learning curve - Longman Dictionary

learning curveˈlearning curve noun [countable] ; SEthe rate at which you learn a new skill Everyone in the centre has been through a very steep learning curve (= ... learningcurveFromLongmanDictionaryofContemporaryEnglishRelatedtopics:Educationlearningcurveˈlearningcurvenoun[countable]    SEtherateatwhichyoulearnanewskill  Everyoneinthecentrehasbeenthroughaverysteeplearningcurve(=theyhadtolearnveryquickly).ExamplesfromtheCorpuslearningcurve•Nocountrycanallowagovernmentalearningcurveandsurvive.•Itisaprofitablebusinessbutthereisevidenceofsomeslacktime,perhapsthisisalearningcurveeffect.•However,bepreparedforasteeplearningcurve.•Likemanynewventures,ProTechhashadasteeplearningcurve.•Buttheyalsohaveasteeplearningcurvefortheuninitiated,whichissomethingtoconsiderbeforetakingtheplunge.•FansoftheoldStrikegameswillappreciatehowcontrolhasbeenduplicated,sothelearningcurveisprettyshort.•Theshipfunctionsareextensivebutnotoverwhelmingasinsomeflightsimulations,sothelearningcurveismoderate.•Thehumanrelationshipsareveryintenseandthereforethelearningcurveisaccelerated.steeplearningcurve•Incoherence,ugliness,andasteeplearningcurvewereindicatorsthatamachinewaspowerful.•However,bepreparedforasteeplearningcurve.•Likemanynewventures,ProTechhashadasteeplearningcurve.•Buttheyalsohaveasteeplearningcurvefortheuninitiated,whichissomethingtoconsiderbeforetakingtheplunge.•SteveJobshadeliminatedthecrankofasteeplearningcurve,butreplaceditwithanewcrank-insufficientmemoryandstorage.•Andit'salwaysmeantanotoriouslysteeplearningcurve.•Thesalescentrehasbeenonaverysteeplearningcurveastotheneedsofindividualappointedrepresentatives.•EveryoneintheAdministrationCentrehasbeenthroughaverysteeplearningcurve.FromLongmanBusinessDictionarylearningcurveˈlearningˌcurvenoun[countableusuallysingular]therateatwhichyoulearnanewskillEveryoneintheAdministrationCentrehasbeenthroughaverysteeplearningcurve. Exercises Exercises Vocabularyexerciseshelpyoutolearnsynonyms,collocationsandidioms. IntermediateandAdvancedlevelgrammarpracticewithprogresstests. Listeningandpronunciation,exampreparationandmore! Picturesoftheday Whatarethese? Clickonthepicturestocheck. Exploretopics Water Linguistics Telephone,telegraph Plastics Seealltopics Wordoftheday futile actionsthatarefutileareuselessbecausetheyhavenochanceofbeingsuccessful