learning.
An act in which something is learned.
Meaning & usage
An act in which something is learned.
Accumulated knowledge.
The department head was also a scholar of great learning.
Something that has been learned.
Where this word comes from
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.
present participle and gerund of learn
I'm learning to ride a unicycle.
Where this word comes from
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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Last enriched 2026-09-10. Definitions are in English. Romanizations are shown when supplied by the source; syllable estimates are omitted for unsupported scripts.