Learning
nnoun.cognitionthe cognitive process of acquiring skill or knowledgeSynset:acquisition
Examples:- the child's acquisition of language
Derivationally Related Form:acquire
Hypernyms:basic cognitive process
Inherited Hypernyms:learningbasic cognitive processprocesscognitionpsychological featureabstractionentity
Direct Hyponyms:carry-overcommittal to memoryconditioningdevelopmental learningdigestioneducationimprintingincorporationinternalisationinternalizationlanguage learningmemorisationmemorizationstudytransfertransfer of trainingwork
Full Hyponyms:accommodationacculturationassimilationaudio lingual acquisitionaversive conditioningclassical conditioningconditioningcounter conditioningdevelopmental learningdigestioneducationextinctiongeneralizationimprintinginstrumental conditioninginternalizationintrojectionirradiationlanguage learningmasteringmemorizationoperant conditioningroteschoolself-educationspecial educationstudytransfervocational training
nnoun.cognitionprofound scholarly knowledgeSynset:encyclopaedism encyclopedism eruditeness erudition learnedness scholarship
Derivationally Related Form:scholarencyclopaedistlearnedencyclopedisterudite
Hypernyms:education
Inherited Hypernyms:eruditenesseducationcontentcognitionpsychological featureabstractionentity
Direct Hyponyms:letters
vverb.cognitiongain knowledge or skillsSynset:acquire larn learn
Examples:- She learned dancing from her sister
- I learned Sanskrit
- Children acquire language at an amazing rate
Derivationally Related Form:acquisitionlearner
Inherited Hypernyms:learn
Direct Hyponyms:absorbassimilatecatch uphit the booksingestrelearnstudytake in
Full Troponyms:absorbcatch upcramimbibememorizerelearnstudyunderstudy
Sentence Frame:Somebody ---s something | Somebody ---s | Somebody ---s to INFINITIVE | Somebody ---s PP | They --- to move (apply to: learn)
vverb.cognitionget to know or become aware of, usually accidentallySynset:discover find out get a line get wind get word hear learn pick up see
Examples:- I learned that she has two grown-up children
- I see that you have been promoted
Derivationally Related Form:discovery
Inherited Hypernyms:learn
Direct Hyponyms:ascertaincatchdiscoverfindget the goodstrip upwise up
Full Troponyms:ascertaindiscoverferret outget the goodspricerake uptrip upwise up
Sentence Frame:Somebody ---s something | Somebody ---s that CLAUSE (apply to: discover, learn, see, hear) | Somebody ---s PP (apply to: get wind, get a line) | Somebody ---s (apply to: get word) | They --- that there was a traffic accident (apply to: get word, find out, discover, learn, hear)
vverb.cognitioncommit to memory; learn by heartSynset:con learn memorise memorize
Examples:- Have you memorized your lines for the play yet?
Derivationally Related Form:memorisationmemorymemorizationmemorisermemorizer
Hypernyms:hit the books study
Inherited Hypernyms:memorizestudylearn
Direct Hyponyms:alternateunderstudy
Full Troponyms:understudy
Sentence Frame:Somebody ---s something | They won't --- the story (apply to: memorize)
vverb.cognitionbe a student of a certain subjectSynset:learn read study take
Examples:- She is reading for the bar exam
Derivationally Related Form:studystudying
Inherited Hypernyms:learn
Direct Hyponyms:auditdrillexercisepracticepractisepreparetrain
Full Troponyms:apprenticeauditdrillretraintrain
Sentence Frame:Somebody ---s something
vverb.communicationimpart skills or knowledge toSynset:instruct learn teach
Examples:- I taught them French
- He instructed me in building a boat
Derivationally Related Form:teachinginstructorinstructionteachableinstructiveteacher
Hypernyms:inform
Inherited Hypernyms:teachinformcommunicateinteractact
Direct Hyponyms:catechisecatechizecoachconditiondevelopdrilledifyeducateenlightengroundindoctrinateinductlecturementorpreparereinforcerewardspoonfeedtalktraintutorunteach
Causes:acquire larn learn
Full Troponyms:brainwashcatechizecoachconditiondindrillenlightenevangelizegroundhammer inhousebreakinculcateindoctrinateinductlecturementorpreachreinforceretrainrevolutionizespoonfeedtoilet-traintraintutorunteach
Sentence Frame:Somebody ---s somebody to INFINITIVE | Somebody ---s somebody | Something ---s somebody | Somebody ---s that CLAUSE | Somebody ---s (apply to: teach) | Somebody ---s somebody something (apply to: teach) | Somebody ---s something to somebody (apply to: teach) | The parents --- a French poem to the children (apply to: teach) | The parents --- the children a French poem (apply to: teach)
vverb.communicationfind out, learn, or determine with certainty, usually by making an inquiry or other effortSynset:ascertain check determine find out learn see watch
Examples:- I want to see whether she speaks French
- See whether it works
- find out if he speaks Russian
- Check whether the train leaves on time
Derivationally Related Form:checkdeterminationascertainable
Inherited Hypernyms:determine
Direct Hyponyms:test
Full Troponyms:test
Sentence Frame:Somebody ---s whether INFINITIVE | They --- whether there was a traffic accident (apply to: learn, watch, determine, check, ascertain, find out, see)