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Noun CEFR A2 Common
lɜːn

Definitions

  1. The act of learning something.
  2. A surname from Scottish Gaelic.
  3. To gain knowledge, information, comprehension, or skill: learns quickly; learned about computers; learned of the job through friends.
  4. having or showing great learning. a learned professor. geleerd مُثَقَّف، واسِع الإطِّلاع учен erudito učený bewandert lærd πολυμαθήςculto, erudito õpetatud فرهیخته oppinut savantמלומד विद्वान, पढे़ लिखे व्यक्तियों का समूह izučen, obrazovan tanult, tudós pandai lærður, menntaður colto, erudito 学識のある 학식이 있는 mokytas, mokslingas mācīts; izglītots berilmu geleerdlærduczony پوه او هوښيار erudito erudit учёный učený učen načitan lärd รอบรู้ çok bilgili, kültürlü 有學問的 учений, ерудований صاحب علم có h...
  5. a person who is in process of learning. Be patientI'm only a learner; (also adjective) a learner driver. leerder تِلْميذ учащ се aprendiz začátečník, -ice der/die Anfänger(in), Anfänger-... elev; -elev μαθητής, διδασκόμενος principiante, aprendiz õpilane, algaja آموزنده opettelija débutant/-ante תלמיד शिक्षार्थी, सीखने वाला व्यक्ति, नौसिखिया učenik tanuló pemula nemandi, byrjandi principiante 学習者 학습자 mokinys tāds, kas mācās pelajar leerlingelevuczeń, uczący się ښوونكى aprendiz învăţăcel; î...
  6. knowledge which has been gained by learning. The professor was a man of great learning. geleerdheid مَعْرِفَه، إطِّلاع، ثَقافَه познания erudição vědomosti die Gelehrsamkeit lærdom; viden γνώσεις, μάθησηconocimientos õpetatus یادگیری opittu tieto savoirלמידה, לימוד ज्ञान, विद्या učenje tudás pengetahuan lærdómur cultura, sapere, erudizione 学問 학습 mokslas, erudicija mācīšanās; erudīcija, zināšanas pengetahuan kennislærdomwiedza ښوونه،زدكړه erudição cunoştinţe ученость; эрудиция vedomosti znanje...
  7. that is easy or simple for use in learning. This textbook is learner-friendly. leerdersvriendelik سَهل الإسْتِعْمال في التَّعْليم лесно за научаване de fácil aprendizado jednoduchý pro naučení lernfreundlich, leicht zu lernen elevvenlig; indlæringsvenlig εύκολος στη διδασκαλία de fácil manejo/aprendizaje õppijasõbralik مناسب ربای یادگیری opiskeluun sopiva convivial pour l'apprenant יְדִידוּתִי לַלוֹמֵד सहपाठी मित्र lak za učenje tanulóbarát mudah dipelajari (di facile apprendimento) 学習者に親しみやす...
  8. aprender; [to have knowledge of] saber; [to learn about something new] tener noticias de, enterarse de.
  9. To gain knowledge of or skill in through study, instruction, or experience: learned how to sail; learned the new computer program; learn to speak Hindi.
  10. To fix in the mind or memory; memorize: learned the speech in a few hours.
  11. Nonstandard To cause to acquire knowledge; teach.
  12. Obsolete To give information to.

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Equivalents

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Euskaraikasi
Gaeilgefoghlaim
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ʻŌlelo Hawaiʻiaʻo
עבריתלמד
हिन्दीसीखना
Hrvatskiakonema
Bahasa Indonesiabelajar
Íslenskalæranema
ភាសាខ្មែររៀន
한국어배우다
Kurdînema
Кыргызчаүйрөнүү
Lingálaekolayekola
ລາວຮຽນ
Latviešumācīties
Malagasymianatra
Te Reo Māoriako
Монголсурах
Bahasa Melayubelajar
नेपालीसिक्नु
Српскиakonema
தமிழ்கல்
Türkçeöğrenmek
اردوسیکھنا
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Examples

“I did a quick learn of the place by watching the people shuffle in. There was a healthy mix of beautiful and freaky people, who shared a few common denominators[…]”

CEFR level

A2
Elementary
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