https://dictionary.cambridge.org/us/dictionary/english/learn...
"knowledge or a piece of information obtained by study or experience"
"I am already incorporating some of these learnings into my work and getting better results."
You can clearly see that the prior use was very different.
Cambridge Dictionary just documents that it's in fact used that way. One may still disagree on whether it should be.
"That's not English" is usually prescriptive, rather than descriptive. And though English does not have a central authority, individuals are very much allowed to hold prescriptive beliefs - that is how language evolves.
I'm very sure that using "learnings" in a way that is roughly synonymous to "lessons" predates 2022 though. It may have only been added to that specific dictionary in 2022, but the usage is certainly older.
"That's not English" is usually prescriptive, rather than descriptive. And though English does not have a central authority, individuals are very much allowed to hold prescriptive beliefs - that is how language evolves.
Very true. :-)
I think, actually, it's the case that language evolves around those people who are too stubbornly prescriptivist.
It seems to me “learnings” would actually be less ambiguous than “lessons”. A lesson brings to mind a thing being taught, not just learned.
:p
Just FYI: that second comma is incorrect.
The C&H strip is wonderful. That whole comic strip is brilliant and timeless.
I think "learnings" has advantages over "lessons" given that "learnings" has one meaning, while "lessons" can have more than one meaning.
Whether it's correct or not, are we surprised it's used this way? Consider the word "earnings" and how similar its definition is to "learnings."
"lesson" came from Old French in the 13th century and has changed its original meaning over time.[2]
There's not one single dialect of English so your comment comes off as unnecessarily prescriptivist and has spawned significant off-topic commentary (including this very comment) in response to an otherwise perfectly worded composition.
[1]: https://www.etymonline.com/word/learning [2]: https://www.etymonline.com/word/lesson
Learned can also be learnt (my preference), etc. English has a lot of redundancy, but that's why we love it, right?