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Anything read or recited to a teacher by a pupil or learner; something, as a portion of a book, assigned to a pupil to be studied or learned at one time.

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Broader term 10

Admonition 76% connected

Gentle or friendly reproof; counseling against a fault or error; expression of authoritative advice; friendly caution or warning.

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Import 76% connected

To bring in from abroad; to introduce from without; especially, to bring (wares or merchandise) into a place or country from a foreign country, in th…

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Instruction 76% connected

The act of instructing, teaching, or furnishing with knowledge; information.

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Meaning 76% connected

of Mean

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Monition 76% connected

Instruction or advice given by way of caution; an admonition; a warning; a caution.

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Pedagogy 76% connected

Pedagogics; pedagogism.

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Significance 76% connected

Alt. of Significancy

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Signification 76% connected

The act of signifying; a making known by signs or other means.

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Teaching 76% connected

of Teach

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Warning 76% connected

of Warn

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Narrower term 2

Example 76% connected

One or a portion taken to show the character or quality of the whole; a sample; a specimen.

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Exercise 76% connected

The act of exercising; a setting in action or practicing; employment in the proper mode of activity; exertion; application; use; habitual activity; o…

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Containing whole 7

Class 70% connected

A group of individuals ranked together as possessing common characteristics; as, the different classes of society; the educated class; the lower clas…

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Open English WordNet identifies the related term as a containing group, substance or whole.

Course 70% connected

The act of moving from one point to another; progress; passage.

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Didactics 70% connected

The art or science of teaching.

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Education 70% connected

The act or process of educating; the result of educating, as determined by the knowledge skill, or discipline of character, acquired; also, the act o…

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Instruction 70% connected

The act of instructing, teaching, or furnishing with knowledge; information.

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Pedagogy 70% connected

Pedagogics; pedagogism.

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Teaching 70% connected

of Teach

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Synonym 2

Example 92% connected

One or a portion taken to show the character or quality of the whole; a sample; a specimen.

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Moral 92% connected

Relating to duty or obligation; pertaining to those intentions and actions of which right and wrong, virtue and vice, are predicated, or to the rules…

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