lear

C2+ Topic:Education & Learning

US /lɪr/ UK /lɪə/ See IPA manual

Homophones

leer /lɪr/

Meanings

1

noun
learning or lore; (dialect) to teach or learn

The old shepherd passed his lear of the hills to his son.

Thesaurus

Synonyms

1 noun · learning or lore; (dialect)... learning lore knowledge teaching doctrine

Opposites

ignorance

Word family

Related forms learn lore learned

Etymology

From Old English lār ('learning, lore, teaching'), related to leornian ('to learn'), from Proto-Germanic *laizō, from the Proto-Indo-European root *leis- ('track, furrow').

lār Old English *leis- Proto-Indo-European

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Topics

Education & Learning

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# lear

**Type:** Word
**Level:** C2+
**Part of speech:** noun
**IPA (US):** /lɪr/
**IPA (UK):** /lɪə/

## Meanings
1. learning or lore; (dialect) to teach or learn

## Examples
- The old shepherd passed his lear of the hills to his son.

## Synonyms
- learning
- lore
- knowledge
- teaching
- doctrine

## Antonyms
- ignorance

## Related Forms
- learn
- lore
- learned

## Roots and Affixes
- Root: lār
- Root: *leis-

## Etymology
From Old English lār ('learning, lore, teaching'), related to leornian ('to learn'), from Proto-Germanic *laizō, from the Proto-Indo-European root *leis- ('track, furrow').

## AI Etymology
Lear comes from Old English lār ('learning, lore, teaching'), related to leornian ('to learn'), from Proto-Germanic *laizō, from the Proto-Indo-European root *leis- ('track, furrow'). The etymological trail includes Old English lār, Proto-Indo-European *leis-. The same word family includes learn, lore, learned. Its current noun use means "learning or lore; (dialect) to teach or learn".

## Topics
- Education & Learning

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