Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary
learn (verb)transitive verb
1.
a) (1) to gain knowledge or understanding of or skill in by study, instruction, or experience - learn a trade
(2) - memorize learn the lines of a play
b) to come to be able - learn to dance
c) to come to realize - learned that honesty paid
2.
a) nonstandard - teach
b) obsolete to inform of something
3.
intransitive verb
to come to know - hear we just learned that he was ill to acquire knowledge or skill or a behavioral tendency discover
Merriam-Webster Online Thesaurus
learn (verb)1.
to acquire complete knowledge, understanding, or skill in
SYNONIMS:
get, master, pick upRELATED WORDS:
apprehend, comprehend, grasp, know, understand; absorb, assimilate, digest, drink (in), imbibe; ascertain, descry, detect, determine, dig up, discern, discover, examine, find out, hear, hit (on upon), run down, scare up, search (for), see, track (down), tumble (to), unearth; major (in), study; memorizeNEAR ANTONYMS:
forget; misunderstand; miss, overlook; disregard, ignore, neglect2.
to come to an awareness of
SYNONIMS:
ascertain, catch on (to), find out, get on (to), hear, learn, realize, see, wise (up)RELATED WORDS:
hit (on upon), tumble (to); descry, detect, encounter, espy, see, spot; calculate, dope (out), figure out, find, puzzle (out); discern, mind, note, observe, perceive; divineNEAR ANTONYMS:
miss, overlook; disregard, ignore; forget, unlearn; blanket, blot out, cloak, conceal, cover, curtain, enshroud, hide, mask, occult, screen, shroud, veil3.
to come upon after searching, study, or effort
SYNONIMS:
ascertain, descry, detect, determine, dig out, dig up, discover, dredge (up), ferret (out), find out, get, hit (on upon), hunt (down up), learn, locate, nose out, root (out), rout (out), rummage, run down, scare up, scout (up), track (down), turn upRELATED WORDS:
espy, sight, spot; look for, search (for out), seekNEAR ANTONYMS:
lose, mislay, misplace, misset4.
to commit to memory
SYNONIMS:
con, learn, studyRELATED WORDS:
hark back (to), mind [], recall, recollect, relive, remember, reminisce (about), retain, think (of); accept, apprehend, comprehend, get, grasp, know, understand; absorb, digestNEAR ANTONYMS:
disremember, forget, misremember; disregard, ignore, neglect, overlook, overpass, pass over, slight, slur (over)