learning
the cognitive process of acquiring skill or knowledge
How often you will meet it
Rank 2,142 of 71,295 words measured. It occurs 8,251 times across 139,755 chapters — 0.004% of every word in the library.
What it means
noun
- the cognitive process of acquiring skill or knowledge also: acquisition the child's acquisition of language
- profound scholarly knowledge also: eruditeness, erudition, learnedness, scholarship, encyclopedism, encyclopaedism
learning in real books
Each sentence below was written by a published author and is taken from a different book in our library. Open one to read the passage it came from, with narration.
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Keith was eager to learn, and learning came easy to him.
The Soul of a Child · Edwin Björkman · Chapter 1
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It is a rich language, however, and would amply repay any one the trouble of learning it.
The Mirror of Literature, Amusement — No. 474 · Various · Chapter 1
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How far this was a popular superstition, and to what length his learning went, it is impossible to say.
Christian's Mistake · Dinah Maria Mulock Craik · Chapter 1
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I found the pupils learning the poem, the teacher having placed a bunch of daffodils in a vase before them.
Poems Every Child Should Know · Mary E. (Mary Elizabeth) [Editor] Burt · Chapter 1
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Many, perhaps, would be desirous of learning by what Means he procured to himself such a cheap and lasting Satisfaction.
The Vanity of Human Wishes (1749) and Two · Samuel Johnson · Chapter 1