learns

verb

present tense third-person singular of learn
1
as in masters
to acquire complete knowledge, understanding, or skill in after months of trying, he finally learned the dance steps

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2
as in realizes
to come to an awareness of the directors have since learned that they should examine the company's financial reports a little more closely

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3
as in finds
to come upon after searching, study, or effort the police were astonished when they learned the identity of the students who had vandalized the school

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4
as in memorizes
to commit to memory he learned the words to the song while performing karaoke

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Recent Examples of learns In it, a young kid traverses New Orleans to fish, goes door to door selling his game, and learns how to drive, among other things. — Nina Corcoran, Pitchfork, 6 Nov. 2026 Building visual components and rules for your own industry is one thing, but defining these in a way that learns and grows with a user’s own visual language is more nuanced and complex. — Elias Stahl, Forbes.com, 5 Nov. 2026 Chip learns light patterns The researchers built the device using a silicon photonic circuit containing a network of interferometers. — Neetika Walter, Interesting Engineering, 4 Nov. 2026 Alberto learns that his grandfather—whom his mother, Teresa (Lola Dueñas), was bitterly estranged from and never introduced her son to—has recently died and left him a curious inheritance, a mystery that needs untangling. — Justin Chang, New Yorker, 3 Nov. 2026 Rama soon learns that the people of Ayodhya are raising questions about Sita’s chastity after her captivity in Lanka and criticizing him for taking her back. — Tamanna Nangia, Encyclopedia Britannica, 30 Oct. 2026 Confused at first, Marty learns to embrace his new normal and begins to truly appreciate the sights, sounds and people of New York City that previously went unnoticed. — Rachel Labonte, Entertainment Weekly, 29 Oct. 2026 Along the way, Chrissy comes to blows with Klara, but then learns the robot is the best thing in her daughter’s life. — Anthony D'alessandro, Deadline, 27 Oct. 2026 What one clinician learns should inform the care a woman receives in different settings and from different clinicians. — Sadiya S. Khan, Time, 26 Oct. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for learns
  1. masters
  2. realizes
  3. finds
  4. memorizes
  5. gets
  6. discovers
  7. locates
  8. studies
Verb
  • Part of the ceiling consideration at quarterback is how a player masters the mental side of the game.
    — Parker Gabriel, Denver Post, 23 Sep. 2026
  • The real competitive advantage of the next decade will not belong to the CEO who masters every AI platform, but the CEO who consistently makes better decisions.
    — Jose Luis Gonzalez Rodriguez, Forbes.com, 10 Aug. 2026
Definition of masters
Verb
  • Not everyone realizes how much political skill public health leaders must wield to win support for their solutions, Freeman says.
    — Jen Christensen, CNN Money, 1 Nov. 2026
  • Instead, as Picard realizes he’s lived and now lost an entire lifetime, Stewart gives that episode an almost excruciating sense of tragedy and exhaustion.
    — Kathryn VanArendonk, Vulture, 30 Oct. 2026
Definition of realizes
Verb
  • However recognizable the structures may be—isolated phrases giving way to longform improvisation—the performance finds Taylor in a transitional period, one in which the ephemerality of the moment pushed its musicians to bold new places.
    — Levi Dayan, Pitchfork, 3 Nov. 2026
  • The survey finds that the Democratic candidates running in Michigan, Texas, Maine, Ohio, and Kansas are ahead of their Republican counterparts by 11, 7, 6, 5, and 5 percentage points, respectively.
    — Carter Schroppe, The Washington Examiner, 2 Nov. 2026
Definition of finds
Verb
  • Islamic credo teaches that the more one memorizes the Quran, the higher one’s rank in heaven.
    — Andrew R. Chow, Time, 26 May 2026
  • But then this mofo goes and memorizes totally needless ingredients in bacon ranch chicken sandwiches.
    — Dalton Ross, Entertainment Weekly, 2 Apr. 2026
Definition of memorizes
Verb
  • The question gets complicated when applied to the fashion industry, given how large the assortment is, according to an AI platform called Profitmind.
    — Roy Stephen Canivel, Footwear News, 6 Nov. 2026
  • The bear, meanwhile, gets our empathy, as any creature would.
    — Robert Abele, Los Angeles Times, 6 Nov. 2026
Definition of gets
Verb
  • There’s non-kaiju human death, too, including a flashback to the immediate aftermath of the Hiroshima bombing in which a bloodied grandfather discovers the charred remains of his daughter and grandson.
    — James Grebey, Vulture, 5 Nov. 2026
  • The film follows a desperate mother who discovers an obscure collagen supplement that promises to transform her tween gymnast daughter into an influencer.
    — Brent Lang, IndieWire, 5 Nov. 2026
Definition of discovers
Verb
  • Serhiy, like Zabuzhko, locates his captor’s impulse to torture him in the very pages written by the Russian novelist.
    — Madeleine Wulfahrt, New Yorker, 4 Nov. 2026
  • The Greeks offer another kind of striving, one that locates pleasure in the pursuit itself rather than in the prize.
    — Stacy Keltner, The Conversation, 30 Oct. 2026
Definition of locates
Verb
  • The ruling is likely to mean some people will be able to obtain or keep coverage, said Morgan Henderson, an economist who studies Medicaid at the Hilltop Institute at the University of Maryland, Baltimore County.
    — Tami Luhby, CNN Money, 30 Oct. 2026
  • On Thursday, the astrophysicist who studies distant planets and writes about alien life was installed as Caltech’s 10th president.
    — Jaweed Kaleem, Los Angeles Times, 29 Oct. 2026
Definition of studies

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