learning

learning

noun

Definition of LEARNING

1

: the act or experience of one that learns

2

: knowledge or skill acquired by instruction or study

3

: modification of a behavioral tendency by experience (as exposure to conditioning)

Examples of LEARNING

1. a computer program that makes learning fun
2. different methods of foreign language learning
3. The first year of college was a learning experience.
4. They were people of good education and considerable learning.

First Known Use of LEARNING

before 12th century

Related to LEARNING

Synonyms: erudition, knowledge, learnedness, education, literacy, scholarship

Antonyms: ignorance, illiteracy, illiterateness

Related Words: culture, edification, enlightenment; reading; bookishness, pedantry

Near Antonyms: functional illiteracy

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See Synonym Discussion at knowledge

Other Education Terms

baccalaureate, colloquium, corequisite, dissertation, monograph, pedant, practicum, survey course, thesis