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noun
- having knowledge of
- an alert cognitive state in which you are aware of yourself and your situation
- (politics) Acute awareness (of something) and belief in its communal relevance.
- (uncountable) The state of being conscious or aware; awareness.
- The state or trait of having cognition and sensation; cognition and sensation themselves.
- The fact of having knowledge of a particular fact or matter; cognizance.
- (countable) A being with cognition.
noun
- the philosophical theory of knowledge
- (uncountable) The branch of philosophy dealing with the study of knowledge; the theory of knowledge, asking such questions as "What is knowledge?", "How is knowledge acquired?", "What do people know?", "How do we know what we know?", "How do we know it is true?", and so on.
- (countable) A particular instance, version, or school thereof; a particular theory of knowledge.
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noun
- a specialized sphere of knowledge
- the territorial and administrative division of some countries (such as France)
- a specialized division of a large organization
- (in a university) One of the divisions of instructions
- A specified aspect or quality.
- A distinct course of life, action, study, or the like.
- A territorial division; a district; especially, in France, one of the districts into which the country is divided for governmental purposes, similar to a county in the UK and in the USA. France is composed of 101 départements organized in 18 régions, each department is divided into arrondissements, in turn divided into cantons.
- A part, portion, or subdivision.
- (often in proper names) One of the principal divisions of executive government
- (historical) A military subdivision of a country
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- (transitive, philosophy) To maintain (a belief, a position) subject to a given philosophical definition of knowledge; to hold a justified true belief.
- To understand or have a grasp of through experience or study.
- (transitive) To experience.
- (transitive) To be aware of; to be cognizant of.
- (transitive) To be able to distinguish, to discern, particularly by contrast or comparison; to recognize the nature of.
- (transitive) To perceive the truth or factuality of; to be certain of; to be certain that.
- (transitive) To have indexed and have information about within one's database.
- (intransitive) To have knowledge; to have information, be informed.
- (transitive) To recognize as the same (as someone or something previously encountered) after an absence or change.
- (transitive) To be able to play or perform (a song or other piece of music).
- (intransitive) To be or become aware or cognizant.
- (transitive) To be acquainted or familiar with; to have encountered.
- know how to do or perform something
- be cognizant or aware of a fact or a specific piece of information; possess knowledge or information about
- perceive as familiar
- know the nature or character of
- accept (someone) to be what is claimed or accept their power and authority
- have sexual intercourse with
- have fixed in the mind
- have firsthand knowledge of states, situations, emotions, or sensations
- be able to distinguish, recognize as being different
- be familiar or acquainted with a person or an object
noun
- a search for knowledge
- a systematic investigation of a matter of public interest
- an instance of questioning
- The act of inquiring; a seeking of information by asking questions; interrogation; a question or questioning.
- A search for truth, information, or knowledge; examination of facts or principles; research; investigation; inquest.
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- inquire into
- attempt to find out in a systematically and scientific manner
- (intransitive) To make an extensive investigation into.
- (intransitive, marketing) To receive a certain response in market research.
- (transitive) To search or examine with continued care; to seek diligently.
- (transitive) To search again.
noun
- a branch of knowledge
- training to improve strength or self-control
- the act of disciplining
- the trait of being well behaved
- a system of rules of conduct or method of practice
- (Catholicism) A whip used for self-flagellation.
- A set of rules regulating behaviour.
- A punishment to train or maintain control.
- A systematic method of obtaining obedience.
- A state of order based on submission to authority.
- A controlled behaviour; self-control.
- A flagellation as a means of obtaining sexual gratification.
- A specific branch of knowledge, learning, or practice.
- A category in which a certain art, sport or other activity belongs.
- An enforced compliance or control.
verb
- develop (a child's or animal's) behavior by instruction and practice; especially to teach self-control
- punish in order to gain control or enforce obedience
- (transitive) To punish someone in order to (re)gain control.
- (transitive) To teach someone to obey authority.
- (transitive) To impose order on someone.
- (transitive) To train someone by instruction and practice.
noun
- a branch of knowledge
- (mathematics) a set of elements such that addition and multiplication are commutative and associative and multiplication is distributive over addition and there are two elements 0 and 1
- the area that is visible (as through an optical instrument)
- a piece of land cleared of trees and usually enclosed
- a region in which active military operations are in progress
- a place where planes take off and land
- (computer science) a set of one or more adjacent characters comprising a unit of information
- somewhere (away from a studio or office or library or laboratory) where practical work is done or data is collected
- extensive tract of level open land
- a piece of land prepared for playing a game
- all of the horses in a particular horse race
- a region where a battle is being (or has been) fought
- a particular kind of commercial enterprise
- a geographic region (land or sea) under which something valuable is found
- a particular environment or walk of life
- the space around a radiating body within which its electromagnetic oscillations can exert force on another similar body not in contact with it
- all the competitors in a particular contest or sporting event
- (computing, object-oriented programming) An area of memory or storage reserved for a particular value, subject to virtual access controls.
- A place where competitive matches are carried out with figures, or playing area in a board game or a computer game.
- A wide, open space that is used to grow crops or to hold farm animals, usually enclosed by a fence, hedge or other barrier.
- (baseball) The outfield.
- (usually in the plural) The open country near or belonging to a town or city.
- A section of a form which is supposed to be filled with data.
- An airfield, airport or air base; especially, one with unpaved runways.
- A domain of study, knowledge or practice.
- (vexillology) The background of the flag.
- A place where a battle is fought; a battlefield.
- (numismatics) The part of a coin left unoccupied by the main device.
- A component of a database in which a single unit of information is stored.
- A land area free of woodland, cities, and towns; an area of open country.
- (geology) A region containing a particular mineral.
- The extent of a given perception.
- (heraldry) The background of the shield.
- (physics) A physical phenomenon (such as force, potential or fluid velocity) that pervades a region; a mathematical model of such a phenomenon that associates each point and time with a scalar, vector or tensor quantity.
- (algebra) A non-zero commutative ring in which all non-zero elements are invertible; a simple commutative ring.
- A competitive situation, circumstance in which one faces conflicting moves of rivals.
- A realm of practical, direct or natural operation, contrasted with an office, classroom, or laboratory.
- (electronics, film, animation) Part (usually one half) of a frame in an interlaced signal.
- (metonymic) All of the competitors in any outdoor contest or trial, or all except the favourites in the betting.
- An area reserved for playing a game or race with one’s physical force.
- An unrestricted or favourable opportunity for action, operation, or achievement.
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- select (a team or individual player) for a game
- play as a fielder
- catch or pick up (balls) in baseball or cricket
- answer adequately or successfully
- (transitive) To answer; to address.
- (transitive, sports) To place (a team, its players, etc.) in a game.
