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"Pick up a skill"

5 letters · collected on this word page

5 lettersPronunciation /lɜːn/Part of speech verbSorted aelnrStarts with LEnds with N4 cluesVery common crossword word
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Definitions

  1. Gain knowledge or skill

Word origin

From Middle English lernen (“to learn", also, "to teach"”), from Old English leornian (“to learn", rarely also, "to teach”), from Proto-West Germanic *liʀnōn, from Proto-Germanic *lizaną, from Proto-Indo-European *(le-)lóys-e, stative from the root *leys- (“track, furrow, trace, trail”).

Used in a sentence

  • It's time Dad learned (how) to change the oil in the car.
  • In my latest job, I've learnt to keep my mouth shut more than in the last one.
  • Toddlers learn to walk at around one year old.

Source: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0

Used as a crossword answer4 curated clues

01Pick up a skill5 letters
02Pick up knowledge5 letters
03Study and understand5 letters
04Gain knowledge5 letters

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