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belearn en · VERB

Etymology

From be- (“about”) + learn.

Meanings

  1. (ambitransitive, nonstandard, proscribed) To learn about; study; educate; teach.
    • [...] he shoved the pad under his chief's eyes, "thus it is that I belearn myself all this new-laid English in one time. Listen." 1925, Albert Payson Terhune, Najib:
    • The main way in which bingo is convenient for all subjects and classes, using bingo cards printed with items related to the specific theme, rather than numbers than usual. For example, in a math class, the cards are printed with math problems in a class of English language with words that students must learn to read, and foreign language classroom, in the words of Spanish or French vocabulary that Students are required to belearn. 2010, Educational Bingo Cards, (Please provide the book title or journal name):

Forms

SpellingFeaturesLabelsSource
belearns Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres lexicographic
belearned Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
belearned Tense=Past lexicographic
belearnt Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
belearnt Tense=Past lexicographic
belearning Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part lexicographic