learning
English
Alternative forms
- learnyng (obsolete)
Etymology
From Middle English lernyng, lernynge, from Old English leornung (“learning, study”), from Proto-West Germanic *liʀnungu (“learning”), equivalent to learn + -ing. Cognate with Old Saxon lernunga, German Lernung.
Pronunciation
- (General American) IPA(key): /ˈlɝnɪŋ/
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈlɜːnɪŋ/
- Hyphenation: learn‧ing
Audio (US): (file) - Rhymes: -ɜː(ɹ)nɪŋ
Noun
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, proscribed) 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
- active learning
- adaptive learning
- a little learning is a dangerous thing
- antilearning
- artificial grammar learning
- authentic learning
- autolearning
- automated machine learning
- blended learning
- book learning
- book-learning
- competition-based learning
- context-based learning
- cultural learning
- cyberlearning
- deep learning
- deep learning speech synthesis
- design-based learning
- deuterolearning
- distance learning
- e-language learning
- e-learning
- e-learning theory
- everlearning
- federated learning
- few-shot learning
- firsthand learning
- flipped learning
- hybrid learning
- hyperlearning
- informal learning
- inquiry-based learning
- lack-learning
- language learning
- learning by teaching
- learning content management system
- learning diffculty
- learning difference
- learning difficulty
- learning-disabled
- learning-knight
- learningless
- learning objective
- learning permit
- learning season
- learning society
- learning streak
- machine learning
- mastery learning
- metalearning
- microlearning
- non-formal learning
- nonlearning
- nonverbal learning disorder
- observational learning
- one-shot learning
- online learning
- out-of-school learning
- passive learning
- potty learning
- prelearning
- project-based learning
- Q-learning
- recognition of prior learning
- reinforcement learning
- seat of learning
- self-learning
- service-learning
- sleep-learning
- telelearning
- vicarious learning
- zero-shot learning
Related terms
Translations
action of the verb
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accumulated knowledge
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Verb
learning
- present participle and gerund of learn
- I'm learning to ride a unicycle.
- 2024 May 4, Mat Gallagher, “I tried Mercedes’ new autonomous driving in busy city streets – it's mind-blowing”, in T3[2]:
- The system is still learning though, and will improve how it handles situations thanks to crowd-sourced data from across the Mercedes network.