learns

Comes to understand

Learns is the present-tense form of learn, meaning to acquire knowledge or skill through study, experience, or instruction: She learns quickly.

It also means to become informed of something: He learns the truth in the final act.

The form emphasizes ongoing or habitual acquisition: A child learns by imitation.

education

study

Deliberate learning effort

teacher · instructor · tutor · lesson · lecture · homework · textbook · coursework · pupil · trainee

discovery

realize

Become aware of

discern · recognize · perceive · ascertain · determine · detect · identify · notice · observe · deduce

acquisition

absorb

Take in fully

retain · comprehend · assimilate · memorize · digest · pick up · internalize · acquire · gain · glean

growth

develop

Cause gradual growth

improve · advance · grow · adapt · transform · flourish · expand · cultivate · strengthen · refine

Categories
Opposites
knowledge acquisition vs. knowledge loss

learnsforgets

Loses from memory

unlearns · loses · misremembers · draws a blank · erases

receiving vs. imparting knowledge

learnsteaches

Gives lessons to others

instructs · educates · trains · tutors · coaches

cognitive openness vs. resistance

learnsignores

Refuses to acknowledge

disregards · rejects · refuses · resists · dismisses

Phrases
Family

learn, learning, learned, learner, unlearned, learnt, learners, unlearn, relearn

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