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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

LEARNING, ppr. lern'ing. Gaining knowledge by instruction or reading, by study, by experience or observation; acquiring skill by practice.
LEARNING, n. lern'ing.
1. The knowledge of principles or facts received by instruction or study; acquired knowledge or ideas in any branch of science or literature; erudition; literature; science. The Scaligers were men of great learning.
[This is the proper sense of the word.]
2. Knowledge acquired by experience, experiment or observation.
3. Skill in anything good or bad.

WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

n
1: the cognitive process of acquiring skill or knowledge; "the child's acquisition of language" [syn: learning, acquisition]
2: profound scholarly knowledge [syn: eruditeness, erudition, learnedness, learning, scholarship, encyclopedism, encyclopaedism]

Merriam Webster's

noun Date: before 12th century 1. the act or experience of one that learns 2. knowledge or skill acquired by instruction or study 3. modification of a behavioral tendency by experience (as exposure to conditioning) Synonyms: see knowledge

Oxford Reference Dictionary

n. knowledge acquired by study. Etymology: OE leornung (as LEARN)

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Learn Learn, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Learned, or Learnt (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Learning.] [OE. lernen, leornen, AS. leornian; akin to OS. lin[=o]n, for lirn[=o]n, OHG. lirn[=e]n, lern[=e]n, G. lernen, fr. the root of AS. l?ran to teach, OS. l[=e]rian, OHG. l[=e]ran, G. lehren, Goth. laisjan, also Goth lais I know, leis acquainted (in comp.); all prob. from a root meaning, to go, go over, and hence, to learn; cf. AS. leoran to go . Cf. Last a mold of the foot, lore.] 1. To gain knowledge or information of; to ascertain by inquiry, study, or investigation; to receive instruction concerning; to fix in the mind; to acquire understanding of, or skill; as, to learn the way; to learn a lesson; to learn dancing; to learn to skate; to learn the violin; to learn the truth about something. ``Learn to do well.'' --Is. i. 17. Now learn a parable of the fig tree. --Matt. xxiv. 32. 2. To communicate knowledge to; to teach. [Obs.] Hast thou not learned me how To make perfumes ? --Shak. Note: Learn formerly had also the sense of teach, in accordance with the analogy of the French and other languages, and hence we find it with this sense in Shakespeare, Spenser, and other old writers. This usage has now passed away. To learn is to receive instruction, and to teach is to give instruction. He who is taught learns, not he who teaches.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Learning Learn"ing, n. [AS. leornung.] 1. The acquisition of knowledge or skill; as, the learning of languages; the learning of telegraphy. 2. The knowledge or skill received by instruction or study; acquired knowledge or ideas in any branch of science or literature; erudition; literature; science; as, he is a man of great learning. Book learning. See under Book. Syn: Literature; erudition; lore; scholarship; science; letters. See Literature.

Collin's Cobuild Dictionary

Learning is the process of gaining knowledge through studying. The brochure described the library as the focal point of learning on the campus. see also learn, seat of learning

Soule's Dictionary of English Synonyms

n. 1. Acquisition of knowledge. 2. Erudition, scholarship, acquirements, attainments, lore, large knowledge, wide information, acquired knowledge.

Moby Thesaurus

accomplishments, acquisition of knowledge, acquisitions, attainments, culture, edification, education, enlightenment, erudition, illumination, information, instruction, knowledge, liberal education, lore, scholarship, sophistication, store of knowledge, wisdom