Definitions for: Learning


[n] the cognitive process of acquiring skill or knowledge; "the child's acquisition of language"
[n] profound knowledge



Webster (1913) Definition: Learn"ing, n. [AS. leornung.]
1. The acquisition of knowledge or skill; as, the learning of
languages; the learning of telegraphy.

2. The knowledge or skill received by instruction or study;
acquired knowledge or ideas in any branch of science or
literature; erudition; literature; science; as, he is a
man of great learning.

Book learning. See under Book.

Syn: Literature; erudition; lore; scholarship; science;
letters. See Literature.

Synonyms: acquisition, eruditeness, erudition, learnedness, scholarship

See Also: basic cognitive process, carry-over, committal to memory, conditioning, developmental learning, digestion, education, imprinting, incorporation, internalisation, internalization, language learning, letters, memorisation, memorization, study, transfer, transfer of training, work

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