The study looked at how people learn and remember words in their second and third languages. They found that the way people learn new words doesn't depend on which languages they already know, but on their individual preferences. People often use different strategies to learn words, like giving a definition, translating it, or using it in a sentence. However, the accuracy of their definitions can vary depending on the language combination. This suggests that how well someone defines a word in a second or third language might be influenced by what languages they already know and how they learn.