- (transitive) To execute research (in the field).
- (transitive, military) To deploy in the field.
- (transitive, sports) To intercept or catch (a ball) and play it.
- (intransitive, baseball, softball, cricket, and other batting sports) To be the team catching and throwing the ball, as opposed to hitting it.
noun
- a branch of knowledge
- applying the mind to learning and understanding a subject (especially by reading)
- someone who memorizes quickly and easily (as the lines for a part in a play)
- a state of deep mental absorption
- a written document describing the findings of some individual or group
- a composition intended to develop one aspect of the performer's technique
- a detailed critical inspection
- attentive consideration and meditation
- preliminary drawing for later elaboration
- a room used for reading and writing and studying
- Any particular branch of learning that is studied; any object of attentive consideration.
- (chess) An endgame problem composed for artistic merit, where one side is to play for a win or for a draw.
- Mental effort to acquire knowledge or learning.
- The act of studying or examining; examination.
- (academic) An academic publication.
- (music) A piece for special practice; an etude.
- One who commits a theatrical part to memory.
- A room in a house intended for reading and writing; traditionally the private room of the male head of household.
- An artwork made in order to practise or demonstrate a subject or technique.
- The human face, bearing an expression which the observer finds amusingly typical of a particular emotion or state of mind.
verb
- be a student; follow a course of study; be enrolled at an institute of learning
- learn by reading books
- be a student of a certain subject
- consider in detail and subject to an analysis in order to discover essential features or meaning
- give careful consideration to
- think intently and at length, as for spiritual purposes
- (usually academic, transitive, intransitive) To review materials already learned in order to make sure one does not forget them, usually in preparation for an examination.
- (transitive) To acquire knowledge on a subject with the intention of applying it in practice.
- (transitive) To look at carefully and minutely.
- (intransitive) To endeavor diligently; to be zealous.
- (transitive) To fix the mind closely upon a subject; to dwell upon anything in thought; to muse; to ponder.
- (academic, transitive) To take a course or courses on a subject.
noun
- a branch of knowledge
- some situation or event that is thought about
- the subject matter of a conversation or discussion
- (logic) the first term of a proposition
- a person who owes allegiance to that nation
- (grammar) one of the two main constituents of a sentence; the grammatical constituent about which something is predicated
- something (a person or object or scene) selected by an artist or photographer for graphic representation
- a person who is subjected to experimental or other observational procedures; someone who is an object of investigation
- By faulty generalisation from a clause's grammatical subject often being coinstantiated with one: an actor or agent; one who takes action.
- A particular area of study.
- A citizen in a monarchy.
- (grammar) The noun, pronoun or noun phrase about whom the statement is made. In active clauses with verbs denoting an action, the subject is the actor. In clauses in the passive voice the subject is the target of the action.
- The main topic of a paper, work of art, discussion, field of study, etc.
- A human, animal, or an inanimate object that is being examined, treated, analysed, etc; especially, one being studied in a scientific experiment, such as a clinical trial.
- (music) The main theme or melody, especially in a fugue.
- (logic) That of which something is stated.
- A person ruled over by another, especially a monarch or state authority.
- (mathematics) The variable in terms of which an expression is defined.
- (philosophy) A being that has subjective experiences, subjective consciousness, or a relationship with another entity.
adj
- likely to be affected by something
- being under the power or sovereignty of another or others
- possibly accepting or permitting
- Conditional upon something; used with to.
- Likely to be affected by or to experience something; liable.
- Placed under the power of another; owing allegiance to a particular sovereign or state.
- Placed or situated under; lying below, or in a lower situation.
verb
- make subservient; force to submit or subdue
- cause to experience or suffer or make liable or vulnerable to
- make accountable for
- (transitive, construed with to) To cause (someone or something) to undergo a particular experience, especially one that is unpleasant or unwanted.
- (transitive) To make subordinate or subservient; to subdue or enslave; to subjugate.
noun
- wisdom as evidenced by the possession of knowledge
- an act that sets in motion some course of events
- a formal entry into an organization or position or office
- the act of starting something for the first time; introducing something new
- (chemistry) The first step of transcription or of transduction.
- The act of initiating, or the process of being initiated or introduced.
- The form or ceremony by which a person is introduced into any society; mode of entrance into an organized body; especially, the rite of admission into a secret society or order.
noun
- the content of a particular field of knowledge
- territory over which rule or control is exercised
- (mathematics) the set of values of the independent variable for which a function is defined
- a particular environment or walk of life
- people in general; especially a distinctive group of people with some shared interest
- (geology) An area of more or less uniform mineralization.
- A group of related items, topics, or subjects.
- (data processing) A form of technical metadata that represent the type of a data item, its characteristics, name, and usage.
- (physics) A small region of a magnetic material with a consistent magnetization direction.
- A geographic area owned or controlled by a single person or organization.
- (taxonomy) The highest rank in the classification of organisms, above kingdom; in the three-domain system, one of the taxa Bacteria, Archaea, or Eukaryota.
- (mathematics, topology, mathematical analysis) An open and connected set in some topology. For example, the interval (0,1) as a subset of the real numbers.
- (more generally, of a binary relation R between A and B) The set A; The subset of A consisting of elements a of A such that there exists an element b in B with (a,b) in R.
- A field or sphere of activity, influence or expertise.
- (computing) The collection of computers identified by a domain's domain names.
- (mathematics, set theory) The set of input (argument) values for which a function is defined.
- (computing, Internet) Any DNS domain name, particularly one which has been delegated and has become representative of the delegated domain name and its subdomains.
- (biochemistry) A folded section of a protein molecule that has a discrete function; the equivalent section of a chromosome.
- (mathematics) A ring with no zero divisors; that is, in which no product of nonzero elements is zero.
- (computing) Such a region used as a data storage element in a bubble memory.
- (computing, Internet) A collection of DNS or DNS-like domain names consisting of a delegated domain name and all its subdomains.
- (computing) A collection of information having to do with a domain, the computers named in the domain, and the network on which the computers named in the domain reside.
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- knowledge acquired by learning and instruction
- the gradual process of acquiring knowledge
- the result of good upbringing (especially knowledge of correct social behavior)
- the activities of educating or instructing; activities that impart knowledge or skill
- the profession of teaching (especially at a school or college or university)
- (countable) Facts, skills and ideas that have been learned, especially through formal instruction.
- (uncountable) The process of imparting knowledge, skill and judgment.
noun
- a learned establishment for the advancement of knowledge
- an institution for the advancement of art or science or literature
- a school for special training
- a secondary school (usually private)
- (UK, education) A school directly funded by central government, independent of local control; a charter school.
- A society of learned people united for the advancement of the arts and sciences, and literature, or some particular art or science.
