See Also: Learning(medicine)
learning(dictionary)
learning(dictionary)
learning(encyclopedia)
learning set(medicine)
rote learning(medicine)
serial learning(medicine)
verbal learning(medicine)
Lifelong Learning(money)
learning (as used in expressions)(encyclopedia)

learning (iou)



learning noun. OE.
[from LEARN + -ING1.]
The action of LEARN verb. OE.
b. Education; schooling. obsolete exc. dial. LME.
Knowledge acquired by systematic study; the possession of such knowledge. ME.
Proverb: A little learning is a dangerous thing.
A thing learned or taught; a lesson, an instruction; information; a doctrine; a maxim; a branch of learning; an acquired skill. LME-E17.
Phrases: latent learning: see LATENT adjective. new learning: see NEW adjective. open learning: see OPEN adjective. revival of learning: see REVIVAL 1a.
Comb.: learning curve a graph showing progress in learning; the rate at which something is learned or experience is acquired; learning disability a difficulty in learning caused by a physical or psychological dysfunction; learning resource a material for (esp. self-)education, e.g. a microfilm or audiovisual aid, made accessible in a library, school, etc. (freq. in pl.); learning set Psychology an ability to solve problems of a particular type which is acquired through experience in solving such problems.