1gain or acquire knowledge of or skill in (something) by study, experience, or being taught:they’d started learning French [with infinitive]:she is learning to play the piano [no object]:we learn from experience
commit to memory:I’d learned too many grim poems in school
become aware of (something) by information or from observation: [with clause]:I learned that they had eaten already [no object]:the trading standards office learned of the illegal network
2 archaic or informal teach (someone):‘That’ll learn you,’ he chuckled [with object and infinitive]:we’ll have to learn you to milk cows