- (classical studies, usually capitalized) The garden where Plato taught.
- (with the, without reference to any specific academy) Academia.
- A school or place of training in which some special art is taught.
- (classical studies, usually capitalized) Plato's philosophical system based on skepticism; Plato's followers.
- A body of established opinion in a particular field, regarded as authoritative.
- An institution for the study of higher learning; a college or a university; typically a private school.
noun
- the complex composition of knowledge as elements and their combinations
- a particular complex anatomical part of a living thing and its construction and arrangement
- the people in a society considered as a system organized by a characteristic pattern of relationships
- a thing constructed; a complex entity constructed of many parts
- the manner of construction of something and the arrangement of its parts
- (fishing, uncountable) Underwater terrain or objects (such as a dead tree or a submerged car) that tend to attract fish
- A body, such as a political party, with a cohesive purpose or outlook.
- A cohesive whole built up of distinct parts.
- The overall form or organization of something.
- (computing) Several pieces of data treated as a unit.
- The underlying shape of a solid.
- A set of rules defining behaviour.
- (logic) A set along with a collection of finitary functions and relations.
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- Possessing knowledge or understanding; knowledgeable, intelligent.
- Suggestive of private knowledge or understanding.
- Shrewd or showing clever awareness; discerning.
- Deliberate, wilful.
- highly educated; having extensive information or understanding
- evidencing the possession of inside information
- alert and fully informed
- characterized by conscious design or purpose
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- (philosophy) the doctrine that knowledge derives from experience
- the application of empirical methods in any art or science
- medical practice and advice based on observation and experience in ignorance of scientific findings
- (social sciences, political science, sociology) Research methodology shaped from empirical philosophy (see above), e.g. surveys, statistics, etc.
- (medicine, now chiefly historical) Medicine as practised by an empiric, founded on mere (personal or anecdotal) experience, without the aid of science or a knowledge of principles.
- (philosophy) A doctrine which holds that the only or, at least, the most reliable source of human knowledge is experience, especially perception by means of the physical senses. (Often contrasted with rationalism.)
- A pursuit of knowledge purely through experience, especially by means of observation and sometimes by experimentation.
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- (philosophy) the doctrine that knowledge derives from experience
- (philosophy) the ethical doctrine that feeling is the only criterion for what is good
- the journalistic use of subject matter that appeals to vulgar tastes
- subject matter that is calculated to excite and please vulgar tastes
- The use of sensational subject matter, style or methods, or the sensational subject matter itself; behavior, published materials, or broadcasts that are intentionally controversial, exaggerated, lurid, loud, or attention-grabbing. Especially applied to news media in a pejorative sense that they are reporting in a manner to gain audience or notoriety but at the expense of accuracy and professionalism.
- (philosophy) A theory of philosophy that all knowledge is ultimately derived from the senses.
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- knowledge and intellectual ability
- a person who uses the mind creatively
- the capacity for rational thought or inference or discrimination
- A person who has that faculty to a great degree.
- (uncountable) The capacity of that faculty (in a particular person).
- (uncountable) The faculty of thinking, judging, abstract reasoning, and conceptual understanding; the cognitive faculty.
noun
- knowledge and intellectual ability
- attention
- an important intellectual
- an opinion formed by judging something
- that which is responsible for one's thoughts, feelings, and conscious brain functions; the seat of the faculty of reason
- recall or remembrance
- your intention; what you intend to do
- The ability to be aware of things.
- A healthy mental state.
- (uncountable) Attention, consideration or thought.
- Somebody that embodies certain mental qualities.
- Desire, inclination, or intention.
- Judgment, opinion, or view.
- (philosophy) The non-material substance or set of processes in which consciousness, perception, affectivity, judgement, thinking, and will are based.
- The ability to focus the thoughts.
- The ability to remember things.
- The capability for rational thought.
- Continual prayer on a dead person's behalf for a period after their death.
verb
- be on one's guard; be cautious or wary about; be alert to
- pay close attention to; give heed to
- be in charge of or deal with
- keep in mind
- be concerned with or about something or somebody
- be offended or bothered by; take offense with, be bothered by
- (UK, Ireland) Take note; used to point out an exception or caveat.
- To bring or recall to mind; to remember; bear or keep in mind.
- (chiefly imperative) To pay attention or heed to so as to obey; hence to obey; to make sure, to take care (that).
- (originally and chiefly in negative or interrogative constructions) To dislike, to object to; to be bothered by.
- To turn one's mind to; to observe; to notice.
- (now regional) To remember.
- To be careful about.
- (now rare except in phrases) To pay attention to, in the sense of occupying one's mind with, to heed.
- (now obsolete outside dialect) To purpose, intend, plan.
- To look after, to take care of, especially for a short period of time.
- To regard with attention; to treat as of consequence.
noun
- knowledge acquired through study or experience or instruction
- Things that are or can be known about a given topic; communicable knowledge of something.
- a collection of facts from which conclusions may be drawn
- formal accusation of a crime
- (communication theory) a numerical measure of the uncertainty of an outcome
- a message received and understood
- A service provided by telephone which provides listed telephone numbers of a subscriber.
- (information theory) Any unambiguous abstract data, the smallest possible unit being the bit.
- (information technology) Any ordered sequence of symbols (or signals) (that could contain a message).
- Something that provides a definitive characterization or description of the nature and attributes of a specified entity.
- (computing, formally) The meaning that a human assigns to data by means of the known conventions used in its representation.
- (Christianity) Divine inspiration.
- (computing, data management) The output resulting from the systematic collection, manipulation and organization of raw data into a structured, interpretable format.
- (law, countable) A statement of criminal activity brought before a judge or magistrate; in the UK, used to inform a magistrate of an offence and request a warrant; in the US, an accusation brought before a judge without a grand jury indictment.
- The act of informing or imparting knowledge; notification.
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- examine someone's knowledge of something
- test or examine for the presence of disease or infection
- show a certain characteristic when tested
- achieve a certain score or rating on a test
- undergo a test
- determine the presence or properties of (a substance)
- put to the test, as for its quality, or give experimental use to
- To challenge, to put a strain on (something).
- (academics) To administer or assign an examination, often given during the academic term, to (somebody).
- (chemistry) To examine or try, as by the use of some reagent.
- (copulative) To be shown to be by test.
- To place a product or piece of equipment under everyday and/or extreme conditions and examine it for its durability, etc.
- (intransitive, transitive, slang) To challenge (someone) to a fight.
- To refine (gold, silver, etc.) in a test or cupel; to subject to cupellation.
- To put to the proof; to prove the truth, genuineness, or quality of by experiment, or by some principle or standard; to try.
