learning

English

Etymology

learn +‎ -ing, from Middle English lerninge, used in all modern senses (act of learning; accumulated knowledge; thing learned).

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˈlɝnɪŋ/
• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈlɜːnɪŋ/
• Hyphenation: learn‧ing

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• Rhymes: -ɜː(ɹ)nɪŋ

Noun

learning (usually uncountable, plural learnings)

1. (uncountable) An act in which something is learned.
2. (uncountable) Accumulated knowledge.

   The department head was also a scholar of great learning.

3. (countable) Something that has been learned
   • 2007 April 5, Stuart Elliott, “Online Experiment for Print Magazine”, in New York Times^[1]:

     “We’ll take the learnings and apply them to the rest of our business.”

Usage notes

• Countable sense “thing learned” often used in plural form learnings; see learnings: Usage notes for details.

Hyponyms

• game-based learning
• higher learning

Derived terms

• book-learning
• self-learning

Related terms

• learning by doing
• learning curve
• learning disability

Translations

action of the verb

• Arabic: تَعَلُّم‎ m (taʿallum)
• Catalan: aprenentatge (ca)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 學習 (zh), 学习 (zh) (xuéxí)

• Dutch: leren (nl) n
• Esperanto: lernado
• Finnish: oppiminen (fi)
• French: apprentissage (fr)
• German: Lernen (de) n
• Greek: μάθηση (el) f (máthisi)
• Irish: foghlaim f, léann m
• Italian: apprendimento (it)

• Japanese: 学習 (ja) (がくしゅう, gakushū)
• Latin: doctrina f
• Macedonian: учење n (učenje)
• Malay: belajar
• Norman: apprendrie f
• Persian: یادگیری‎ (fa), تعلم‎ (fa) (ta'allom)
• Portuguese: aprender (pt)
• Romanian: instruire (ro) f, învățare (ro) f
• Russian: учёба (ru) f (učóba), уче́ние (ru) n (učénije), изуче́ние (ru) n (izučénije), обуче́ние (ru) n (obučénije)
• Spanish: aprendizaje (es)
• Swedish: lärdom (sv) c
• Urdu: تعلم‎

accumulated knowledge

• Bengali: শিক্ষা (bn) (shikkha)
• Dutch: kennis (nl) f, geleerdheid (nl) f, geleerde (nl) n, geleerde (nl) m, f
• Finnish: oppineisuus, oppi (fi)
• German: Gelehrsamkeit (de) f, Kenntnis (de) f
• Greek: γνώση (el) f (gnósi), μόρφωση (el) (mórfosi), πολυμάθεια (el) f (polymátheia)
• Hungarian: tanulás (hu)
• Irish: léann m
• Latin: doctrina f

• Malay: pembelajaran
• Navajo: íhooʼaah
• Portuguese: aprendizado (pt) m
• Romanian: învățătură (ro) f
• Russian: уче́ние (ru) n (učénije), зна́ние (ru) n (znánije), учёность (ru) f (učónostʹ)
• Slovene: znanje (sl)
• Spanish: conocimiento (es) m
• Swedish: kunskap (sv) c

Verb

learning

1. present participle of learn

   I'm learning to ride a unicycle.

See also

• Pierian spring

References

• learning on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Anagrams

• langerin