learning

English Online Dictionary. What means learning‎? What does learning mean?

English

Alternative forms

• learnyng (obsolete)

Etymology

From Middle English lernyng, lernynge, from Old English leornung (“learning, study”), from Proto-West Germanic *liʀnungu (“learning”), equivalent to learn +‎ -ing. Cognate with Old Saxon lernunga, German Lernung.

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˈlɝnɪŋ/
• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈlɜːnɪŋ/
• Hyphenation: learn‧ing
• Rhymes: -ɜː(ɹ)nɪŋ

Noun

learning (usually uncountable, plural learnings)

1. (uncountable) An act in which something is learned.
2. (uncountable) Accumulated knowledge.

3. (countable, proscribed) Something that has been learned.

Usage notes

• Countable sense “thing learned” often used in plural form learnings; see learnings: Usage notes for details.

Hyponyms

• game-based learning
• higher learning

Derived terms

Related terms

• learning curve
• learning disability

Translations

Verb

learning

1. present participle and gerund of learn

See also

• Pierian spring

References

• learning on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Anagrams

• langerin, relaning