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- any standardized procedure for measuring sensitivity or memory or intelligence or aptitude or personality etc
- the act of testing something
- the act of undergoing testing
- a set of questions or exercises evaluating skill or knowledge
- trying something to find out about it
- a hard outer covering as of some amoebas and sea urchins
- (botany) Testa; seed coat.
- (informal, slang, bodybuilding) Clipping of testosterone.
- (academia) An examination, given often during the academic term.
- A cupel or cupelling hearth in which precious metals are melted for trial and refinement.
- (marine biology) The external calciferous shell, or endoskeleton, of an echinoderm, e.g. sand dollars and sea urchins; testa.
- (cricket, normally "Test") A Test match.
- A challenge, trial.
- A session in which a product, piece of equipment, or system is examined under everyday or extreme conditions to evaluate its durability, etc.
noun
- accumulated knowledge or erudition or enlightenment
- the trait of utilizing knowledge and experience with common sense and insight
- ability to apply knowledge or experience or understanding or common sense and insight
- the quality of being prudent and sensible
- (rare) A group of owls.
- The ability to apply relevant knowledge in an insightful way, especially to different situations from that in which the knowledge was gained.
- (uncountable) An element of personal character that enables one to distinguish the wise from the unwise.
- (theology) The ability to know and apply spiritual truths.
- The discretionary use of knowledge for the greatest good.
- (countable, colloquial) Ellipsis of wisdom tooth.
- (rare) A group of wombats.
- (countable) A piece of wise advice.
- The ability to make a decision based on the combination of knowledge, experience, and intuitive understanding.
noun
- Initialism of knowledge sharing.
- (medicine) Initialism of Klinefelter syndrome.
- (online gaming) Initialism of kill steal.
- (medicine) Initialism of Kaposi's sarcoma.
- (UK, education) Initialism of key stage.
- (medicine) Initialism of Keutel syndrome.
- Initialism of King's Scholar.
- (medicine) Initialism of Kallmann syndrome.
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- tending to increase knowledge or dissipate ignorance
- serving to instruct or enlighten or inform
- providing or conveying information
- Providing information; especially, providing useful or interesting information.
- Of a standard or specification, not specifying requirements, but merely providing information.
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- (philosophy) the doctrine that knowledge is acquired by reason without resort to experience
- the doctrine that reason is the right basis for regulating conduct
- the theological doctrine that human reason rather than divine revelation establishes religious truth
- (philosophy) The theory that reason is a source of knowledge independent of and superior to sense perception.
- (philosophy) The theory that knowledge may be derived by deductions from a priori concepts (such as axioms, postulates or earlier deductions).
- A view that the fundamental method for problem solving is through reason and experience rather than faith, inspiration, revelation, intuition or authority.
- Elaboration of theories by use of reason alone without appeal to experience, such as in mathematical systems.
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- To have or gain knowledge of by experience.
- To strain; to subject to excessive tests.
- (nautical) To lie to in heavy weather under just sufficient sail to head into the wind.
- (specifically) To test someone's patience.
- To settle; to decide; to determine; specifically, to decide by an appeal to arms.
- To put to test.
- (law) To put on trial.
- To work on something with one's best effort and focus.
- (with indirect interrogative clause) To attempt to determine (by experiment or effort).
- (slang, chiefly African-American Vernacular, used with another verb) To want, to desire.
- (figuratively, chiefly used in the imperative) To receive an imminent attack; to take.
- To prove by experiment; to apply a test to, for the purpose of determining the quality; to examine; to prove; to test.
- To taste, sample, etc.
- (euphemistic, of a couple) To attempt to conceive a child.
- To attempt; to endeavour. Followed by infinitive.
- To make an experiment. Usually followed by a present participle.
- examine or hear (evidence or a case) by judicial process
- put on a garment in order to see whether it fits and looks nice
- take a sample of
- give pain or trouble to
- melt (fat or lard) in order to separate out impurities
- put to the test, as for its quality, or give experimental use to
- test the limits of
- make an effort or attempt
- put on trial or hear a case and sit as the judge at the trial of
noun
- (programming) A block of code that may trigger exceptions the programmer expects to catch, usually demarcated by the keyword try.
- (American football) A field goal or extra point
- (rugby) A score in rugby league and rugby union, analogous to a touchdown in American football.
- An attempt.
- An act of tasting or sampling.
- (chess) A move that almost solves a chess problem, except that Black has a unique defense.
- earnest and conscientious activity intended to do or accomplish something
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- knowledge gained by perceiving
- a way of conceiving something
- the process of perceiving
- becoming aware of something via the senses
- the representation of what is perceived; basic component in the formation of a concept
- Conscious understanding of something.
- Acuity
- The organisation, identification and interpretation of sensory information.
- Vision (ability)
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- knowledge gained through tradition or anecdote
- All the facts and traditions about a particular subject that have been accumulated over time through education or experience.
- (anatomy) The anterior portion of the cheeks of insects.
- (anatomy) The region between the eyes and nostrils of birds, reptiles, and amphibians.
- (chiefly fandom slang) The backstory, especially for a character or setting, created around a fictional universe.
- (by extension, Internet slang) Trivia shared by a person about themself.
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- The fact of knowing about something; general understanding or familiarity with a subject, place, situation etc.
- Awareness of a particular fact or situation; a state of having been informed or made aware of something.
- The total of what is known; all information and products of learning.
- (countable) Something that can be known; a branch of learning; a piece of information; a science.
- (UK, informal) The deep familiarity with certain routes and places of interest required by taxicab drivers working in London, England.
- (philosophical) Justified true belief
- Familiarity or understanding of a particular skill, branch of learning etc.
- Intellectual understanding; the state of appreciating truth or information.
- the psychological result of perception and learning and reasoning
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- possessing sound knowledge
- endowed with the capacity to reason
- having the capacity for thought and reason especially to a high degree
- exercising or showing good judgment
- Of high or especially quick cognitive capacity, bright.
- Characterized by thoughtful interaction.
- (computing) Having an environment-sensing automatically-invoked built-in computer capability.
- Having at least a similar level of brain power to humankind.
- Well thought-out, well considered.
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- education that results in understanding and the spread of knowledge
- (Hinduism and Buddhism) the beatitude that transcends the cycle of reincarnation; characterized by the extinction of desire and suffering and individual consciousness
- An act of enlightening, or the state of being enlightened or instructed.
- A concept in spirituality, philosophy and psychology related to achieving clarity of perception, reason and knowledge.
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noun
- having knowledge of
- an alert cognitive state in which you are aware of yourself and your situation
- (politics) Acute awareness (of something) and belief in its communal relevance.
- (uncountable) The state of being conscious or aware; awareness.
- The state or trait of having cognition and sensation; cognition and sensation themselves.
