learning

Etymology

Corresponding to learn + -ing, from Middle English lerninge, used in all modern senses (act of learning; accumulated knowledge; thing learned).

noun

  1. (uncountable) An act in which something is learned.
  2. (uncountable) Accumulated knowledge.
    The department head was also a scholar of great learning.
  3. (countable) Something that has been learned
    We’ll take the learnings and apply them to the rest of our business. April 5, 2007, Stuart Elliott, “Online Experiment for Print Magazine”, in New York Times

verb

  1. present participle and gerund of learn
    I'm learning to ride a unicycle.

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