{
    "term": "learn",
    "partOfSpeech": "verb",
    "ox3000": true,
    "cefr": "a1",
    "verbForms": {
        "presentSimple": {
            "iYouWeThey": "learn",
            "heSheIt": "learns"
        },
        "pastSimple": "learned",
        "pastParticiple": "learned",
        "ingForm": "learning"
    },
    "definitions": [
        {
            "senseNumber": 1,
            "definition": "to gain knowledge or skill by studying, from experience, from being taught, etc.",
            "sensetop": "learn somethinglearn (something) from somebody/somethinglearn (something) from doing somethinglearn (about something)learn to do somethinglearn how to do somethinglearn what, where, etc…",
            "labels": "(British English)North American English(British English)North American English",
            "cefr": "a1",
            "ox3000": true,
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "to **learn a language/skill/trade**",
                    "contextForm": "learn something"
                },
                {
                    "text": "He had the opportunity to learn English in Australia."
                },
                {
                    "text": "I **learned a lot** from my father.",
                    "contextForm": "learn (something) from somebody/something"
                },
                {
                    "text": "Everyone in the class had the **opportunity to learn** from each other."
                },
                {
                    "text": "You can learn a great deal just from watching other players.",
                    "contextForm": "learn (something) from doing something"
                },
                {
                    "text": "She's very keen to learn about Japanese culture.",
                    "contextForm": "learn (about something)"
                },
                {
                    "text": "The book is about how children learn."
                },
                {
                    "text": "She received no training but quickly **learnt on the job** *(= while doing the job)*."
                },
                {
                    "text": "He's learning to play the trumpet.",
                    "contextForm": "learn to do something"
                },
                {
                    "text": "Most people learn to read as children."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Today we learnt how to use the new software.",
                    "contextForm": "learn how to do something"
                },
                {
                    "text": "Students need to learn what to do in an emergency.",
                    "contextForm": "learn what, where, etc…"
                },
                {
                    "text": "He's learning to dance."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Children learn very quickly."
                },
                {
                    "text": "He was eager to learn all she could teach him."
                },
                {
                    "text": "She learned from watching others."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The children learn about art by painting."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Did you ever learn any languages?"
                },
                {
                    "text": "Everyone learns in a slightly different way."
                },
                {
                    "text": "He learned to ride when he was about three years old."
                },
                {
                    "text": "I've forgotten most of what I learned at school."
                },
                {
                    "text": "It's a bit overwhelming at first but don't worry—you'll soon learn."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Most of the kids here are eager to learn."
                },
                {
                    "text": "She's very interested in learning more about Japanese culture."
                },
                {
                    "text": "I've got a lot to learn, haven't I?"
                },
                {
                    "text": "You still have a lot to learn."
                }
            ],
            "topics": ["Education"],
            "collocations": {
                "adverb": ["a lot", "quickly", "soon"],
                "verb + learn": ["need to", "be eager to", "want to"],
                "preposition": ["about", "from", "through"]
            }
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 2,
            "definition": "to study and repeat something in order to be able to remember it",
            "sensetop": "learn something",
            "cefr": "a1",
            "ox3000": true,
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "I **learnt **the poem **by heart**."
                },
                {
                    "text": "We have to learn one of Hamlet's speeches for school tomorrow."
                },
                {
                    "text": "You'll have to learn your lines by next week."
                }
            ],
            "collocations": {
                "adverb": ["a lot", "quickly", "soon"],
                "verb + learn": ["need to", "be eager to", "want to"],
                "preposition": ["about", "from", "through"]
            }
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 3,
            "definition": "to gradually change your attitudes about something so that you behave in a different way",
            "sensetop": "learn from somethinglearn (that)…learn to do something",
            "cefr": "a2",
            "ox3000": true,
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "Some people never learn, do they?"
