possession of the qualities (especially mental qualities) required to do something or get something done; "danger heightened his power…
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the sum or range of what has been perceived, discovered, or learned
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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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gain knowledge or skills; "She learned dancing from her sister"; "I learned Sanskrit"; "Children acquire language at an amazing rate"
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: range, been, perceived, discovered, learned.the tendency for a visual object to be perceived as having the same brightness under widely different conditions of illumination
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: range, been, perceived, discovered, learned.To move nimbly in haste; to move so lightly as scarcely to be perceived; as, to brush by.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: range, been, perceived, discovered, learned.A genus of ganoid fishes, of the order Dipnoi, first known as Mesozoic fossil fishes; but recently two living species have been discov…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: range, been, perceived, discovered, learned.range or scope of what is perceived
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: range, been, perceived, discovered, learned.To cease to appear or to be perceived; to pass from view, gradually or suddenly; to vanish; to be no longer seen; as, darkness disappe…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: range, been, perceived, discovered, learned.To obtain for the first time sight or knowledge of, as of a thing existing already, but not perceived or known; to find; to ascertain;…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: range, been, perceived, discovered, learned.Capable of being discovered, found out, or perceived; as, many minute animals are discoverable only by the help of the microscope; tru…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: range, been, perceived, discovered, learned.Subtile or invisible emanation; exhalation perceived by the sense of smell; especially, noisome or noxious exhalation; as, the effluvi…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: range, been, perceived, discovered, learned.a dash that is one-half the length of an em dash.; "The en dash is commonly used to indicate a closed range of values — a range with c…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: range, been, perceived, discovered, learned.The faculty by which the mind forms an image or a representation of anything perceived before; the power of combining and modifying su…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: range, been, perceived, discovered, learned.To sew up, so nicely that the seam is not perceived; to renter.
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