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apprendre — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • find out phrasal verb To learn something you did not previously know, either by asking, checking or discovering it by chance.
  • hear verb To perceive sound through the ears.
  • instruct verb To teach someone a skill or subject.
  • learn verb To gain knowledge or a skill through study, practice, or experience.
  • teach verb To help someone learn a skill or subject by explaining or demonstrating it.

Senses

apprendre is used for these senses in English:

  • find out (transitive) To discover or expose (someone) as disobedient, dishonest, etc.
  • hear (transitive) To receive information about; to come to learn of. [from 10th c.]
  • instruct (transitive) To teach by giving instructions.
  • learn To acquire, or attempt to acquire knowledge or an ability to do something.
  • learn To gain knowledge from a bad experience so as to improve.
  • learn To come to know; to become informed of; to find out.

find out — full definition

  1. phrasal verb To learn something you did not previously know, either by asking, checking or discovering it by chance.
  2. phrasal verb To detect someone in a lie, crime or deception, so that their behaviour becomes known.

hear — full definition

  1. verb To perceive sound through the ears.
  2. verb To receive news or information about something.
  3. verb To listen to and formally consider a case in a court of law.

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