Meaning

2 senses

  1. (Scotland, archaic, transitive)To teach.

  2. (archaic, intransitive)To learn.

Examples

1 sentences

  1. He acted the part of King Lear.

    ruОн сыграл роль короля Лира. — sharptoothed

    deEr spielte die Rolle des König Lear. — Manfredo

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Origin

From Middle English learen, leren (“to learn", also "to teach”).

From Middle English learen, leren (“to learn", also "to teach”).

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Forms

lears, learing, leared, leared
Base formlear · to lear
3rd person singularlears
Present participlelearing
Past simpleleared
Past participleleared

regular · Lesson

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theylear
he, she, itlears

Past simpleLesson

all personsleared

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, theyhave leared
he, she, ithas leared

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill lear

Word family

1 related words
Relatedleery

Lessons for this word

3 lessons

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
leapB1leapfroglearnA1learnerA2leaseB2
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