Begin/continue/stop etc your studies

I gave up my studies when I had the baby.

5. CAREFUL CONSIDERATION

[uncountable] when you examine or consider something very carefully and in detail

a report that deserves careful study

6. ROOM

[countable] a room in a house that is used for work or study

ￚsee also office

7. ART

[countable] a small detailed drawing, especially one that is done to prepare for a large painting

Renoir's studies of small plants and flowers

8. MUSIC

[countable] a piece of music, usually for piano, that is often intended for practice

9. be a study in something

Learn (how) to do something

I learnt to drive when I was 17.

Hector spent the winter learning how to cope with his blindness.

The teacher's task is to help the pupil learn.

Learn (something) from somebody

I learned a lot from my father.

Learn about

Kids can have fun and learn about music at the same time.

Learn what

Youngsters must learn what is dangerous and what is not to be feared.

The student will learn from experience about the importance of planning.

2. FIND OUT

[intransitive and transitive] formal to find out information or news by hearing it from someone else or reading it

ￚsynonym discover

I didn't tell her the truth. She would learn it for herself soon enough.

Learn of/about

He learned about his appointment by telephone yesterday.

Learn (that)

Last week I learned that I was pregnant.

She was surprised to learn that he was a lot older than she had thought.

Learn whether/who/why

I waited to learn whether I'd secured a college place.

We have yet to learn who will be the new manager.

3. REMEMBER

[transitive]to get to know something so well that you can easily remember it

ￚsynonym memorize

The actors hardly had time to learn their lines before filming started.

4. CHANGE YOUR BEHAVIOUR

[intransitive and transitive] to gradually understand a situation and start behaving in the way that you should

Learn (that)

They have to learn that they can't just do whatever they like.

Learn to do something

Young hairdressers must learn to treat the client as a person, not a head of hair.

I've told him a hundred times not to bully people, but he never learns.

Learn from

You have to learn from your mistakes (=understand why what you did was wrong).

the lessons learned in the Gulf War

5. somebody has learned their lesson

used to say that someone will not do something wrong or stupid again, because they suffered as a result

I've learned my lesson; I've now got a burglar alarm and a guard dog.

6. learn (something) the hard way

to understand a situation or develop a skill by learning from your mistakes and bad experiences

7. that'll learn somebody!

Learned adjective

spoken used when something bad has just happened to someone as a result of their actions, especially when they ignored a warning

1. a learned person has a lot of knowledge because they have read and studied a lot

a learned professor

2. learned books/works etc

books etc that are written by people who have a lot of knowledge

learned works on natural history

ￚlearnedly adverb

Learner noun [countable]

1. someone who is learning to do something

Learner of

a new dictionary for learners of business English

the needs of slow learners attractive grammar books for adult learners

2. also learner driver

British English someone who is learning to drive a car

Teach verb past tense and past participle taught / tɔːt $ tɒːt /

1. SCHOOL/COLLEGE ETC

[intransitive and transitive]to give lessons in a school, college, or university, or to help someone learn about something by giving them information

ￚsee also learn

Teach at

Neil teaches at the Guildhall School of Music in London.

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