilots were allowed to carry a learner, or "cub," board free.
Mark Twain, A Biography, 1835-1910, Complete|Albert Bigelow Paine

British Dictionary definitions for learner

learner

/ (ˈlɜːnə) /

noun

someone who is learning something; beginner

(in South Africa) a school pupil

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