third-person singular verb
Gets knowledge or a skill through study, practice, or experience.
She learns English at a language school.
He learns how to play the guitar.
American English
How to pronounce learns
verbA1Very common word
LERNZ
/lɚnz/
One syllable.
Form of learn
Gets knowledge or a skill through study, practice, or experience.
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third-person singular verb
Gets information about something or becomes aware that something is true.
He learns about the problem from a text message.
She learns that the train is late.
Useful expressions
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.
Related words & forms
The final e is dropped before -ing: learning, not learn + ing.