                },
                {
                    "text": "I'm sure she'll **learn from her mistakes**.",
                    "contextForm": "learn from something"
                },
                {
                    "text": "Why do people so often fail to **learn from experience**?"
                },
                {
                    "text": "He’ll just have to learn (that) he can’t always have his own way.",
                    "contextForm": "learn (that)…"
                },
                {
                    "text": "They quickly learn that bad behaviour is a sure-fire way of getting attention."
                },
                {
                    "text": "They eventually **learned to love **living in the countryside.",
                    "contextForm": "learn to do something"
                },
                {
                    "text": "I soon learned not to ask too many questions."
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 4,
            "definition": "to become aware of something by hearing about it from somebody else",
            "sensetop": "learn of somethinglearn about somethinglearn (that)…learn who, what, etc…learn somethingit is learned that…",
            "cefr": "b1",
            "ox3000": true,
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "I first learnt of his death many years later.",
                    "contextForm": "learn of something"
                },
                {
                    "text": "We only learned about the problems in May of this year.",
                    "contextForm": "learn about something"
                },
                {
                    "text": "We were very **surprised to learn (that)** she had got married again.",
                    "contextForm": "learn (that)…"
                },
                {
                    "text": "We only learned who the new teacher was a few days ago.",
                    "contextForm": "learn who, what, etc…"
                },
                {
                    "text": "How did they react when they learned the news?",
                    "contextForm": "learn something"
                },
                {
                    "text": "It has been learned that 500 jobs are to be lost at the factory.",
                    "contextForm": "it is learned that…"
                },
                {
                    "text": "I learnt of her arrival from a close friend."
                },
                {
                    "text": "We first learned of the problem from her school."
                },
                {
                    "text": "I was surprised to learn that he was only 23."
                }
            ],
            "synonyms": "discover",
            "collocations": {
                "verb + learn": [
                    "be astonished to",
                    "be astounded to",
                    "be intrigued to"
                ],
                "preposition": ["of"]
            }
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": null,
            "definition": "to know something because of something unpleasant that has happened to you",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "She is a tough competitor, as I know to my cost."
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": null,
            "definition": "to find out how to behave by learning from your mistakes or from unpleasant experiences, rather than from being told",
            "examples": []
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": null,
            "definition": "to learn what to do or not to do in the future because you have had a bad experience in the past",
            "examples": []
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": null,
            "definition": "to show somebody/know/learn how a particular job should be done",
            "labels": "(informal)",
            "examples": []
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": null,
            "definition": "used to express surprise at something new or unexpected you have been told",
            "examples": []
        }
    ],
    "pronunciations": {
        "uk": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/lɜːn/",
                "audio": "le/learn/learn__gb_1.mp3"
            },
            {
                "pronunciation": "/lɜːnz/",
                "audio": "le/learn/learns__gb_1.mp3"
            },
            {
                "pronunciation": "/lɜːnd/",
                "audio": "le/learn/learned__gb_2.mp3"
            },
            {
                "pronunciation": "/lɜːnt/",
                "audio": "le/learn/learnt__gb_1.mp3"
            },
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ˈlɜːnɪŋ/",
                "audio": "le/learn/learning__gb_1.mp3"
            }
        ],
        "us": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/lɜːrn/",
                "audio": "le/learn/learn__us_1.mp3"
            },
            {
                "pronunciation": "/lɜːrnz/",
                "audio": "le/learn/learns__us_1.mp3"
            },
            {
                "pronunciation": "/lɜːrnd/",
                "audio": "le/learn/learned__us_2.mp3"
            },
            {
                "pronunciation": "/lɜːrnt/",
                "audio": "le/learn/learnt__us_1.mp3"
            },
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ˈlɜːrnɪŋ/",
                "audio": "le/learn/learning__us_1.mp3"
            }
        ]
    },
    "wordOrigin": "Old English leornian ‘learn’ (in Middle English also ‘teach’), of West Germanic origin; related to German lernen, also to lore."
}