transcription, транскрипция: [ ˈlərn ]
verb
( learned ˈlərnd, ˈlərnt ; learn·ing )
Etymology: Middle English lernen, from Old English leornian; akin to Old High German lernēn to learn, Old English last footprint, Latin lira furrow, track
Date: before 12th century
transitive verb
1.
a.
(1) : to gain knowledge or understanding of or skill in by study, instruction, or experience
learn a trade
(2) : memorize
learn the lines of a play
b. : to come to be able
learn to dance
c. : to come to realize
learn ed that honesty paid
2.
a. nonstandard : teach
b. obsolete : to inform of something
3. : to come to know : hear
we just learn ed that he was ill
intransitive verb
: to acquire knowledge or skill or a behavioral tendency
Synonyms: see discover
• learn·able ˈlər-nə-bəl adjective
• learn·er noun
Usage:
Learn in the sense of “teach” dates from the 13th century and was standard until at least the early 19th
made them drunk with true Hollands—and then learned them the art of making bargains — Washington Irving
But by Mark Twain's time it was receding to a speech form associated chiefly with the less educated
never done nothing for three months but set in his back yard and learn that frog to jump — Mark Twain
The present-day status of learn has not risen. This use persists in speech, but in writing it appears mainly in the representation of such speech or its deliberate imitation for effect.