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<HTML> <HEAD><TITLE>LEARN</TITLE></HEAD> <BODY BGCOLOR="#ffffff"> <A HREF="a.dic">A</A> <A HREF="b.dic">B</A> <A HREF="c.dic">C</A> <A HREF="d.dic">D</A> <A HREF="e.dic">E</A> <A HREF="f.dic">F</A> <A HREF="g.dic">G</A> <A HREF="h.dic">H</A> <A HREF="i.dic">I</A> <A HREF="j.dic">J</A> <A HREF="k.dic">K</A> <A HREF="l.dic">L</A> <A HREF="m.dic">M</A> <A HREF="n.dic">N</A> <A HREF="o.dic">O</A> <A HREF="p.dic">P</A> <A HREF="q.dic">Q</A> <A HREF="r.dic">R</A> <A HREF="s.dic">S</A> <A HREF="t.dic">T</A> <A HREF="u.dic">U</A> <A HREF="v.dic">V</A> <A HREF="w.dic">W</A> <A HREF="x.dic">X</A> <A HREF="y.dic">Y</A> <A HREF="z.dic">Z</A> <A NAME="learn"> learn, verb, learned or learnt, learning.<DL COMPACT><DD>v.i. 1. to gain knowledge or skill; receive instruction. Ex. Some children learn slowly. <DD> 2. to become informed; hear. Ex. to learn of an occurrence. <DD>v.t. 1. to find out about; gain knowledge of (a subject) or skill in (an art, trade, or other specialty). Ex. to learn French, to learn a new game. <DD> 2. to become able by study or practice. Ex. to learn to fly an airplane. In school we learn to read. <DD> 3. to memorize. Ex. to learn a poem by heart, to learn a song. <DD> 4. to find out; come to know. Ex. He learned the details of the train wreck. He learned that 1/4 + 1/4 = 1/2. <DD> 5. (Substandard.) to teach. Ex. After supper she got out her book and learned me about Moses and the Bulrushers (Mark Twain). adj. learnable. </DL> <A NAME="learned"> learned, adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> showing or requiring knowledge; scholarly; erudite. Ex. a learned professor, learned pursuits. (SYN) educated. adv. learnedly. noun learnedness. </DL> <A NAME="learnedborrowing"> learned borrowing,<DL COMPACT><DD> 1. the process of borrowing a classical word into a modern Romance language directly, with slight phonetic alteration. <DD> 2. a word borrowed in this way. </DL> <A NAME="learner"> learner, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> 1. a person who is learning. Ex. a slow learner. (SYN) pupil. <DD> 2. a beginner. Ex. A learner must get a permit before he can begin to drive. (SYN) novice, neophyte, tyro. </DL> <A NAME="learning"> learning, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> 1. the gaining of knowledge or skill. Ex. Learning is a more difficult task for some than for others. <DD> 2. the possession of knowledge gained by study; scholarship. Ex. men of learning. A pride there is of rank ... A pride of learning (Thomas Hood). (SYN) education, erudition. <DD> 3. knowledge. Ex. A little learning is a dangerous thing (Alexander Pope). <DD> 4. (Psychology.) the relatively permanent modification of responses as a result of experience. </DL> <A NAME="learningcurve"> learning curve,<DL COMPACT><DD> a graphic representation showing the progress made in learning during successive periods of practice, used in education and in research; growth curve. </DL> <A NAME="learningdisability"> learning disability,<DL COMPACT><DD> a condition associated with the nervous system which interferes with the capacity to master a skill such as speech, writing, and calculation with numbers. Ex. Learning disabilities come in many forms, ranging from pathological hyperactivity and inability to concentrate to difficulties in telling left from right, following sequences of things or events, and discriminating between different shapes or sounds. Such children are otherwise of normal intelligence (Jane E. Brody). </DL> <A NAME="learningdisabled"> learning-disabled, adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> having a learning disability. Ex. Only the special-education teachers know which children have been designated as moderately retarded, emotionally impaired, or learning-disabled (Psychology Today). </DL> <A NAME="learnt"> learnt, verb.<DL COMPACT><DD> learned; a past tense and a past participle of learn. </DL> <A NAME="leary"> leary, adjective, learier, leariest. =leery (1).</DL> <A NAME="leasable"> leasable, adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> that can be leased. </DL> <A NAME="lease"> lease, noun, verb, leased, leasing.<DL COMPACT><DD>noun 1. the right to use property for a certain length of time, usually by paying rent. Ex. The farmer gave a lease on his woodland to a lumber company. <DD> 2. a written statement saying for how long a certain property is rented and how much money shall be paid for it. Ex. We are to meet the landlord on Monday to sign the lease for our new apartment. <DD> 3. the property held by a lease. <DD> 4. the length of time for which a lease is made. (SYN) tenure. <DD> 5. the act of giving the right to use property. <DD> 6. an allotted period or term, especially of life. Ex. a short lease on life. <DD>v.t. 1. to give a lease on; rent. Ex. The Clarks live on the second floor of their house and lease the first floor. <DD> 2. to take a lease on; rent. Ex. We have leased an apartment for one year. <DD>v.i. to be leased. expr. a new lease on (or of) life, a chance to live longer, better, or happier. Ex. She was going to have a new lease of life with better health (Jane Carlyle). noun leaser. </DL> <A NAME="leaseback"> leaseback, noun. =sale and leaseback.