This is the 17934th most frequent Russian word.
учили
"Taught."
The word 'учили' is used in the context of 'to study' or 'learn actively' from specified materials.
Мы учили из этого учебника.
We studied from this textbook.
Here, 'учили' is used to describe the act of being instructed or taught formally in an education setting.
В школе нас учили арифметике.
In school, we were taught arithmetic.
In this sentence, 'учили' means to rehearse or practice repeatedly to internalize knowledge or skills.