- The fact of having knowledge of a particular fact or matter; cognizance.
- (countable) A being with cognition.
noun
- the philosophical theory of knowledge
- (uncountable) The branch of philosophy dealing with the study of knowledge; the theory of knowledge, asking such questions as "What is knowledge?", "How is knowledge acquired?", "What do people know?", "How do we know what we know?", "How do we know it is true?", and so on.
- (countable) A particular instance, version, or school thereof; a particular theory of knowledge.
noun
- a specialized sphere of knowledge
- the territorial and administrative division of some countries (such as France)
- a specialized division of a large organization
- (in a university) One of the divisions of instructions
- A specified aspect or quality.
- A distinct course of life, action, study, or the like.
- A territorial division; a district; especially, in France, one of the districts into which the country is divided for governmental purposes, similar to a county in the UK and in the USA. France is composed of 101 départements organized in 18 régions, each department is divided into arrondissements, in turn divided into cantons.
- A part, portion, or subdivision.
- (often in proper names) One of the principal divisions of executive government
- (historical) A military subdivision of a country
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particle
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- (transitive, philosophy) To maintain (a belief, a position) subject to a given philosophical definition of knowledge; to hold a justified true belief.
- To understand or have a grasp of through experience or study.
- (transitive) To experience.
- (transitive) To be aware of; to be cognizant of.
- (transitive) To be able to distinguish, to discern, particularly by contrast or comparison; to recognize the nature of.
- (transitive) To perceive the truth or factuality of; to be certain of; to be certain that.
- (transitive) To have indexed and have information about within one's database.
- (intransitive) To have knowledge; to have information, be informed.
- (transitive) To recognize as the same (as someone or something previously encountered) after an absence or change.
- (transitive) To be able to play or perform (a song or other piece of music).
- (intransitive) To be or become aware or cognizant.
- (transitive) To be acquainted or familiar with; to have encountered.
- know how to do or perform something
- be cognizant or aware of a fact or a specific piece of information; possess knowledge or information about
- perceive as familiar
- know the nature or character of
- accept (someone) to be what is claimed or accept their power and authority
- have sexual intercourse with
- have fixed in the mind
- have firsthand knowledge of states, situations, emotions, or sensations
- be able to distinguish, recognize as being different
- be familiar or acquainted with a person or an object
noun
- a search for knowledge
- a systematic investigation of a matter of public interest
- an instance of questioning
- The act of inquiring; a seeking of information by asking questions; interrogation; a question or questioning.
- A search for truth, information, or knowledge; examination of facts or principles; research; investigation; inquest.
noun
verb
- inquire into
- attempt to find out in a systematically and scientific manner
- (intransitive) To make an extensive investigation into.
- (intransitive, marketing) To receive a certain response in market research.
- (transitive) To search or examine with continued care; to seek diligently.
- (transitive) To search again.
noun
- a branch of knowledge
- training to improve strength or self-control
- the act of disciplining
- the trait of being well behaved
- a system of rules of conduct or method of practice
- (Catholicism) A whip used for self-flagellation.
- A set of rules regulating behaviour.
- A punishment to train or maintain control.
- A systematic method of obtaining obedience.
- A state of order based on submission to authority.
- A controlled behaviour; self-control.
- A flagellation as a means of obtaining sexual gratification.
- A specific branch of knowledge, learning, or practice.
- A category in which a certain art, sport or other activity belongs.
- An enforced compliance or control.
verb
- develop (a child's or animal's) behavior by instruction and practice; especially to teach self-control
- punish in order to gain control or enforce obedience
- (transitive) To punish someone in order to (re)gain control.
- (transitive) To teach someone to obey authority.
- (transitive) To impose order on someone.
- (transitive) To train someone by instruction and practice.
noun
- a branch of knowledge
- (mathematics) a set of elements such that addition and multiplication are commutative and associative and multiplication is distributive over addition and there are two elements 0 and 1
- the area that is visible (as through an optical instrument)
- a piece of land cleared of trees and usually enclosed
- a region in which active military operations are in progress
- a place where planes take off and land
- (computer science) a set of one or more adjacent characters comprising a unit of information
- somewhere (away from a studio or office or library or laboratory) where practical work is done or data is collected
- extensive tract of level open land
- a piece of land prepared for playing a game
- all of the horses in a particular horse race
- a region where a battle is being (or has been) fought
- a particular kind of commercial enterprise
- a geographic region (land or sea) under which something valuable is found
- a particular environment or walk of life
- the space around a radiating body within which its electromagnetic oscillations can exert force on another similar body not in contact with it
- all the competitors in a particular contest or sporting event
- (computing, object-oriented programming) An area of memory or storage reserved for a particular value, subject to virtual access controls.
- A place where competitive matches are carried out with figures, or playing area in a board game or a computer game.
- A wide, open space that is used to grow crops or to hold farm animals, usually enclosed by a fence, hedge or other barrier.
- (baseball) The outfield.
- (usually in the plural) The open country near or belonging to a town or city.
- A section of a form which is supposed to be filled with data.
- An airfield, airport or air base; especially, one with unpaved runways.
- A domain of study, knowledge or practice.
- (vexillology) The background of the flag.
- A place where a battle is fought; a battlefield.
- (numismatics) The part of a coin left unoccupied by the main device.
- A component of a database in which a single unit of information is stored.
- A land area free of woodland, cities, and towns; an area of open country.
- (geology) A region containing a particular mineral.
- The extent of a given perception.
- (heraldry) The background of the shield.
- (physics) A physical phenomenon (such as force, potential or fluid velocity) that pervades a region; a mathematical model of such a phenomenon that associates each point and time with a scalar, vector or tensor quantity.
- (algebra) A non-zero commutative ring in which all non-zero elements are invertible; a simple commutative ring.
- A competitive situation, circumstance in which one faces conflicting moves of rivals.
- A realm of practical, direct or natural operation, contrasted with an office, classroom, or laboratory.
- (electronics, film, animation) Part (usually one half) of a frame in an interlaced signal.
- (metonymic) All of the competitors in any outdoor contest or trial, or all except the favourites in the betting.
- An area reserved for playing a game or race with one’s physical force.
- An unrestricted or favourable opportunity for action, operation, or achievement.
verb
- select (a team or individual player) for a game
- play as a fielder
- catch or pick up (balls) in baseball or cricket
- answer adequately or successfully
- (transitive) To answer; to address.
- (transitive, sports) To place (a team, its players, etc.) in a game.
- (transitive) To execute research (in the field).
- (transitive, military) To deploy in the field.
- (transitive, sports) To intercept or catch (a ball) and play it.
