learning
adjective
- that learns or has the ability to learn
- that is engaged in a course of study
- having to do with learning
noun
- any process in an organism in which a relatively long-lasting adaptive behavioral change occurs as the result of experience
Wiktionary
Pronunciation: /ˈlɝnɪŋ/ / /ˈlɜːnɪŋ/
noun
Etymology: From Middle English lernyng, lernynge, from Old English leornung (“learning, study”), from Proto-West Germanic *liʀnungu (“learning”), equivalent to learn + -ing. Cognate with Old Saxon lernunga, German Lernung.
- An act in which something is learned.
- Accumulated knowledge.
“The department head was also a scholar of great learning.”
- Something that has been learned.
““We’ll take the learnings and apply them to the rest of our business.””
verb
Etymology: From Middle English lernyng, lernynge, from Old English leornung (“learning, study”), from Proto-West Germanic *liʀnungu (“learning”), equivalent to learn + -ing. Cognate with Old Saxon lernunga, German Lernung.
- present participle and gerund of learn
“I'm learning to ride a unicycle.”
“The system is still learning though, and will improve how it handles situations thanks to crowd-sourced data from across the Mercedes network.”