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Learn

verb

(past & past part. learned or learnt; pres. part. learning)

Gain knowledge or skills. Synonyms: acquire, larn. "I learned Sanskrit" , "Children acquire language at an amazing rate"

Get to know or become aware of, usually accidentally. Synonyms: discover, find out, get a line, get wind, get word, hear, pick up, see. "I see that you have been promoted"

Commit to memory; learn by heart. Synonyms: con, memorise, memorize.

Be a student of a certain subject. Synonyms: read, study, take.

Impart skills or knowledge to. Synonyms: instruct, teach. "He instructed me in building a boat"

Find out, learn, or determine with certainty, usually by making an inquiry or other effort. Synonyms: ascertain, check, determine, find out, see, watch. "See whether it works" , "Find out if he speaks Russian" , "Check whether the train leaves on time"

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— Highways in Hiding • George Oliver Smith

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— Dot and the Kangaroo • Ethel C. Pedley

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— Sowing and Reaping • Dwight Moody

... looked pale and anxious, but she smiled occasionally; and there was a sweetness in that smile which Charles thought must make its way to any heart. He freely told Mrs Monteath what he thought, and far as he was from wishing to learn from her manner any family secrets, he could not help believing from the tears which rose to her eyes, and the mournful smile with which she listened to the praises of Margaret Auchinvole, that the friendship between her and Henry Monteath ...

— Principle and Practice - The Orphan Family • Harriet Martineau

... increasing their land values three or fourfold, even the impossible became possible. The most ambitious section of the Union during the Pierce Administration was the Northwest, and it need not surprise us to learn that Douglas, her mouthpiece, was the most ambitious ...

— Expansion and Conflict • William E. Dodd

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