- (intransitive, baseball, softball, cricket, and other batting sports) To be the team catching and throwing the ball, as opposed to hitting it.
noun
- a branch of knowledge
- applying the mind to learning and understanding a subject (especially by reading)
- someone who memorizes quickly and easily (as the lines for a part in a play)
- a state of deep mental absorption
- a written document describing the findings of some individual or group
- a composition intended to develop one aspect of the performer's technique
- a detailed critical inspection
- attentive consideration and meditation
- preliminary drawing for later elaboration
- a room used for reading and writing and studying
- Any particular branch of learning that is studied; any object of attentive consideration.
- (chess) An endgame problem composed for artistic merit, where one side is to play for a win or for a draw.
- Mental effort to acquire knowledge or learning.
- The act of studying or examining; examination.
- (academic) An academic publication.
- (music) A piece for special practice; an etude.
- One who commits a theatrical part to memory.
- A room in a house intended for reading and writing; traditionally the private room of the male head of household.
- An artwork made in order to practise or demonstrate a subject or technique.
- The human face, bearing an expression which the observer finds amusingly typical of a particular emotion or state of mind.
verb
- be a student; follow a course of study; be enrolled at an institute of learning
- learn by reading books
- be a student of a certain subject
- consider in detail and subject to an analysis in order to discover essential features or meaning
- give careful consideration to
- think intently and at length, as for spiritual purposes
- (usually academic, transitive, intransitive) To review materials already learned in order to make sure one does not forget them, usually in preparation for an examination.
- (transitive) To acquire knowledge on a subject with the intention of applying it in practice.
- (transitive) To look at carefully and minutely.
- (intransitive) To endeavor diligently; to be zealous.
- (transitive) To fix the mind closely upon a subject; to dwell upon anything in thought; to muse; to ponder.
- (academic, transitive) To take a course or courses on a subject.
noun
- a branch of knowledge
- some situation or event that is thought about
- the subject matter of a conversation or discussion
- (logic) the first term of a proposition
- a person who owes allegiance to that nation
- (grammar) one of the two main constituents of a sentence; the grammatical constituent about which something is predicated
- something (a person or object or scene) selected by an artist or photographer for graphic representation
- a person who is subjected to experimental or other observational procedures; someone who is an object of investigation
- By faulty generalisation from a clause's grammatical subject often being coinstantiated with one: an actor or agent; one who takes action.
- A particular area of study.
- A citizen in a monarchy.
- (grammar) The noun, pronoun or noun phrase about whom the statement is made. In active clauses with verbs denoting an action, the subject is the actor. In clauses in the passive voice the subject is the target of the action.
- The main topic of a paper, work of art, discussion, field of study, etc.
- A human, animal, or an inanimate object that is being examined, treated, analysed, etc; especially, one being studied in a scientific experiment, such as a clinical trial.
- (music) The main theme or melody, especially in a fugue.
- (logic) That of which something is stated.
- A person ruled over by another, especially a monarch or state authority.
- (mathematics) The variable in terms of which an expression is defined.
- (philosophy) A being that has subjective experiences, subjective consciousness, or a relationship with another entity.
adj
- likely to be affected by something
- being under the power or sovereignty of another or others
- possibly accepting or permitting
- Conditional upon something; used with to.
- Likely to be affected by or to experience something; liable.
- Placed under the power of another; owing allegiance to a particular sovereign or state.
- Placed or situated under; lying below, or in a lower situation.
verb
- make subservient; force to submit or subdue
- cause to experience or suffer or make liable or vulnerable to
- make accountable for
- (transitive, construed with to) To cause (someone or something) to undergo a particular experience, especially one that is unpleasant or unwanted.
- (transitive) To make subordinate or subservient; to subdue or enslave; to subjugate.
noun
- wisdom as evidenced by the possession of knowledge
- an act that sets in motion some course of events
- a formal entry into an organization or position or office
- the act of starting something for the first time; introducing something new
- (chemistry) The first step of transcription or of transduction.
- The act of initiating, or the process of being initiated or introduced.
- The form or ceremony by which a person is introduced into any society; mode of entrance into an organized body; especially, the rite of admission into a secret society or order.
noun
- the content of a particular field of knowledge
- territory over which rule or control is exercised
- (mathematics) the set of values of the independent variable for which a function is defined
- a particular environment or walk of life
- people in general; especially a distinctive group of people with some shared interest
- (geology) An area of more or less uniform mineralization.
- A group of related items, topics, or subjects.
- (data processing) A form of technical metadata that represent the type of a data item, its characteristics, name, and usage.
- (physics) A small region of a magnetic material with a consistent magnetization direction.
- A geographic area owned or controlled by a single person or organization.
- (taxonomy) The highest rank in the classification of organisms, above kingdom; in the three-domain system, one of the taxa Bacteria, Archaea, or Eukaryota.
- (mathematics, topology, mathematical analysis) An open and connected set in some topology. For example, the interval (0,1) as a subset of the real numbers.
- (more generally, of a binary relation R between A and B) The set A; The subset of A consisting of elements a of A such that there exists an element b in B with (a,b) in R.
- A field or sphere of activity, influence or expertise.
- (computing) The collection of computers identified by a domain's domain names.
- (mathematics, set theory) The set of input (argument) values for which a function is defined.
- (computing, Internet) Any DNS domain name, particularly one which has been delegated and has become representative of the delegated domain name and its subdomains.
- (biochemistry) A folded section of a protein molecule that has a discrete function; the equivalent section of a chromosome.
- (mathematics) A ring with no zero divisors; that is, in which no product of nonzero elements is zero.
- (computing) Such a region used as a data storage element in a bubble memory.
- (computing, Internet) A collection of DNS or DNS-like domain names consisting of a delegated domain name and all its subdomains.
- (computing) A collection of information having to do with a domain, the computers named in the domain, and the network on which the computers named in the domain reside.
noun
- knowledge acquired by learning and instruction
- the gradual process of acquiring knowledge
- the result of good upbringing (especially knowledge of correct social behavior)
- the activities of educating or instructing; activities that impart knowledge or skill
- the profession of teaching (especially at a school or college or university)
- (countable) Facts, skills and ideas that have been learned, especially through formal instruction.
- (uncountable) The process of imparting knowledge, skill and judgment.
noun
- a learned establishment for the advancement of knowledge
- an institution for the advancement of art or science or literature
- a school for special training
- a secondary school (usually private)
- (UK, education) A school directly funded by central government, independent of local control; a charter school.
- A society of learned people united for the advancement of the arts and sciences, and literature, or some particular art or science.
- (classical studies, usually capitalized) The garden where Plato taught.
- (with the, without reference to any specific academy) Academia.
- A school or place of training in which some special art is taught.
- (classical studies, usually capitalized) Plato's philosophical system based on skepticism; Plato's followers.
