LEARNING, participle present tense lern'ing. Gaining knowledge by instruction or reading, by study, by experience or observation; acquiring skill by practice. LEARNING, noun lern'ing. 1. The knowledge of principles or facts received by instruction or study; acquired knowledge or ideas in any branch of science or literature; erudition; literature; science. The Scaligers were men of great learning [This is the proper sense of the word.] 2. Knowledge acquired by experience, experiment or observation. 3. Skill in anything good or bad.
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