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learning
- /ˈlɝnɪŋ/ US
- /ˈlɜːnɪŋ/ UK
Rhymes with -ɜː(ɹ)nɪŋ
Where it comes from
From Middle English lernyng, lernynge, from Old English leornung (“learning, study”), from Proto-West Germanic *liʀnungu (“learning”), equivalent to learn + -ing. Cognate with Old Saxon lernunga, German Lernung.
noun learnings · learnyng
- An act in which something is learned.
- Accumulated knowledge. The department head was also a scholar of great learning.
- Something that has been learned. “We’ll take the learnings and apply them to the rest of our business.”
verb learnyng
- present participle and gerund of learn I'm learning to ride a unicycle.
Thesaurus
Closest in meaning: learnedness, erudition, eruditeness, acquisition, scholarship, didactic, instruction, lesson, education, instructional, studying, lore, knowledge, teach, expertise, knowing
Translations
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noun action of the verb
| Español | aprendizaje |
|---|---|
| 한국어 | 학습 hakseup |
| 日本語 | 学習 gakushū |
| 中文 | 學習 /学习 xuéxí |
| हिन्दी | शिक्षा śikṣā, पढ़ाई paṛhāī |
| Kiswahili | ujifunzaji |
| Português | aprendizagem |
| Français | apprentissage |
| Deutsch | Lernen |
| Italiano | apprendimento, insegnamento |
| Ελληνικά | μάθηση máthisi |
| Română | instruire, învățare |
| Русский | учёба učóba, уче́ние učénije, изуче́ние izučénije, обуче́ние obučénije |
| العربية | تَعَلُّم taʕallum, دَرْس dars |
noun accumulated knowledge
| Español | conocimiento |
|---|---|
| Português | aprendizado |
| Deutsch | Gelehrsamkeit, Kenntnis |
| Italiano | conoscenza, formazione |
| Ελληνικά | γνώση gnósi, μόρφωση mórfosi, πολυμάθεια polymátheia |
| Română | învățătură |
| Русский | уче́ние učénije, зна́ние znánije, учёность učónostʹ, позна́ние poznánije |
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