- A body of established opinion in a particular field, regarded as authoritative.
- An institution for the study of higher learning; a college or a university; typically a private school.
noun
- the complex composition of knowledge as elements and their combinations
- a particular complex anatomical part of a living thing and its construction and arrangement
- the people in a society considered as a system organized by a characteristic pattern of relationships
- a thing constructed; a complex entity constructed of many parts
- the manner of construction of something and the arrangement of its parts
- (fishing, uncountable) Underwater terrain or objects (such as a dead tree or a submerged car) that tend to attract fish
- A body, such as a political party, with a cohesive purpose or outlook.
- A cohesive whole built up of distinct parts.
- The overall form or organization of something.
- (computing) Several pieces of data treated as a unit.
- The underlying shape of a solid.
- A set of rules defining behaviour.
- (logic) A set along with a collection of finitary functions and relations.
verb
noun
- (philosophy) the doctrine that knowledge derives from experience
- the application of empirical methods in any art or science
- medical practice and advice based on observation and experience in ignorance of scientific findings
- (social sciences, political science, sociology) Research methodology shaped from empirical philosophy (see above), e.g. surveys, statistics, etc.
- (medicine, now chiefly historical) Medicine as practised by an empiric, founded on mere (personal or anecdotal) experience, without the aid of science or a knowledge of principles.
- (philosophy) A doctrine which holds that the only or, at least, the most reliable source of human knowledge is experience, especially perception by means of the physical senses. (Often contrasted with rationalism.)
- A pursuit of knowledge purely through experience, especially by means of observation and sometimes by experimentation.
noun
- (philosophy) the doctrine that knowledge derives from experience
- (philosophy) the ethical doctrine that feeling is the only criterion for what is good
- the journalistic use of subject matter that appeals to vulgar tastes
- subject matter that is calculated to excite and please vulgar tastes
- The use of sensational subject matter, style or methods, or the sensational subject matter itself; behavior, published materials, or broadcasts that are intentionally controversial, exaggerated, lurid, loud, or attention-grabbing. Especially applied to news media in a pejorative sense that they are reporting in a manner to gain audience or notoriety but at the expense of accuracy and professionalism.
- (philosophy) A theory of philosophy that all knowledge is ultimately derived from the senses.
adj
- Possessing knowledge or understanding; knowledgeable, intelligent.
- Suggestive of private knowledge or understanding.
- Shrewd or showing clever awareness; discerning.
- Deliberate, wilful.
- highly educated; having extensive information or understanding
- evidencing the possession of inside information
- alert and fully informed
- characterized by conscious design or purpose
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prep
verb
noun
- knowledge and intellectual ability
- a person who uses the mind creatively
- the capacity for rational thought or inference or discrimination
- A person who has that faculty to a great degree.
- (uncountable) The capacity of that faculty (in a particular person).
- (uncountable) The faculty of thinking, judging, abstract reasoning, and conceptual understanding; the cognitive faculty.
noun
- knowledge and intellectual ability
- attention
- an important intellectual
- an opinion formed by judging something
- that which is responsible for one's thoughts, feelings, and conscious brain functions; the seat of the faculty of reason
- recall or remembrance
- your intention; what you intend to do
- The ability to be aware of things.
- A healthy mental state.
- (uncountable) Attention, consideration or thought.
- Somebody that embodies certain mental qualities.
- Desire, inclination, or intention.
- Judgment, opinion, or view.
- (philosophy) The non-material substance or set of processes in which consciousness, perception, affectivity, judgement, thinking, and will are based.
- The ability to focus the thoughts.
- The ability to remember things.
- The capability for rational thought.
- Continual prayer on a dead person's behalf for a period after their death.
verb
- be on one's guard; be cautious or wary about; be alert to
- pay close attention to; give heed to
- be in charge of or deal with
- keep in mind
- be concerned with or about something or somebody
- be offended or bothered by; take offense with, be bothered by
- (UK, Ireland) Take note; used to point out an exception or caveat.
- To bring or recall to mind; to remember; bear or keep in mind.
- (chiefly imperative) To pay attention or heed to so as to obey; hence to obey; to make sure, to take care (that).
- (originally and chiefly in negative or interrogative constructions) To dislike, to object to; to be bothered by.
- To turn one's mind to; to observe; to notice.
- (now regional) To remember.
- To be careful about.
- (now rare except in phrases) To pay attention to, in the sense of occupying one's mind with, to heed.
- (now obsolete outside dialect) To purpose, intend, plan.
- To look after, to take care of, especially for a short period of time.
- To regard with attention; to treat as of consequence.
noun
- knowledge acquired through study or experience or instruction
- Things that are or can be known about a given topic; communicable knowledge of something.
- a collection of facts from which conclusions may be drawn
- formal accusation of a crime
- (communication theory) a numerical measure of the uncertainty of an outcome
- a message received and understood
- A service provided by telephone which provides listed telephone numbers of a subscriber.
- (information theory) Any unambiguous abstract data, the smallest possible unit being the bit.
- (information technology) Any ordered sequence of symbols (or signals) (that could contain a message).
- Something that provides a definitive characterization or description of the nature and attributes of a specified entity.
- (computing, formally) The meaning that a human assigns to data by means of the known conventions used in its representation.
- (Christianity) Divine inspiration.
- (computing, data management) The output resulting from the systematic collection, manipulation and organization of raw data into a structured, interpretable format.
- (law, countable) A statement of criminal activity brought before a judge or magistrate; in the UK, used to inform a magistrate of an offence and request a warrant; in the US, an accusation brought before a judge without a grand jury indictment.
- The act of informing or imparting knowledge; notification.
noun
- accumulated knowledge or erudition or enlightenment
- the trait of utilizing knowledge and experience with common sense and insight
- ability to apply knowledge or experience or understanding or common sense and insight
- the quality of being prudent and sensible
- (rare) A group of owls.
- The ability to apply relevant knowledge in an insightful way, especially to different situations from that in which the knowledge was gained.
- (uncountable) An element of personal character that enables one to distinguish the wise from the unwise.
- (theology) The ability to know and apply spiritual truths.
- The discretionary use of knowledge for the greatest good.
- (countable, colloquial) Ellipsis of wisdom tooth.
- (rare) A group of wombats.
- (countable) A piece of wise advice.
- The ability to make a decision based on the combination of knowledge, experience, and intuitive understanding.
noun
- Initialism of knowledge sharing.
- (medicine) Initialism of Klinefelter syndrome.
- (online gaming) Initialism of kill steal.
- (medicine) Initialism of Kaposi's sarcoma.
- (UK, education) Initialism of key stage.
- (medicine) Initialism of Keutel syndrome.
