learn, learning; know, knowledge +

From one, learn all.

"From one sample, judge or know all the rest." From Virgil's Aeneid. This maxim applies to situations in which the acceptance of a single observation is universally applicable. Such a careless application is considered a trap for faulty generalizaions. See et sic de similibus for similarities.

Information that has been or can express thoughts and ideas clearly and readily transmitted to others: "Some of the most common forms of explicit knowledge includes manuals, documents, procedures, and how-to videos."

The knowledge of approaches that are likely to work or of properties which could be true, but which are not guaranteed: "Heuristic knowledge makes it possible for people to discover or to learn something from experiences with interactive trials and errors."

"Heuristic knowledge is considered to be a result of skills that make it possible for improvements to be made with writing techniques, computer programs, or any other methods of doing something with better procedures."

1. To have information firmly in the mind or committed to memory: "These students know the names of all the U.S. presidents."
2. To believe firmly in the truth or having certainty of something: "I know I did the right thing in this situation."
3. To be, or to become, aware of something: "I finally know that these exercises really help me."
4. To have a thorough understanding of something through experience or study: "He has known what to do for many years."
5. To be acquainted, associated, or familiar with someone or something: "They are knowing more and more about words as they continue to learn the many words that come from Latin and Greek origins."
6. To be able to perceive the differences, or distinctions, between things or people: "He knows that this isn't easy for you, but you have to keep trying."
7. To recognize someone, or something, by a distinguishing a characteristic or an attribute: "How will you know who she is?" "She said that she will be wearing a bright-blue sweater."
8. Often known as or to be known as: "Samuel L. Clemens was better known as Mark Twain."

1. Acquaintance with facts, truths, or principles which may come from study or investigation; general erudition: "She has acquired knowledge about many things both in school and while reading on her own."
2. The condition in which a person perceives facts or truth with a reasonably clear and certain mental apprehension: "She has devoted her life to the pursuit of knowledge by researching and writing books about scientific discoveries throughout history."
3. Awareness of a fact or circumstance: "The family went on vacation with the knowledge that the neighbor would take care of their pets."
4. The body of truths or facts accumulated in the course of time: "The couple's children were constantly increasing their knowledge by reading books from both their private collections and the public library; as well as, by discussing their discoveries with each other."
5. Familiarity, awareness, or understanding gained through experience or study: "The son gained a lot of experience and knowledge about carpentry by working with his father and attending a special technological school that emphasized wood-working skills."
6. The sum or range of what has been perceived, discovered, or learned: "While working on his dictionary, the lexicographer expanded his knowledge much more than he had anticipated."

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1. Thoroughly acquainted with and skilled in something through study or experience: "Despite her very young age of 14, she is a knowledgeable piano player."
2. Possessing or showing a great deal of learning, awareness, or intelligence; perceptive and well-informed: "The speaker presented a very interesting and knowledgeable explanation of how most people can survive in these economic conditions."

Included in the knowledge which many people have: "There is no known cure for the disease."

"He was a little-known author until his last novel."

1. To acquire, or to gain, knowledge of a subject or skill through education or experience: "People should keep learning throughout their lives even after retirement and into old age."
2. To ascertain information, or techniques, by inquiry, study, or investigation: "The fitness trainer showed them how they can learn more about taking better care of their bodies with regular exercise."
3. To receive instruction concerning a subject that can be fixed in the mind: "The student had a daily routine with a retired teacher of Russian who helped the girl learn the Russian language by practicing her speaking with more accurate pronunciations and by increasing her vocabulary skills."
4. To acquire an understanding or a skill: "The young man had a full schedule learning how to dance, to skate, to play the violin, and to study his academic subjects at the university."
5. To gain knowledge by rote; that is, to memorize by repetition without necessarily exercising one's understanding: "The woman had a hobby of learning numerous poems by memory."
6. Etymology: from Old English lernen, leornen; "to get knowledge, to be cultivated"; from Anglo-Saxon leornian; from the root of Anglo-Saxon lran, "to teach".

Historically, there is a distinction between learning and teaching

Old English leornian, the ancestor of our current learn, meant "to learn" or "to study", never "to teach"; however, during the Middle English period, the word came to be used in the last sense as well.

Shakespeare wrote, "A thousand more mischances than this one have learn'd me how to brook this patiently" in his Two Gentlemen of Verona. It was with the prescriptivism of the eighteenth century that this use of the word came to be frowned upon.

Samuel Johnson, in his Dictionary of the English Language (1755), could not, with the example of such respectable authors as Spenser and Shakespeare before him, call this usage "wrong"; instead he wrote, "This sense is now obsolete." Since that time, however, grammarians have not hesitated to brand it "illiterate"; so, it is now considered unacceptable English to say, "No one ever learned me how to talk right."

A reference to gaining knowledge or skills: "These students have superior learnable skills."

Having or showing a lot of learning, education, or knowledge: "They are having learned discussions about politics and economics."

"This author has published articles in both learned books and in popular magazines."

"She is the most learned person that we have ever met."

1. Someone who learns: "He is one of the most successful learners that I have ever met."
2. Anyone who is trying to gain knowledge or skills in some area by studying, practicing, or being taught: "For someone who is so young, he has become an advanced learner."

1. Acquiring experience of, an ability, or a skill in some subject or field of knowledge; becoming aware, becoming informed about, finding out: "In the classroom, the students had computer programs that made learning easier and fun."
2. Knowledge and skills gained from learning: "They were characterized by having a good education and considerable learning as a result of their efforts to learn more."