learning
nounUS /ˈlɝnɪŋ/ · UK /ˈlɜːnɪŋ/
Etymology 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.
1
Usually An act in which something is learned.
2
Usually Accumulated knowledge.
- The department head was also a scholar of great learning.
3
Proscribed, Usually Something that has been learned.
- “We’ll take the learnings and apply them to the rest of our business.”2007 April 5, Stuart Elliott, “Online Experiment for Print Magazine”, in New York Times:
- Derived terms
69 terms
active learning, adaptive learning, a little learning is a dangerous thing, antilearning, authentic learning, autolearning, automated machine learning, blended learning, book-learning, book learning, competition-based learning, context-based learning, cultural learning, cyberlearning, deep learning, design-based learning, deuterolearning, distance learning, e-language learning, e-learning, e-learning theory, everlearning, federated learning, few-shot learning, firsthand learning, flipped learning, hybrid learning, hyperlearning, informal learning, inquiry-based learning, lack-learning, language learning, learning by teaching, learning content management system, learning diffculty, learning difference, learning difficulty, learning-disabled, learning-knight, learningless, learning objective, learning permit, learning season, learning society, learning streak, machine learning, mastery learning, metalearning, microlearning, non-formal learning, nonlearning, nonverbal learning disorder, observational learning, one-shot learning, online learning, out-of-school learning, potty learning, prelearning, project-based learning, Q-learning, recognition of prior learning, reinforcement learning, seat of learning, self-learning, service-learning, sleep-learning, telelearning, vicarious learning, zero-shot learning- Related terms
- learning curve, learning disability
- Hyponyms
- game-based learning, higher learning