</DL> <A NAME="leasehold"> leasehold, noun, adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD>noun 1. a holding by a lease. <DD> 2. real estate held by a lease. <DD>adj. held by lease. </DL> <A NAME="leaseholder"> leaseholder, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> a person holding property by a lease. </DL> <A NAME="leaselend"> lease-lend, noun, transitive verb, -lent, -lending, adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> (Especially British.) lend-lease. </DL> <A NAME="leasepurchase"> lease-purchase, adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> (U.S.) of or having to do with a government program under which money is borrowed from private lenders to finance construction of Federal buildings. The Government takes title to the buildings when the debt is eliminated. </DL> <A NAME="leash"> leash, noun, verb.<DL COMPACT><DD>noun 1. a strap or chain for holding a dog or other animal in check. Ex. The boy leads the dog on a leash. <DD> 2. a group of three animals in hunting or judging; a brace and a half, such as three hounds, foxes, or hares. <DD> 3. (in hawking) the thong or string which is attached to the jesses to secure the hawk. <DD>v.t. to hold in with a leash; control. Ex. A French poodle leashed to a French-looking woman (New Yorker). (Figurative.) He leashed his anger and did not say a harsh word. expr. hold (or have) in leash, to control; keep in bondage. Ex. Thy low voice ... would ... hold passion in ... leash (Tennyson). expr. on a long (or tight, or short) leash, with extensive (or restricted) latitude or leeway. Ex. The editor and his editorial writers should be left on a long leash (Saturday Review). Its Secretary-General ... had in fact been kept since 1950 on a tight leash by the Security Council and the General Assembly (Listener). expr. strain at the leash, to be very restless or impatient. Ex. With mankind straining at the leash to reach the moon ... (Manchester Guardian Weekly). </DL> <A NAME="leasing"> leasing, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> (Scottish.) <DD> 1. lying; falsehood. <DD> 2. a lie; a falsehood. Ex. Thou shalt destroy them that speak leasing (Psalms 5:6). </DL> <A NAME="least"> least, adjective, noun, adverb.<DL COMPACT><DD>adj. 1. less than any other; smallest; slightest. Ex. The least bit of dirt in a watch may make it stop. Ten cents is a little money; five cents is less; one cent is least. (SYN) minimal. <DD> 2. (Archaic.) lowest in power or position; meanest. Ex. He that is least among you all, the same shall be great (Luke 9:48). <DD>noun the smallest amount; smallest thing. Ex. The least you can do is to thank her. (SYN) minimum. <DD>adv. to the smallest extent or degree. Ex. I liked that book least of all. expr. at (or at the) least, <DD> a. at the lowest estimate. Ex. Yesterday was very hot; the temperature must have been 95 degrees at least. <DD> b. at any rate; in any case. Ex. He may have been late, but at least he came. At least we'll die with harness on our back (Shakespeare). expr. not in the least, not at all. Ex. a thing not in the least likely. expr. to say the least, at the lowest estimate; at least. Ex. I find many of the standards the referees use, to say the least, curious (Maclean's). </DL> <A NAME="leastbittern"> least bittern,<DL COMPACT><DD> a small wading bird of temperate America with brownish-yellow body and black back and crown. It is the smallest of the herons. </DL> <A NAME="leastcommondenominator"> least common denominator,<DL COMPACT><DD> the least common multiple of the denominators of a group of fractions. Ex. 30 is the least common denominator of 2/3, 4/5, and 1/6. <DL COMPACT><DD> Also, lowest common denominator. (Abbr:) l.c.d. or L.C.D. </DL> </DL> <A NAME="leastcommonmultiple"> least common multiple,<DL COMPACT><DD> the smallest quantity that contains two or more given quantities with out a remainder. Ex. 12 is the least common multiple of 3 and 4 and 6. <DL COMPACT><DD> (Abbr:) l.c.m. Also, lowest common multiple. </DL> </DL> <A NAME="leastdarter"> least darter,<DL COMPACT><DD> the smallest of the darters, about one inch in length. </DL> <A NAME="leastest"> leastest, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> (Slang.) the leastest. the least amount or number of something; the least. Ex. I suppose the better mousetrap has some advantages ... if "advantage" may be said of the ability to kill the mostest for the leastest (Milton Mayer). </DL> <A NAME="leastflycatcher"> least flycatcher,<DL COMPACT><DD> a small flycatcher of Canada and the northern United States, often seen about farms and open woods; chebec. </DL> <A NAME="leastgrebe"> least grebe,<DL COMPACT><DD> a small, gray grebe, found from southern Texas to South America. </DL> <A NAME="leastsandpiper"> least sandpiper,<DL COMPACT><DD> a small brownish sandpiper of eastern North America. </DL> <A NAME="leastsquares"> least squares,<DL COMPACT><DD> (Statistics.) a method of determining the trend of a group of data when that trend can be represented on a graph by a straight line. </DL> <A NAME="leasttern"> least tern,<DL COMPACT><DD> a small, gray and white American tern, about nine inches long, that has yellow legs and bill in the summer; fairy bird. </DL> <A HREF="leastway.dic">NEXT</A>