| Meaning | gain knowledge or skills. | |
|---|---|---|
| Pattern | Somebody ----s; Somebody ----s something; Somebody ----s PP; Somebody ----s to INFINITIVE | |
| Synonyms | learn, acquire | |
| Caused by | teach, learn, instruct | Impart skills or knowledge to |
| Entailed by | master, get the hang | Be or become completely proficient or skilled in |
| Narrower | absorb, assimilate, ingest, take in | take up mentally |
| catch up | Learn belatedly | |
| relearn | Learn something again, as after having forgotten or neglected it | |
| study, hit the books | Learn by reading books | |
| Spanish | adquirir, aprender, instruirse | |
| Catalan | adquirir, aprendre, instruir-se | |
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