learns

learns · verb

imported

Definitions

verb

  1. 1.

    Third person singular present tense of "learn": gains knowledge or skills through study or experience.

  2. 2.

    To find out or discover.

Phrases & expressions

  • •
    learns the hard way — discovers through difficult experience
  • •
    learns from mistakes — improves by analyzing errors

Related words

Antonyms: forgets, ignores
See also: learn, learned, learning, learnt
Synonyms: acquires, discovers, masters, studies

Etymology

From Old English leornian ("to learn, study"), from Proto-Germanic liznōną. Related to German lernen.