Englishlearn
verb
1 a scheme to encourage people to learn a foreign language:
acquire a knowledge of, gain an understanding of, acquire skill in, become competent in, become proficient in, grasp, master, take in, absorb, assimilate, pick up, digest, familiarize oneself with;
become expert in, know inside out, know backwards, comprehend;
study, read up on, work at, apply oneself to, be taught, have lessons in, pursue;
informal get the hang of, get clued up about, get the point of.
2 if I want to learn a poem I stick it on the fridge:
memorize, learn by heart, learn by rote, commit to memory, become word-perfect in, learn word for word, learn parrot-fashion, get off/down pat, have off/down pat, know, retain;
informal get off by heart;
archaic con.
▷antonyms forget.
3 he learned that the school would shortly be closing:
discover, find out, become aware, be made aware, be informed, have it brought to one's attention, hear, be given to understand, get to know, come to know, hear tell;
gather, understand, ascertain, establish, realize, determine;
informal get wind of the fact, get wise to the fact;
British, informal suss out;
North American, informal dope out.
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