American English
/lɚn/
One syllable.
to get knowledge or a skill by studying, practicing, or having experience
Practice out loudto get knowledge or a skill by studying, practicing, or having experience
She is learning English.
He learned to drive last year.
Say “I learned English,” but “I taught English to my son.”
learn English · learn a new skill · learn from experience · learn by doing
learn + language/skill
learn to + verb
to get information about something or become aware that something is true
I learned about the meeting this morning.
We learned that the store was closed.
In this sense, learn often means “enterarse de” in Spanish.
learn the truth · learn about a change · learn the results
learn about + topic
learn that + sentence
to memorize something exactly
I learned the poem by heart.
to understand something through a difficult experience
She learned the hard way to check the lock.
to improve by thinking about and correcting your mistakes
We all learn from our mistakes.
The final e is dropped before -ing: learning, not learn + ing.