verbWord forms: -learns, -learning, -learned or -learnt(transitive)
1.
to study too intensely
2.
to learn or practise repetitively, to the point of automaticity
overlearn in American English
(ˌoʊvərˈlɜrn)
verb transitive
to learn, as through much repetition, beyond basic proficiency
overlearn in American English
(ˌouvərˈlɜːrn)
transitive verbWord forms: -learned (-ˈlɜːrnd) or -learnt, -learning
Education
to learn or memorize beyond the point of proficiency or immediate recall
Word origin
[1870–75; over- + learn]This word is first recorded in the period 1870–75. Other words that entered Englishat around the same time include: billing, fifth wheel, giveaway, linkage, upgradeover- is a prefixal use of over, occurring in various senses in compounds (overboard; overcoat; overhang; overlap; overlord; overrun; overthrow), and especially employed, with the sense of “over the limit,” “to excess,” “toomuch,” “too,” to form verbs, adjectives, adverbs, and nouns (overact; overcapitalize; overcrowd; overfull; overmuch; oversupply; overweight), and many others, mostly self-explanatory: a hyphen, which is commonly absent fromold or well-established formations, is sometimes used in new coinages or in any wordswhose component parts it may be desirable to set off distinctly