How do you use the word "learn" in a sentence?

Here are real-life examples of using "learn": I thought you liked to learn new things. You'd be surprised what you can learn in a week.

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/lɜːn/

Definition, CEFR level A1, pronunciation, examples, and quiz.

Definition

verbTo acquire, or attempt to acquire knowledge or an ability to do something.

verbTo attend a course or other educational activity.

Sentence Examples

I thought you liked to learn new things.

You'd be surprised what you can learn in a week.

Be humble enough to learn from your mistakes.

Synonyms & Antonyms

Synonyms:

see hear discover

Antonyms:

None

CEFR Practice Quiz

Students who want to ____ a new language must practice speaking daily.

CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)

Children often ____ many important social skills while they are playing with their friends at the school.

Word Origin & History

From Middle English lernen (“to learn", also, "to teach"”), from Old English leornian (“to learn", rarely also, "to teach”), from Proto-West Germanic *liʀnōn, from Proto-Germanic *lizaną, from Proto-Indo-European *(le-)lóys-e, stative from the root *leys- (“track, furrow, trace, trail”). The spelling with ⟨ea⟩ is of Early Modern English origin and reflects a lengthening of /ɛ~e/ to /eː/ before /rn/ in Late Old English or Early Middle English, then later lowering to /ɛː/; the modern pronunciation reflects still later reshortening. Cognate with Old Frisian lernia, lerna (“to learn”), Middle Low German lernen (“to learn", also, "to teach”), Middle Dutch leernen (“to learn", also, "to teach”) (whence Dutch lernen (“to study scripture”)), German lernen (“to learn”). See also lore and lear.

Literary Quotations & Historical Citations

"a school in which he learns sly circumvention" — 1782–1785, William Cowper, “(please specify the page)”, in The Task, a Poem, […], London: […] J[oseph] Johnson; […], →OCLC:

"I was very impressed with the obvious amount of work that went into the learning and synchronization of such a complex and harmonically and difficult score." — 1987 April 18, Tom Grabosky, “Gay Men's Voices Rise Up Singin'”, in Gay Community News, page 7:

"I have learned far more from them about how to be a scientist than they realize. Above all else, they taught me the virtues of proper waterfowl alignment." — 1988, Mark Andre Peter Loranc, “Acknowledgements”, in A Study of the Ionospheric Signature of Ion Supply from the Ionosphere to the Magnetosphere (PhD dissertation), University of Texas at Dallas, page iv:

"Other rules learnt by butlers include lighting candles 15 minutes before guests enter a room, and not saying "good morning" to guests until you are 5ft away." — 2019 December 15, Hugh Graham, Alice Hutton, “Milk or tea first? Charles's butlers have the answer”, in The Sunday Times, number 10,188, page 5:

"For, as he took delight to introduce me, I took delight to learn." — 1719 May 6 (Gregorian calendar), [Daniel Defoe], The Life and Strange Surprizing Adventures of Robinson Crusoe, […], London: […] W[illiam] Taylor […], →OCLC:

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