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{ "term": "learn", "partOfSpeech": "verb", "ox3000": true, "cefr": "a1", "verbForms": { "presentSimple": { "iYouWeThey": "learn", "heSheIt": "learns" }, "pastSimple": "learned", "pastParticiple": "learned", "ingForm": "learning" }, "definitions": [ { "senseNumber": 1, "definition": "to gain knowledge or skill by studying, from experience, from being taught, etc.", "sensetop": "learn somethinglearn (something) from somebody/somethinglearn (something) from doing somethinglearn (about something)learn to do somethinglearn how to do somethinglearn what, where, etc…", "labels": "(British English)North American English(British English)North American English", "cefr": "a1", "ox3000": true, "examples": [ { "text": "to **learn a language/skill/trade**", "contextForm": "learn something" }, { "text": "He had the opportunity to learn English in Australia." }, { "text": "I **learned a lot** from my father.", "contextForm": "learn (something) from somebody/something" }, { "text": "Everyone in the class had the **opportunity to learn** from each other." }, { "text": "You can learn a great deal just from watching other players.", "contextForm": "learn (something) from doing something" }, { "text": "She's very keen to learn about Japanese culture.", "contextForm": "learn (about something)" }, { "text": "The book is about how children learn." }, { "text": "She received no training but quickly **learnt on the job** *(= while doing the job)*." }, { "text": "He's learning to play the trumpet.", "contextForm": "learn to do something" }, { "text": "Most people learn to read as children." }, { "text": "Today we learnt how to use the new software.", "contextForm": "learn how to do something" }, { "text": "Students need to learn what to do in an emergency.", "contextForm": "learn what, where, etc…" }, { "text": "He's learning to dance." }, { "text": "Children learn very quickly." }, { "text": "He was eager to learn all she could teach him." }, { "text": "She learned from watching others." }, { "text": "The children learn about art by painting." }, { "text": "Did you ever learn any languages?" }, { "text": "Everyone learns in a slightly different way." }, { "text": "He learned to ride when he was about three years old." }, { "text": "I've forgotten most of what I learned at school." }, { "text": "It's a bit overwhelming at first but don't worry—you'll soon learn." }, { "text": "Most of the kids here are eager to learn." }, { "text": "She's very interested in learning more about Japanese culture." }, { "text": "I've got a lot to learn, haven't I?" }, { "text": "You still have a lot to learn." } ], "topics": ["Education"], "collocations": { "adverb": ["a lot", "quickly", "soon"], "verb + learn": ["need to", "be eager to", "want to"], "preposition": ["about", "from", "through"] } }, { "senseNumber": 2, "definition": "to study and repeat something in order to be able to remember it", "sensetop": "learn something", "cefr": "a1", "ox3000": true, "examples": [ { "text": "I **learnt **the poem **by heart**." }, { "text": "We have to learn one of Hamlet's speeches for school tomorrow." }, { "text": "You'll have to learn your lines by next week." } ], "collocations": { "adverb": ["a lot", "quickly", "soon"], "verb + learn": ["need to", "be eager to", "want to"], "preposition": ["about", "from", "through"] } }, { "senseNumber": 3, "definition": "to gradually change your attitudes about something so that you behave in a different way", "sensetop": "learn from somethinglearn (that)…learn to do something", "cefr": "a2", "ox3000": true, "examples": [ { "text": "Some people never learn, do they?" }, { "text": "I'm sure she'll **learn from her mistakes**.", "contextForm": "learn from something" }, { "text": "Why do people so often fail to **learn from experience**?" }, { "text": "He’ll just have to learn (that) he can’t always have his own way.", "contextForm": "learn (that)…" }, { "text": "They quickly learn that bad behaviour is a sure-fire way of getting attention." }, { "text": "They eventually **learned to love **living in the countryside.", "contextForm": "learn to do something" }, { "text": "I soon learned not to ask too many questions." } ] }, { "senseNumber": 4, "definition": "to become aware of something by hearing about it from somebody else", "sensetop": "learn of somethinglearn about somethinglearn (that)…learn who, what, etc…learn somethingit is learned that…", "cefr": "b1", "ox3000": true, "examples": [ { "text": "I first learnt of his death many years later.", "contextForm": "learn of something" }, { "text": "We only learned about the problems in May of this year.", "contextForm": "learn about something" }, { "text": "We were very **surprised to learn (that)** she had got married again.", "contextForm": "learn (that)…" }, { "text": "We only learned who the new teacher was a few days ago.", "contextForm": "learn who, what, etc…" }, { "text": "How did they react when they learned the news?", "contextForm": "learn something" }, { "text": "It has been learned that 500 jobs are to be lost at the factory.", "contextForm": "it is learned that…" }, { "text": "I learnt of her arrival from a close friend." }, { "text": "We first learned of the problem from her school." }, { "text": "I was surprised to learn that he was only 23." } ], "synonyms": "discover", "collocations": { "verb + learn": [ "be astonished to", "be astounded to", "be intrigued to" ], "preposition": ["of"] } }, { "senseNumber": null, "definition": "to know something because of something unpleasant that has happened to you", "examples": [ { "text": "She is a tough competitor, as I know to my cost." } ] }, { "senseNumber": null, "definition": "to find out how to behave by learning from your mistakes or from unpleasant experiences, rather than from being told", "examples": [] }, { "senseNumber": null, "definition": "to learn what to do or not to do in the future because you have had a bad experience in the past", "examples": [] }, { "senseNumber": null, "definition": "to show somebody/know/learn how a particular job should be done", "labels": "(informal)", "examples": [] }, { "senseNumber": null, "definition": "used to express surprise at something new or unexpected you have been told", "examples": [] } ], "pronunciations": { "uk": [ { "pronunciation": "/lɜːn/", "audio": "le/learn/learn__gb_1.mp3" }, { "pronunciation": "/lɜːnz/", "audio": "le/learn/learns__gb_1.mp3" }, { "pronunciation": "/lɜːnd/", "audio": "le/learn/learned__gb_2.mp3" }, { "pronunciation": "/lɜːnt/", "audio": "le/learn/learnt__gb_1.mp3" }, { "pronunciation": "/ˈlɜːnɪŋ/", "audio": "le/learn/learning__gb_1.mp3" } ], "us": [ { "pronunciation": "/lɜːrn/", "audio": "le/learn/learn__us_1.mp3" }, { "pronunciation": "/lɜːrnz/", "audio": "le/learn/learns__us_1.mp3" }, { "pronunciation": "/lɜːrnd/", "audio": "le/learn/learned__us_2.mp3" }, { "pronunciation": "/lɜːrnt/", "audio": "le/learn/learnt__us_1.mp3" }, { "pronunciation": "/ˈlɜːrnɪŋ/", "audio": "le/learn/learning__us_1.mp3" } ] }, "wordOrigin": "Old English leornian ‘learn’ (in Middle English also ‘teach’), of West Germanic origin; related to German lernen, also to lore." }