learning
/ˈlɝnɪŋ/
Word Rarity
Uncommon
Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.92 in modern English
9
Scrabble Score
8
Letters
2
Syllables
7
Unique Chars
Meaning
Example Sentences
- "The department head was also a scholar of great learning."
- "“We’ll take the learnings and apply them to the rest of our business.”"
- "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."
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.
Origin
Word Breakdown
Regional Pronunciation
- American English: /ˈlɝnɪŋ/
- British English: /ˈlɜːnɪŋ/