- Initialism of King's Scholar.
- (medicine) Initialism of Kallmann syndrome.
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verb
noun
- (philosophy) the doctrine that knowledge is acquired by reason without resort to experience
- the doctrine that reason is the right basis for regulating conduct
- the theological doctrine that human reason rather than divine revelation establishes religious truth
- (philosophy) The theory that reason is a source of knowledge independent of and superior to sense perception.
- (philosophy) The theory that knowledge may be derived by deductions from a priori concepts (such as axioms, postulates or earlier deductions).
- A view that the fundamental method for problem solving is through reason and experience rather than faith, inspiration, revelation, intuition or authority.
- Elaboration of theories by use of reason alone without appeal to experience, such as in mathematical systems.
noun
- knowledge gained by perceiving
- a way of conceiving something
- the process of perceiving
- becoming aware of something via the senses
- the representation of what is perceived; basic component in the formation of a concept
- Conscious understanding of something.
- Acuity
- The organisation, identification and interpretation of sensory information.
- Vision (ability)
noun
- knowledge gained through tradition or anecdote
- All the facts and traditions about a particular subject that have been accumulated over time through education or experience.
- (anatomy) The anterior portion of the cheeks of insects.
- (anatomy) The region between the eyes and nostrils of birds, reptiles, and amphibians.
- (chiefly fandom slang) The backstory, especially for a character or setting, created around a fictional universe.
- (by extension, Internet slang) Trivia shared by a person about themself.
noun
- The fact of knowing about something; general understanding or familiarity with a subject, place, situation etc.
- Awareness of a particular fact or situation; a state of having been informed or made aware of something.
- The total of what is known; all information and products of learning.
- (countable) Something that can be known; a branch of learning; a piece of information; a science.
- (UK, informal) The deep familiarity with certain routes and places of interest required by taxicab drivers working in London, England.
- (philosophical) Justified true belief
- Familiarity or understanding of a particular skill, branch of learning etc.
- Intellectual understanding; the state of appreciating truth or information.
- the psychological result of perception and learning and reasoning
noun
name
symbol
noun
- education that results in understanding and the spread of knowledge
- (Hinduism and Buddhism) the beatitude that transcends the cycle of reincarnation; characterized by the extinction of desire and suffering and individual consciousness
- An act of enlightening, or the state of being enlightened or instructed.
- A concept in spirituality, philosophy and psychology related to achieving clarity of perception, reason and knowledge.
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verb
noun
verb
- examine someone's knowledge of something
- test or examine for the presence of disease or infection
- show a certain characteristic when tested
- achieve a certain score or rating on a test
- undergo a test
- determine the presence or properties of (a substance)
- put to the test, as for its quality, or give experimental use to
- To challenge, to put a strain on (something).
- (academics) To administer or assign an examination, often given during the academic term, to (somebody).
- (chemistry) To examine or try, as by the use of some reagent.
- (copulative) To be shown to be by test.
- To place a product or piece of equipment under everyday and/or extreme conditions and examine it for its durability, etc.
- (intransitive, transitive, slang) To challenge (someone) to a fight.
- To refine (gold, silver, etc.) in a test or cupel; to subject to cupellation.
- To put to the proof; to prove the truth, genuineness, or quality of by experiment, or by some principle or standard; to try.
noun
- any standardized procedure for measuring sensitivity or memory or intelligence or aptitude or personality etc
- the act of testing something
- the act of undergoing testing
- a set of questions or exercises evaluating skill or knowledge
- trying something to find out about it
- a hard outer covering as of some amoebas and sea urchins
- (botany) Testa; seed coat.
- (informal, slang, bodybuilding) Clipping of testosterone.
- (academia) An examination, given often during the academic term.
- A cupel or cupelling hearth in which precious metals are melted for trial and refinement.
- (marine biology) The external calciferous shell, or endoskeleton, of an echinoderm, e.g. sand dollars and sea urchins; testa.
- (cricket, normally "Test") A Test match.
- A challenge, trial.
- A session in which a product, piece of equipment, or system is examined under everyday or extreme conditions to evaluate its durability, etc.
verb
- To have or gain knowledge of by experience.
- To strain; to subject to excessive tests.
- (nautical) To lie to in heavy weather under just sufficient sail to head into the wind.
- (specifically) To test someone's patience.
- To settle; to decide; to determine; specifically, to decide by an appeal to arms.
- To put to test.
- (law) To put on trial.
- To work on something with one's best effort and focus.
- (with indirect interrogative clause) To attempt to determine (by experiment or effort).
- (slang, chiefly African-American Vernacular, used with another verb) To want, to desire.
- (figuratively, chiefly used in the imperative) To receive an imminent attack; to take.
- To prove by experiment; to apply a test to, for the purpose of determining the quality; to examine; to prove; to test.
- To taste, sample, etc.
- (euphemistic, of a couple) To attempt to conceive a child.
- To attempt; to endeavour. Followed by infinitive.
- To make an experiment. Usually followed by a present participle.
- examine or hear (evidence or a case) by judicial process
- put on a garment in order to see whether it fits and looks nice
- take a sample of
- give pain or trouble to
- melt (fat or lard) in order to separate out impurities
- put to the test, as for its quality, or give experimental use to
- test the limits of
- make an effort or attempt
- put on trial or hear a case and sit as the judge at the trial of
noun
- (programming) A block of code that may trigger exceptions the programmer expects to catch, usually demarcated by the keyword try.
- (American football) A field goal or extra point
- (rugby) A score in rugby league and rugby union, analogous to a touchdown in American football.
- An attempt.
- An act of tasting or sampling.
- (chess) A move that almost solves a chess problem, except that Black has a unique defense.
- earnest and conscientious activity intended to do or accomplish something
adj
noun
adj
- Possessing knowledge or understanding; knowledgeable, intelligent.
- Suggestive of private knowledge or understanding.
- Shrewd or showing clever awareness; discerning.
- Deliberate, wilful.
- highly educated; having extensive information or understanding
- evidencing the possession of inside information
- alert and fully informed
- characterized by conscious design or purpose
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verb
adj
- tending to increase knowledge or dissipate ignorance
- serving to instruct or enlighten or inform
- providing or conveying information
- Providing information; especially, providing useful or interesting information.
- Of a standard or specification, not specifying requirements, but merely providing information.
adj
- possessing sound knowledge
- endowed with the capacity to reason
- having the capacity for thought and reason especially to a high degree
- exercising or showing good judgment
- Of high or especially quick cognitive capacity, bright.
- Characterized by thoughtful interaction.
- (computing) Having an environment-sensing automatically-invoked built-in computer capability.
- Having at least a similar level of brain power to humankind.
- Well thought-out, well considered.