learning

Definition

  • noun: the activity or process of gaining knowledge or skill by studying, practicing, being taught, or experiencing something
  • noun: the act or experience of one that 'learns'
  • synonyms: erudition, scholarship, literature

Examples

  • The job has a very steep 'learning curve'. [=there is a large amount that has to be learned quickly in order to do the job]

  • He founded a prestigious 'institution of higher learning'. [=a college or university]

  • They were people of good education and considerable/great 'learning'.

Movie clips

Movie quotes

  • (..) even be watching that stuff. All right? It could upset the baby. There's new research out there... - Oh, boy, more new research? - It's true. They are learning that babies in utero... experience more of the outside world than they ever thought possible. They recognize voices and noises, songs. (..)
    2014 Annabelle