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learning

noun
/ˈlɝnɪŋ/US/ˈlɜːnɪŋ/UK

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. inherited from *liʀnungu✻ — “learning”
  2. inherited from leornung — “learning, study”
  3. inherited from lernyng

Definitions

  1. An act in which something is learned.

  2. Accumulated knowledge.

    • The department head was also a scholar of great learning.

  3. Something that has been learned.

    • “We’ll take the learnings and apply them to the rest of our business.”
  4. ›+ 1 more definition

    1. present participle and gerund of learn

      • I'm learning to ride a unicycle.
      • The system is still learning though, and will improve how it handles situations thanks to crowd-sourced data from across the Mercedes network.

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Derived

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 · +29 more

Vish — recursive loop

A definitional loop anchored at learning. Each word in the ring is defined by the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself. Scroll to it and watch.

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A definitional loop anchored at learning. Each word in the ring appears in the definition of the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself.

10 hops · closes at learning

curated · pre-corpus. live cycle detection across the full graph is the next major milestone.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA