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English[edit]
Alternative forms[edit]
- learnyng (obsolete)
Etymology[edit]
Corresponding to learn + -ing, from Middle English lerninge, used in all modern senses (act of learning; accumulated knowledge; thing learned).
Pronunciation[edit]
- (General American) IPA(key): /ˈlɝnɪŋ/
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈlɜːnɪŋ/
- Hyphenation: learn‧ing
Audio (US) (file) - Rhymes: -ɜː(ɹ)nɪŋ
Noun[edit]
learning (usually uncountable, plural learnings)
- (uncountable) An act in which something is learned.
- (uncountable) Accumulated knowledge.
- The department head was also a scholar of great learning.
- (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[edit]
- Countable sense “thing learned” often used in plural form learnings; see learnings: Usage notes for details.
Hyponyms[edit]
Derived terms[edit]
- active learning
- adaptive learning
- a little learning is a dangerous thing
- automated machine learning
- blended learning
- book-learning
- book learning
- deep learning
- distance learning
- e-language learning
- e-learning
- federated learning
- few-shot learning
- flipped learning
- hybrid learning
- lack-learning
- learning-disabled
- learning-knight
- learning content management system
- learning diffculty
- learning difference
- learning difficulty
- learning objective
- learning permit
- learning season
- learning streak
- machine learning
- mastery learning
- nonverbal learning disorder
- observational learning
- one-shot learning
- online learning
- Q-learning
- seat of learning
- self-learning
- zero-shot learning
Related terms[edit]
Translations[edit]
action of the verb
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accumulated knowledge
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Verb[edit]
learning
- present participle of learn
- I'm learning to ride a unicycle.
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