Collocations for "learning"
Common phrases and expressions where native English speakers use the word "learning" in context.
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learn
ⓘMost examples are given in US English. We have labeled exceptions as UK.v
- learn [math, the alphabet]
- learn a new [language, way]
- learning to [swim, read, speak Japanese]
- learn to [ignore, love, hate, despise]
- learn to be [responsible, respectful, kind]
- learn what it means to
- learned it [at school, in class]
- learn from [each other, life, your parents, the best, class]
- learn through [experience, example, doing]
- learn as you go
- learn [more, something, everything] about
- learned of your [past, book, opinions]
- learned over [time, the years]
- learn what to [do, say] when
- learn a (valuable) lesson
- learned the hard way (that)
- learn [quickly, slowly, gradually]
- learn a [poem, song] by heart
- learned something (new) today
- learn your place in [life, the world]
- learned during [the war, my childhood]
- [difficult, scary, frustrating] to learn that
- is slow to learn
'learning' also found in these entries (note: many are not synonyms or translations):
Chinese
- Dutch
- English
- French
- German
- Greek
- Italian
- Japanese
- Polish
- Portuguese
- Russian
- Swedish
- Welsh
- actor
- addition
- adult
- airplane
- appetite
- arabic
- baker
- basic
- bass
- besides
- bicycle
- bike
- blending
- block
- book
- chef
- chess
- chimney
- classroom
- climate
- code
- commit
- commitment
- conducive
- crawl
- cub
- curve
- dancer
- disability
- disabled
- disorder
- distance
- distraught
- driver
- drum
- dynamic
- eagerness