Collocations for "learn"
Common phrases and expressions where native English speakers use the word "learn" 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
'learn' also found in these entries (note: many are not synonyms or translations):
British
- Spanish
- aback
- about
- abstract
- age
- amazed
- amused
- amusing
- appalled
- appalling
- appetite
- apprentice
- arabic
- astonished
- basic
- basket
- big
- blown
- bridge
- capacity
- car
- chuckle
- chunk
- cite
- closely
- cognitive
- colon
- comfort
- communication
- composition
- computer
- concern
- conjunction
- construction
- context
- cook
- coordinator
- criticism
- crutch
- curious
- dance
- dashboard
- deal
- defend
- delegate
- delight
- dependent
- depress
- depressed