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Learner Moderate

Learner has 3 different meanings across 1 category:

Noun

Definitions
Noun
1

someone (especially a child) who learns (as from a teacher) or takes up knowledge or beliefs

"The young learner sat quietly at the front of the classroom, eagerly taking notes as the teacher explained the new concepts."

2

works for an expert to learn a trade

"The new apprentice worked as a learner under the master carpenter to study the craft of furniture making."

3

One who is learning.

"The eager learner quickly absorbed new vocabulary during the language workshop."

Related Terms
Broader Terms (hypernyms)
person novice
Narrower Terms (hyponyms)
memorizer quick study swot tutee printer's devil

Origin

The word learner is formed by adding the suffix -er to the verb learn. This construction follows a common pattern where an agent noun describes someone who performs the action of learning.

Rhyming Words
ner oner tiner inner saner niner avner viner boner liner doner runer ziner toner epner awner fener naner owner exner
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