learning
English edit
Alternative forms edit
Etymology edit
Corresponding to learn + -ing, from Middle English lerninge, used in all modern senses (act of learning; accumulated knowledge; thing learned).
Pronunciation edit
- (General American) IPA(key): /ˈlɝnɪŋ/
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈlɜːnɪŋ/
- Hyphenation: learn‧ing
Audio (US) (file) - Rhymes: -ɜː(ɹ)nɪŋ
Noun edit
learning (usually uncountable, plural learnings)
- (uncountable) An act in which something is learned.
- (uncountable) Accumulated knowledge.
- The department head was also a scholar of great learning.
- (countable, proscribed) Something that has been learned.
- 2007 April 5, Stuart Elliott, “Online Experiment for Print Magazine”, in New York Times[1]:
- “We’ll take the learnings and apply them to the rest of our business.”
Usage notes edit
- Countable sense “thing learned” often used in plural form learnings; see learnings: Usage notes for details.
Hyponyms edit
Derived terms edit
- active learning
- adaptive learning
- a little learning is a dangerous thing
- artificial grammar learning
- authentic learning
- automated machine learning
- blended learning
- book learning
- book-learning
- competition-based learning
- context-based learning
- cultural learning
- deep learning
- deep learning speech synthesis
- design-based learning
- distance learning
- e-language learning
- e-learning
- e-learning theory
- federated learning
- few-shot learning
- firsthand learning
- flipped learning
- hybrid learning
- informal learning
- inquiry-based learning
- lack-learning
- learning by teaching
- learning content management system
- learning diffculty
- learning difference
- learning difficulty
- learning-disabled
- learning-knight
- learning objective
- learning permit
- learning season
- learning society
- learning streak
- machine learning
- mastery learning
- non-formal learning
- nonverbal learning disorder
- observational learning
- one-shot learning
- online learning
- out-of-school learning
- passive learning
- project-based learning
- Q-learning
- recognition of prior learning
- reinforcement learning
- seat of learning
- self-learning
- service-learning
- sleep-learning
- zero-shot learning
Related terms edit
Translations edit
action of the verb
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accumulated knowledge
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Verb edit
learning
- present participle and gerund of learn
- I'm learning to ride a unicycle.
