learn

1. Gain knowledge or skills (synset 200599310)
   "She learned dancing from her sister"; "I learned Sanskrit"; "Children acquire language at an amazing rate"
   subtypes:

   • relearn - learn something again, as after having forgotten or neglected it
   • catch up - learn belatedly; find out about something after it happened
   • absorb, assimilate, ingest, take in - take up mentally
   • hit the books, study - learn by reading books
   same as: acquire, larn
2. Get to know or become aware of, usually accidentally (synset 200600349)
   "I learned that she has two grown-up children"; "I see that you have been promoted"
   subtypes:

   • get the goods - discover some bad or hidden information about
   • wise up - get wise to
   • catch, trip up - detect a blunder or misstep
   • ascertain - learn or discover with certainty
   • discover, find - make a discovery
   same as: discover, find out, get a line, get wind, get word, hear, pick up, see
   verb group: find, see, witness - perceive or be contemporaneous with
3. Commit to memory;
   Learn by heart (synset 200605971)
   "Have you memorized your lines for the play yet?"
   is a type of: hit the books, study - learn by reading books
   subtypes: alternate, understudy - be an understudy or alternate for a role
   same as: con, memorise, memorize
4. Be a student of a certain subject (synset 200601387)
   "She is reading for the bar exam"
   subtypes:

   • audit - attend academic courses without getting credit
   • prepare, train - undergo training or instruction in preparation for a particular role, function, or profession
   • drill, exercise, practice, practise - learn by repetition
   same as: read, study, take
5. Impart skills or knowledge to (synset 200830768)
   "I taught them French"; "He instructed me in building a boat"
   causes: acquire, larn, learn - gain knowledge or skills
   is a type of: inform - impart knowledge of some fact, state of affairs, or event to
   subtypes:

   • develop, educate, prepare, train - create by training and teaching
   • indoctrinate - teach doctrines to; teach uncritically
   • drill - teach by repetition
   • catechise, catechize - give religious instructions to
   • reinforce, reward - strengthen and support with rewards
   • spoonfeed - teach without challenging the students
   • induct - introduce or initiate
   • mentor - serve as a teacher or trusted counselor
   • tutor - be a tutor to someone; give individual instruction
   • unteach - cause to disbelieve; teach someone the contrary of what he or she had learned earlier
   • unteach - cause to unlearn
   • ground - instruct someone in the fundamentals of a subject
   • lecture, talk - deliver a lecture or talk
   • coach, train - teach and supervise (someone); act as a trainer or coach (to), as in sports
   • edify, enlighten - make understand
   • condition - establish a conditioned response
   same as: instruct, teach
6. Find out, learn, or determine with certainty, usually by making an inquiry or other effort (synset 200922307)
   "I want to see whether she speaks French"; "See whether it works"; "find out if he speaks Russian"; "Check whether the train leaves on time"
   subtypes: test - determine the presence or properties of (a substance)
   same as: ascertain, check, determine, find out, see, watch
   verb group:

   • ascertain, assure, check, control, ensure, insure, see, see to it - be careful or certain to do something; make certain of something
   • ascertain, determine, find, find out - establish after a calculation, investigation, experiment, survey, or study

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