LEARN

Gain knowledge or skills

Example: "She learned dancing from her sister"

• acquire  18
• larn  4

• relearn  7
• catch up
• absorb  10
• assimilate  12
• • ingest  7
  • hit the books
  • study  9
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Get to know or become aware of, usually accidentally

Example: "I learned that she has two grown-up children"

• discover  14
• find out
• get a line
• get wind
• get word
• hear  7
• pick up
• see  3

• get the goods
• wise up
• catch  12
• ascertain  11

Commit to memory; learn by heart

Example: "Have you memorized your lines for the play yet?"

• con  5
• memorise  12
• memorize  21

• hit the books
• study  9

• alternate  9
• understudy  15

Be a student of a certain subject

Example: "She is reading for the bar exam"

• read  5
• study  9
• take  8

• audit  6
• prepare  11
• train  5
• drill  6
• • exercise  17
  • practice  14
  • practise  12
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Impart skills or knowledge to

Example: "I taught them french"

• instruct  10
• teach  10

• inform  11

• develop  13
• educate  10
• prepare  11
• train  5
• • indoctrinate  15
  • drill  6
  • catechise  16
  • catechize  25
  • reinforce  14
  • reward  10
  • spoonfeed
  • induct  9
  • mentor  8
  • tutor  5
  • unteach  12
  • unteach  12
  • ground  8
  • lecture  9
  • talk  8
  • coach  12
  • train  5
  • edify  12
  • enlighten  13
  • condition  12
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Find out, learn, or determine with certainty, usually by making an inquiry or other effort

Example: "I want to see whether she speaks french"

• ascertain  11
• check  16
• determine  12
• find out
• see  3
• watch  13

• test  4