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

Translation

GET SKILL [I, T] to get knowledge or skill in a new subject or activity
öğrenmek
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?1123
REMEMBER [T] to make yourself remember a piece of writing by reading or repeating it many times
ezberlemek
I don't know how actors learn all those lines.1123
UNDERSTAND [I, T] to start to understand that you must change the way you behave
öğrenmek; davranışın değiştirmesi gerektiğini kavramak
[+ (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 ropes1123
learn about/of sth phrasal verb
to hear facts or information that you did not know
duymak, haberi olmak, öğrenmek
We only learned about the accident later.1123
(Definition of learn verb from the Cambridge Learner's Dictionary English-Turkish © Cambridge University Press)

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