learning
learn·ing
learning · learnings
учення
учение, знание, познание, обучение
Kenntnis, Lernen, Gelehrsamkeit
An act in which something is learnedAn act in which something is learned.
UK/ˈlɜːnɪŋ/US/ˈlɝnɪŋ/
Meaning
3 senses(uncountable, usually)An act in which something is learned.
(uncountable, usually)Accumulated knowledge.
The department head was also a scholar of great learning.
Gelehrsamkeit, Kenntnis
уче́ниеučénije, зна́ниеznánije, учёностьučónostʹ
profound scholarly knowledge
(countable, proscribed, usually)Something that has been learned.
Translations
9 languagesУкраїнська
By meaning 1
action of the verb:
Русский
By meaning 2
action of the verb:
accumulated knowledge:
Deutsch
By meaning 2
action of the verb:
accumulated knowledge:
Origin
From Middle English lernyng, lernynge, from Old English leornung (“learning, study”), fromFrom 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.
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Forms
plural: learningsSynonyms
7 synonymsClose in meaning
- the cognitive process of acquiring skill or knowledge:acquisition
- profound scholarly knowledge:eruditenesseruditionlearnednessscholarshipencyclopedismencyclopaedism
Word family
63 related wordsDerivedactive learningadaptive learningantilearningauthentic learningautolearningblended learningbook-learningcompetition-based learningcontext-based learningcultural learningcyberlearningdeep learningdesign-based learningdeuterolearningdistance learninge-language learninge-learninge-learning theoryeverlearningfederated learningfew-shot learningfirsthand learningflipped learninghybrid learning
Lessons for this word
1 lessons- A1Countable and uncountable nouns — Because it can be uncountable