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   Learn·ing

   /ˈlərniNG/

   

   noun

   • 1. the acquisition of knowledge or skills through experience, study, or by being taught: "these children experienced difficulties in learning" Similar studystudyingeducationschoolingtuitionteachingacademic workinstructiontrainingresearchinvestigationinformal:swotting
   • ▪ knowledge acquired through experience, study, or being taught: "I liked to parade my learning in front of my sisters" Similar scholarshipknowledgeeducationeruditioncultureintellectacademic attainmentacquirementsenlightenmentilluminationedificationbook learninginsightinformationunderstandingsagenesswisdomsophisticationpedantrylettersOpposite ignorance
   • ▪ a thing learned by experience; a lesson: "the learnings from the mission will help NASA plan for a future mission to Mars"

   Word Origin Old Englishleornung (see learn, -ing1).

   Scrabble Points: 9

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