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reading | learning |

As a proper noun reading

is .

As a verb learning is

.

As a noun learning is

(uncountable) an act in which something is learned.

reading

English

Verb

(head)
  • Noun

    (wikipedia reading)
  • The process of interpreting written language.
  • The process of interpreting a symbol, a sign or a measuring device.
  • A value indicated by a measuring device.
  • a speedometer reading .
  • A meeting where written material is read aloud.
  • a poetry reading .
  • An interpretation.
  • a reading of the current situation .
  • One of several stages a bill passes through before becoming law.
  • Statistics

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    Anagrams

    * English heteronyms

    learning

    English

    Verb

    (head)
  • I'm learning to ride a unicycle.

    Noun

    (en-noun)
  • (uncountable) An act in which something is learned.
  • Learning to ride a unicycle sounds exciting.
  • (uncountable) Accumulated knowledge.
  • The department head was also a scholar of great learning .
  • (countable) Something that has been learned
  • * {{quote-news, year=2007, date=April 5, author=Stuart Elliott, title=Online Experiment for Print Magazine, work=New York Times citation
  • , passage=“We’ll take the learnings and apply them to the rest of our business.” }}

    Usage notes

    Countable sense “thing learned” often used in plural form (m); see for details.

    Derived terms

    * book-learning * higher learning * learning curve * learning disability * learning by doing