WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2026
lear
(lēr),USA pronunciation n. [Scot. and North Eng.]
Lear (lēr),USA pronunciation n.
- Scottish Termslearning;
instruction;
lesson.
- 1350–1400; late Middle English lere lesson, noun, nominal use of lere to teach, Old English lǣran; cognate with Dutch leren, German lehren, Gothic laisjan; akin to lore
Lear (lēr),USA pronunciation n.
- Edward, 1812–88, English writer of humorous verse and landscape painter.
- Literature(italics) See King Lear.
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- cochlear duct
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- interpret
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- layer board
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- NUCFLASH
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- trochlear nerve
- subtrochlear