possession of the qualities (especially mental qualities) required to do something or get something done; "danger heightened his power…
Used in the same subject area: Cognitive psychology, Neurology, Medicine and healthcare, Psychology, Education, Learning.
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the cognitive process of acquiring skill or knowledge; "the child's acquisition of language"
Used in the same subject area: Cognitive psychology, Neurology, Medicine and healthcare, Psychology, Education, Learning.a complex mental state involving beliefs and feelings and values and dispositions to act in certain ways; "he had the attitude that wo…
Used in the same subject area: Cognitive psychology, Neurology, Medicine and healthcare, Psychology, Education, Learning.that which is responsible for one's thoughts, feelings, and conscious brain functions; the seat of the faculty of reason; "his mind wa…
Used in the same subject area: Cognitive psychology, Neurology, Medicine and healthcare, Psychology, Education, Learning.the psychological result of perception and learning and reasoning
Used in the same subject area: Cognitive psychology, Neurology, Medicine and healthcare, Psychology, Education, Learning.the sum or range of what has been perceived, discovered, or learned
Used in the same subject area: Cognitive psychology, Neurology, Medicine and healthcare, Psychology, Education, Learning.something immaterial (as a circumstance or influence) that contributes to producing a result
Used in the same subject area: Cognitive psychology, Neurology, Medicine and healthcare, Psychology, Education, Learning.(psychology) the performance of some composite cognitive activity; an operation that affects mental contents; "the process of thinking…
Used in the same subject area: Cognitive psychology, Neurology, Medicine and healthcare, Psychology, Education, Learning.(psychology) the performance of some composite cognitive activity; an operation that affects mental contents; "the process of thinking…
Used in the same subject area: Cognitive psychology, Neurology, Medicine and healthcare, Psychology, Education, Learning.the sum or range of what has been perceived, discovered, or learned
Used in the same subject area: Cognitive psychology, Neurology, Medicine and healthcare, Psychology, Education, Learning.the body of ideas that determine the knowledge that is intellectually certain at any particular time
Used in the same subject area: Cognitive psychology, Neurology, Medicine and healthcare, Psychology, Education, Learning.a person or thing equal to another in value or measure or force or effect or significance etc; "send two dollars or the equivalent in…
Used in the same subject area: Cognitive psychology, Neurology, Medicine and healthcare, Psychology, Education, Learning.knowledge that is available to anyone
Used in the same subject area: Cognitive psychology, Neurology, Medicine and healthcare, Psychology, Education, Learning.the psychological result of perception and learning and reasoning
Used in the same subject area: Cognitive psychology, Neurology, Medicine and healthcare, Psychology, Education, Learning.the cognitive process of acquiring skill or knowledge; "the child's acquisition of language"
Used in the same subject area: Cognitive psychology, Neurology, Medicine and healthcare, Psychology, Education, Learning.a language user's knowledge of words
Used in the same subject area: Cognitive psychology, Neurology, Medicine and healthcare, Psychology, Education, Learning.all of the words in a language; all word forms having meaning or grammatical function
Used in the same subject area: Cognitive psychology, Neurology, Medicine and healthcare, Psychology, Education, Learning.a complex mental state involving beliefs and feelings and values and dispositions to act in certain ways; "he had the attitude that wo…
Used in the same subject area: Cognitive psychology, Neurology, Medicine and healthcare, Psychology, Education, Learning.
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A word or words added to quality or amplify the force of other words; as, the History of the American Revolution, where the words in i…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: language, user, knowledge, words.A diphthong in the Latin language; used also by the Saxon writers. It answers to the Gr. ai. The Anglo-Saxon short ae was generally re…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: language, user, knowledge, words.a program that gives a computer instructions that provide the user with tools to accomplish a task; "he has tried several different wo…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: language, user, knowledge, words.a program that gives a computer instructions that provide the user with tools to accomplish a task; "he has tried several different wo…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: language, user, knowledge, words.a compact disk that is used with a computer (rather than with an audio system); a large amount of digital information can be stored an…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: language, user, knowledge, words.a user interface in which you type commands instead of choosing them from a menu or selecting an icon
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: language, user, knowledge, words.any software program that runs on a user's local computer and accesses data stored on a remote computer.; "Your Web browser is a clien…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: language, user, knowledge, words.commands that a user types in order to run an application
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: language, user, knowledge, words.(computer science) a small temporary window in a graphical user interface that appears in order to request information from the user;…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: language, user, knowledge, words.Choice of words for the expression of ideas; the construction, disposition, and application of words in discourse, with regard to clea…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: language, user, knowledge, words.An act of knowledge, one or more, by which single facts or general truths are ascertained; experimental or inductive knowledge; hence,…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: language, user, knowledge, words.Ready in the use of words; voluble; copious; having words at command; and uttering them with facility and smoothness; as, a fluent spe…
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