Definitions for learning
ˈlɜr nɪŋlearn·ing

Princeton's WordNet(3.50 / 2 votes)Rate this definition:

1. learning, acquisition(noun)

   the cognitive process of acquiring skill or knowledge

   "the child's acquisition of language"

2. eruditeness, erudition, learnedness, learning, scholarship, encyclopedism, encyclopaedism(noun)

   profound scholarly knowledge

Wiktionary(3.00 / 2 votes)Rate this definition:

1. learning(Noun)

   An act in which something is learned.

   Learning to ride a unicycle sounds exciting.

2. learning(Noun)

   Accumulated knowledge.

   The department head was also a scholar of great learning.

3. learning(Noun)

   Something that has been learned

Webster Dictionary(5.00 / 1 vote)Rate this definition:

1. Learning

   of Learn

2. Learning(noun)

   the acquisition of knowledge or skill; as, the learning of languages; the learning of telegraphy

3. Learning(noun)

   the knowledge or skill received by instruction or study; acquired knowledge or ideas in any branch of science or literature; erudition; literature; science; as, he is a man of great learning

Freebase(3.70 / 10 votes)Rate this definition:

1. Learning

   Learning is acquiring new, or modifying and reinforcing existing, knowledge, behaviors, skills, values, or preferences and may involve synthesizing different types of information. The ability to learn is possessed by humans, animals and some machines. Progress over time tends to follow learning curves. Learning is not compulsory; it is contextual. It does not happen all at once, but builds upon and is shaped by what we already know. To that end, learning may be viewed as a process, rather than a collection of factual and procedural knowledge. Learning produces changes in the organism and the changes produced are relatively permanent. Human learning may occur as part of education, personal development, schooling, or training. It may be goal-oriented and may be aided by motivation. The study of how learning occurs is part of neuropsychology, educational psychology, learning theory, and pedagogy. Learning may occur as a result of habituation or classical conditioning, seen in many animal species, or as a result of more complex activities such as play, seen only in relatively intelligent animals. Learning may occur consciously or without conscious awareness. Learning that an aversive event can't be avoided nor escaped is called learned helplessness. There is evidence for human behavioral learning prenatally, in which habituation has been observed as early as 32 weeks into gestation, indicating that the central nervous system is sufficiently developed and primed for learning and memory to occur very early on in development.

U.S. National Library of Medicine(5.00 / 1 vote)Rate this definition:

1. Learning

   Relatively permanent change in behavior that is the result of past experience or practice. The concept includes the acquisition of knowledge.

Editors Contribution(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. learning

   To learn, feel, know and understand intuitively.

   They knew their learning would contribute to the forward movement and they both looked forward to their wedding day together.

   Submitted by MaryC on February 29, 2020  

British National Corpus

1. Spoken Corpus Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'learning' in Spoken Corpus Frequency: #1875

2. Written Corpus Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'learning' in Written Corpus Frequency: #2466

3. Nouns Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'learning' in Nouns Frequency: #858

How to pronounce learning?

1. 

   Alex

   US English

   

   Daniel

   British

   

   Karen

   Australian

   

   Veena

   Indian

How to say learning in sign language?

Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of learning in Chaldean Numerology is: 7

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of learning in Pythagorean Numerology is: 8

Examples of learning in a Sentence

1. Russell Moore:

   They're looking for someone who will lead with justice for the common good ... which is one of the reasons why I'm not spending a lot of time asking politicians to outline for me their personal testimonies, which I think in the past has often led to politicians learning what evangelical testimonies sound like in order to win evangelical voters, that in and of itself is not an issue for me.

2. Bob Edwards:

   A little learning is a dangerous thing but a lot of ignorance is just as bad.

3. Michael Masser:

   Learning to love yourself is the greatest love of all.

4. Chief Executive Mark Zuckerberg:

   Learning more about German culture and German law has led us to change our approach on that, this is always a work in progress. I'm not going to claim up here today that we're perfect, we're definitely not.

5. Lindsey Graham:

   But what we'll see over time, as the electorate starts thinking about 'Who do we want to be the next commander-in-chief?' i don't know what Dr. Carson's done over the last 10 years other than surgery, which is amazing, it's something I couldn't do. But over the last decade I've been going to Iraq and Afghanistan, for over 35 times, learning from my mistakes, Bush's mistakes, Obama's mistakes.

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