learn
v.v. to get new knowledge or skills by studying, practicing, or being taught. You use this when you are becoming better at something you didn't know before.
v. to acquire knowledge of or skill in something through study, experience, or instruction. Often used with an infinitive to indicate the acquisition of a specific ability.
I want to learn how to cook Italian food.
Children usually learn their first language naturally by listening to their parents and repeating simple words.
While some students prefer to learn through visual aids, others find that they retain information more effectively when they engage in hands-on activities or group discussions.
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”). Cognate with Old Frisian lernia, lerna (“to learn”), Middle Low German lernen (“to learn", also, "to teach”), Middle Dutch leernen (“to learn", also, "to teach”) (whence Dutch lernen (“to study scripture”)), German lernen (“to learn”). See also lore and lear.
Can be used as a transitive verb with a direct object or followed by an infinitive with 'to'.
I am learning to drivingI am learning to driveWhen 'learn' is followed by another verb to show a skill being acquired, use the 'to' infinitive, not the -ing form.