learn

/ˈlərn/

Middle English lernen, from Old English leornian; akin to Old High German lernēn to learn, Old English last footprint, Latin lira furrow, track

verb

  1. to gain knowledge or understanding of or skill in by study, instruction, or experience

  2. memorize

  3. to come to be able

learn to dance

discover ascertain determine unearth learn mean to find out what one did not previously know. discover may apply to something requiring exploration or investigation or to a chance encounter. ascertain implies effort to find the facts or the truth proceeding from awareness of ignorance or uncertainty.

idiom

  1. to learn (something) when one is very young

I learned to speak French at my mother's knee.