Слово англійською: learn
Дієслово
Переклад learn українською: вчи́тися чому́сь (отри́мувати знання́ і т. д.), навчи́тися (роби́ти) що, дізна́тися про що, завчи́ти, ви́вчити напа́м'ять
Детальний опис
- [transitive, intransitive] to gain knowledge or skill by studying, from experience, from being taught, etc.
- learn something to learn a language/skill/trade
- He had the opportunity to learn English in Australia.
- learn (something) from somebody/something I learned a lot from my father.
- Everyone in the class had the opportunity to learn from each other.
- learn (something) from doing something You can learn a great deal just from watching other players.
- learn (about something) She's very keen to learn about Japanese culture.
- The book is about how children learn.
- She received no training but quickly learnt on the job (= while doing the job).
- learn to do something He's learning to play the trumpet.
- Most people learn to read as children.
- learn how to do something Today we learnt how to use the new software.
- learn what, where, etc… Students need to learn what to do in an emergency.
Vocabulary Building LearningLearning- learn
- He’s learning Spanish/to swim.
- study
- She studied chemistry for three years.
- revise (British English) (North American English review)
- In this class we’ll revise/review what we did last week.
- practise (British English) (North American English practice)
- If you practise speaking English, you’ll soon improve.
- rehearse
- We only had two weeks to rehearse the play.
More Like This Verbs usually followed by infinitivesVerbs usually followed by infinitives- afford
- agree
- appear
- arrange
- attempt
- beg
- choose
- consent
- decide
- expect
- fail
- happen
- hesitate
- hope
- intend
- learn
- manage
- mean
- neglect
- offer
- prepare
- pretend
- promise
- refuse
- swear
- try
- want
- wish
- [transitive] learn something to study and repeat something in order to be able to remember it synonym memorize
- I learnt the poem by heart.
- We have to learn one of Hamlet's speeches for school tomorrow.
- You'll have to learn your lines by next week.
- [intransitive, transitive] to gradually change your attitudes about something so that you behave in a different way
- Some people never learn, do they?
- learn from something I'm sure she'll learn from her mistakes.
- Why do people so often fail to learn from experience?
- learn (that)… He’ll just have to learn (that) he can’t always have his own way.
- They quickly learn that bad behaviour is a sure-fire way of getting attention.
- learn to do something They eventually learned to love living in the countryside.
- I soon learned not to ask too many questions.
- [intransitive, transitive] to become aware of something by hearing about it from somebody else synonym discover
- learn of something I first learnt of his death many years later.
- learn about something We only learned about the problems in May of this year.
- learn (that)… We were very surprised to learn (that) she had got married again.
- learn who, what, etc… We only learned who the new teacher was a few days ago.
- learn something How did they react when they learned the news?
- it is learned that… It has been learned that 500 jobs are to be lost at the factory.
Word OriginOld English leornian ‘learn’ (in Middle English also ‘teach’), of West Germanic origin; related to German lernen, also to lore.
Idioms know/learn/find something to your cost
- to know something because of something unpleasant that has happened to you
- She is a tough competitor, as I know to my cost.
learn (something) the hard way
- to find out how to behave by learning from your mistakes or from unpleasant experiences, rather than from being told
- to learn what to do or not to do in the future because you have had a bad experience in the past
show somebody/know/learn the ropes
- (informal) to show somebody/know/learn how a particular job should be done
- used to express surprise at something new or unexpected you have been told