learn

Verb

• find out, learn, or determine with certainty, usually by making an inquiry or other effort
  • I want to see whether she speaks French
    
  • See whether it works
    
  • find out if he speaks Russian
    
  • Check whether the train leaves on time
    

• impart skills or knowledge to
  • I taught them French
    
  • He instructed me in building a boat
    

• be a student of a certain subject
  • She is reading for the bar exam
    

• commit to memory; learn by heart
  • Have you memorized your lines for the play yet?
    

• get to know or become aware of, usually accidentally
  • I learned that she has two grown-up children
    
  • I see that you have been promoted
    

• gain knowledge or skills
  • She learned dancing from her sister
    
  • I learned Sanskrit
    
  • Children acquire language at an amazing rate
    

Related words

• Synonyms: 
  determine , check , find out , see , ascertain , watch , teach , instruct , study , read , take , memorize , memorise , con , hear , get word , get wind , pick up , get a line , discover , larn , acquire