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learning
noun
: the activity or process of gaining knowledge or skill by studying, practicing, being taught, or experiencing something : the activity of someone who learns
: knowledge or skill gained from learning
Full Definition of LEARNING
1
: the act or experience of one that learns
2
: knowledge or skill acquired by instruction or study
3
: modification of a behavioral tendency by experience (as exposure to conditioning)
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First Known Use of LEARNING
before 12th century
Related to LEARNING
- Synonyms
- erudition, knowledge, learnedness, education, literacy, scholarship
- Antonyms
- ignorance, illiteracy, illiterateness
Synonym Discussion of LEARNING
knowledge, learning, erudition, scholarship mean what is or can be known by an individual or by humankind. knowledge applies to facts or ideas acquired by study, investigation, observation, or experience <rich in the knowledge of human nature>. learning applies to knowledge acquired especially through formal, often advanced, schooling <a book that demonstrates vast learning>. erudition strongly implies the acquiring of profound, recondite, or bookish learning <an erudition unusual even in a scholar>. scholarship implies the possession of learning characteristic of the advanced scholar in a specialized field of study or investigation <a work of first-rate literary scholarship>.
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LEARNING Defined for Kids
learning
noun learn·ing \ˈlər-niŋ\
Definition of LEARNING for Kids
1
: the act of a person who gains knowledge or skill <Travel is a learning experience.>
2
: knowledge or skill gained from teaching or study <They're people of great learning.>
Medical Dictionary
learning
noun learn·ing
Medical Definition of LEARNING
: the process of acquiring a modification in a behavioral tendency by experience (as exposure to conditioning) in contrast to modifications occurring because of development or a temporary physiological condition (as fatigue) of the organism; also : the modified behavioral tendency itself
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