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learning

Pronunciation: /ˈlɝnɪŋ/

The English word “learning” has 3 meanings listed here.

noun

  1. An act in which something is learned.
  2. Accumulated knowledge.
  3. Something that has been learned.

Etymology

From Middle English lernyng, lernynge, from Old English leornung (“learning, study”), from Proto-West Germanic *liʀnungu (“learning”), equivalent to learn + -ing. Cognate with Old Saxon lernunga, German Lernung.

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