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learn from experience

learn from experience verb: synonym of learn the hard way.

Verb

learn from experience (third-person singular simple present learns from experience, present participle learning from experience, simple past and past participle learned from experience or learnt from experience)

  1. Synonym of learn the hard way.
    Synonyms:
    learn the hard way

Synonyms of learn from experience

Forms of learn from experience

third-person singular presentlearns from experience
present participlelearning from experience
past participlelearned from experience
pastlearned from experience
past participlelearnt from experience
pastlearnt from experience

Questions about learn from experience

What does learn from experience mean?
Learn from experience means synonym of learn the hard way.
What part of speech is learn from experience?
Learn from experience is a verb.
What is the past tense of learn from experience?
The past tense of learn from experience is learned from experience.

Words near learn from experience in the dictionary

  1. Learlike
  2. Learmonth
  3. learn
  4. learn Arabic
  5. learn Chinese
  6. learn from experience
  7. learn one's lesson
  8. learn one's place
  9. learn the ropes
  10. learn to walk before one can run
  11. learn'd

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