Learn (something) the hard way

Somebody has learned their lesson

Learn from

Learn to do something

Learn (that)

Learn (that)

Learn what

Learn about

Learn (something) from somebody

Learn (how) to do something

A quick study

American English someone who learns things quickly

Learn verb

past tense and past participle learned or learnt / lɜːnt $ lɜːrnt / especially British English

1. SUBJECT/SKILL

[intransitive and transitive] to gain knowledge of a subject or skill, by experience, by studying it, or by being taught

ￚsee also teach

What's the best way to learn a language?

I learnt to drive when I was 17.

Hector spent the winter learning how to cope with his blindness.

The teacher's task is to help the pupil learn.

I learned a lot from my father.

Kids can have fun and learn about music at the same time.

Youngsters must learn what is dangerous and what is not to be feared.

The student will learn from experience about the importance of planning.

2. FIND OUT

[intransitive and transitive] formal to find out information or news by hearing it from someone else or reading it

ￚsynonym discover

I didn't tell her the truth. She would learn it for herself soon enough.

learn of/about

He learned about his appointment by telephone yesterday.

Last week I learned that I was pregnant.

She was surprised to learn that he was a lot older than she had thought.

learn whether/who/why

I waited to learn whether I'd secured a college place.

We have yet to learn who will be the new manager.

3. REMEMBER

[transitive]to get to know something so well that you can easily remember it

ￚsynonym memorize

The actors hardly had time to learn their lines before filming started.

4. CHANGE YOUR BEHAVIOUR

[intransitive and transitive] to gradually understand a situation and start behaving in the way that you should

They have to learn that they can't just do whatever they like.

Young hairdressers must learn to treat the client as a person, not a head of hair.

I've told him a hundred times not to bully people, but he never learns.

You have to learn from your mistakes (=understand why what you did was wrong).

the lessons learned in the Gulf War

used to say that someone will not do something wrong or stupid again, because they suffered as a result

I've learned my lesson; I've now got a burglar alarm and a guard dog.

to understand a situation or develop a skill by learning from your mistakes and bad experiences

7. that'll learn somebody!

Learned adjective

spoken used when something bad has just happened to someone as a result of their actions, especially when they ignored a warning

1. a learned person has a lot of knowledge because they have read and studied a lot

a learned professor

2. learned books/works etc

books etc that are written by people who have a lot of knowledge

learned works on natural history

ￚlearnedly adverb

Learner noun [countable]

1. someone who is learning to do something

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