learn
part of speech
verb (learn, learns, learned/learnt, learning)
meaning for a pupil
1) To learn is to come to know something new, or to get a new skill: learn to swim. tree →
2) To learn something by heart is to remember it word for word. tree →
3) To learn about something is to find out about it: we learned about volcanoes. tree →
4) Learned (as an adjective) means having much knowledge gained from study and reading. tree →
sense in the lessons
Interpretation: Learning Torah is a central duty in Judaism. The Torah says every seventh year it is read to everyone so that they may learn to fear God. In the primary lessons: what earlier lessons taught («revision of what we learned before»); in class «Today we learn to divide»; in science «learn how plants grow»; in everyday life learning to ride a bike, to read, from mistakes
examples
- When thou art come into the land which the LORD thy God giveth thee, thou shalt not learn to do after the abominations of those nations. (Torah DEU.18.9, JPS 1917) tree →
- and that their children, who have not known, may hear, and learn to fear the LORD your God, as long as ye live in the land whither ye go over the Jordan to possess it.' (Torah DEU.31.13, JPS 1917) tree →
- And Moses called unto all Israel, and said unto them: Hear, O Israel, the statutes and the ordinances which I speak in your ears this day, that ye may learn them, and observe to do them. (Torah DEU.5.1, JPS 1917) tree →
- But mingled themselves with the nations, and learned their works; (Writings PSA.106.35, JPS 1917) tree →
- Lest thou learn his ways, and get a snare to thy soul. (Writings PRO.22.25, JPS 1917) tree →
- The heart of the wise teacheth his mouth, and addeth learning to his lips. (Writings PRO.16.23, JPS 1917) tree →
- First, a little revision of what we learned before … tree →
- Today we learn to divide. tree →
- Ella learns 4 new words each day. tree →
- I learned to ride my bike last summer. tree →
- We are learning about the solar system. tree →
- Learn your times tables by heart. tree →
- We learn from our mistakes. tree →
- My dog learned a new trick. tree →
note
No operation clue. Trap: «learns 4 new words each day» for some days hides equal groups: multiply. Past «learned» (US, also UK) or «learnt» (UK). «learn» is what the pupil does; «teach» is what the teacher does: say «teach me», not «learn me».
In the corpora
- Learn to do well; seek justice, relieve the oppressed, judge the fatherless, plead for the widow.
- They also that err in spirit shall come to understanding, and they that murmur shall learn instruction.
- But mingled themselves with the nations, and learned their works;
- I will give thanks unto Thee with uprightness of heart, when I learn Thy righteous ordinances.
- It is good for me that I have been afflicted, in order that I might learn Thy statutes.
Trees and pragmatics
Every meaning and example of «learn» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.