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lear¹
- /ˈlɪɹ/ US
- /ˈlɪə/ UK
- /ˈliə/ Australia, New Zealand
- /ˈliːɹ/ Scotland
- /ˈlɛː/
Sounds like leer, lair (cheer–chair merger) · Rhymes with -ɪə(ɹ)
Where it comes from
From Middle English laire, leire, lere, northern Middle English variants of lore, loare (“doctrine, teaching, lore”), from Old English lār (“lore”). More at lore.
noun lears
- Something learned; a lesson.
- Learning, lore; doctrine. when all other helpes she saw to faile, / She turnd her selfe backe to her wicked leares / And by her deuilish arts thought to preuaile [...].
lear²
- /ˈlɪɹ/ US
- /ˈlɪə/ UK
- /ˈliə/ Australia, New Zealand
- /ˈliːɹ/ Scotland
- /ˈlɛː/
Sounds like leer, lair (cheer–chair merger) · Rhymes with -ɪə(ɹ)
Where it comes from
From Middle English learen, leren (“to learn", also "to teach”).
verb lears · learing · leared
- To teach.
- To learn.
lear³
- /ˈlɪɹ/ US
- /ˈlɪə/ UK
- /ˈliə/ Australia, New Zealand
- /ˈliːɹ/ Scotland
- /ˈlɛː/
Sounds like leer, lair (cheer–chair merger) · Rhymes with -ɪə(ɹ)
Where it comes from
See lehr.
noun lears
- Alternative form of lehr.lehr
lear⁴
- /ˈlɪɹ/ US
- /ˈlɪə/ UK
- /ˈliə/ Australia, New Zealand
- /ˈliːɹ/ Scotland
- /ˈlɛː/
Sounds like leer, lair (cheer–chair merger) · Rhymes with -ɪə(ɹ)
Where it comes from
A reference to the "Quality Learing Center", an allegedly fradulent Somali-American-run childcare center in Minneapolis, U.S., which closed in 2026.
verb lears · learing · leared
- Deliberate misspelling of learn Better start learing
Lear⁵
- /lɪə/ UK
- /lɪəɹ/ US
Rhymes with -ɪə(ɹ)
proper noun
- A surname.
- The name of a legendary early king of Britain, the central character in Shakespeare's King Lear.
- Clipping of Learjet.Learjet First-generation Lears are beasts to fly.
