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Learning

//ˈlɝnɪŋ// noun, verb

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    An act in which something is learned. uncountable, usually
  2. 2
    the cognitive process of acquiring skill or knowledge wordnet
  3. 3
    Accumulated knowledge. uncountable, usually

    "The department head was also a scholar of great learning."

  4. 4
    profound scholarly knowledge wordnet
  5. 5
    Something that has been learned. countable, proscribed, usually

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

Verb
  1. 1
    present participle and gerund of learn form-of, gerund, participle, present

    "I'm learning to ride a unicycle."

Etymology

Etymology 1

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.

Etymology 2

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.

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