learn

/lɜːn/ verb (past tense and past participle learned, also UK learnt /lɜːnt/)

Definition

GET SKILL [I, T] › to get knowledge or skill in a new subject or activity: I learned Russian at school. "Can you drive?" "I'm learning." She's learned a lot about computers in the last three months. [+ to do sth] I'm learning to play the piano. Cheese goes in the fridge - will he never learn?

REMEMBER [T] › to make yourself remember a piece of writing by reading or repeating it many times: I don't know how actors learn all those lines.

UNDERSTAND [I, T] › to start to understand that you must change the way you behave: [+ (that)] She'll have to learn that she can't have everything she wants. The good thing is, he's not afraid to learn from his mistakes. → See also learn your lesson → See also learn/know the ropes

(Definition of learn verb from the Cambridge Learner's Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)