To gain, usually by one's own exertions; to get as one's own; as, to acquire a title, riches, knowledge, skill, good or bad habits.
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gain knowledge or skills; "She learned dancing from her sister"; "I learned Sanskrit"; "Children acquire language at an amazing rate"
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The act or process of acquiring.
Used in the same subject area: Education, Learning.The act of seizing or taking hold of; seizure; as, the hand is an organ of apprehension.
Used in the same subject area: Education, Learning.The act of knowing; knowledge; perception.
Used in the same subject area: Education, Learning.To order with authority; to lay injunction upon; to direct; to bid; to charge.
Used in the same subject area: Education, Learning.The act of comprehending, containing, or comprising; inclusion.
Used in the same subject area: Education, Learning.A duplicate book, register, or account, kept to correct or check another account or register; a counter register.
Used in the same subject area: Education, Learning.The act of discerning.
Used in the same subject area: Education, Learning.response to an inquiry or experiment
Used in the same subject area: Education, Learning.The act or state of knowing; clear perception of fact, truth, or duty; certain apprehension; familiar cognizance; cognition.
Used in the same subject area: Education, Learning.To gain knowledge or information of; to ascertain by inquiry, study, or investigation; to receive instruction concerning; to fix in th…
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Used in the same subject area: Education, Learning.The position or authority of a master; dominion; command; supremacy; superiority.
Used in the same subject area: Education, Learning.The faculty of the mind by which it retains the knowledge of previous thoughts, impressions, or events.
Used in the same subject area: Education, Learning.the psychological result of perception and learning and reasoning
Used in the same subject area: Education, Learning.Frequently repeated or customary action; habitual performance; a succession of acts of a similar kind; usage; habit; custom; as, the p…
Used in the same subject area: Education, Learning.Use; practice; especially, exercise or discipline for a specific purpose or object.
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To achieve or accomplish, that is, to reach by efforts; to gain; to compass; as, to attain rest.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: gain, knowledge, skills, learned, dancing.The brother of one's husband or wife; also, the husband of one's sister; sometimes, the husband of one's wife's sister.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: gain, knowledge, skills, learned, dancing.To acquire the ownership of (property) by giving an accepted price or consideration therefor, or by agreeing to do so; to acquire by t…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: gain, knowledge, skills, learned, dancing.To gain or acquire by force; to take possession of by violent means; to gain dominion over; to subdue by physical means; to reduce; to…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: gain, knowledge, skills, learned, dancing.A square or beveled notch cut out of a girder, binding joist, or other timber which supports a floor beam, so as to receive the end of…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: gain, knowledge, skills, learned, dancing.Jet, the mineral.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: gain, knowledge, skills, learned, dancing.The name given by Europeans to that form of the Hindustani language which is chiefly spoken by native Hindoos. In employs the Devanaga…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: gain, knowledge, skills, learned, dancing.The power which a horse exerts.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: gain, knowledge, skills, learned, dancing.The condition of being ignorant; the want of knowledge in general, or in relation to a particular subject; the state of being uneducat…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: gain, knowledge, skills, learned, dancing.Same as Aryan, and Indo-European.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: gain, knowledge, skills, learned, dancing.of Learn
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: gain, knowledge, skills, learned, dancing.an interest rate charged by a central bank for very short term loans to other banks against an approved collateral.; "Lending is via c…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: gain, knowledge, skills, learned, dancing.The space between the eye and bill, in birds, and the corresponding region in reptiles and fishes.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: gain, knowledge, skills, learned, dancing.One of a numerous people inhabiting the southwestern part of India. Also, the language of the Mahrattas; Mahrati. It is closely allied…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: gain, knowledge, skills, learned, dancing.Same as 1st Morris.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: gain, knowledge, skills, learned, dancing.An entertainment consisting chiefly of dancing by professional dancing (or Nautch) girls.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: gain, knowledge, skills, learned, dancing.A grandson or grandchild, or remoter lineal descendant.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: gain, knowledge, skills, learned, dancing.A relative, in general; especially, a descendant, whether male or female; a granddaughter or a grandson.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: gain, knowledge, skills, learned, dancing.
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