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noun
- knowledge acquired by learning and instruction
- the gradual process of acquiring knowledge
- (uncountable) The process of imparting knowledge, skill and judgment.
- 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.
noun
- knowledge acquired through study or experience or instruction
- 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.
- Things that are or can be known about a given topic; communicable knowledge of something.
- (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 ability to apply relevant knowledge in an insightful way, especially to different situations from that in which the knowledge was gained.
- 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.
- (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.
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
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.
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.
contraction
character
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 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
- 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
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
prep
verb
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 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
- 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
- education or instruction in the fundamentals of a field of knowledge
- lowest support of a structure
- the fundamental assumptions from which something is begun or developed or calculated or explained
- a woman's undergarment worn to give shape to the contours of the body
- an institution supported by an endowment
- the basis on which something is grounded
- the act of starting something for the first time; introducing something new
- A donation or legacy appropriated to support a charitable institution, and constituting a permanent fund; endowment.
- That which is founded, or established by endowment; an endowed institution or charity.
- (cosmetics) Cosmetic cream roughly skin-colored, designed to make the face appear uniform in color and texture.
- That upon which anything is founded; that on which anything stands, and by which it is supported; the lowest and supporting layer of a superstructure; underbuilding.
- The act of founding, fixing, establishing, or beginning to erect.
- (card games) In solitaire or patience games, one of the piles of cards that the player attempts to build, usually holding all cards of a suit in ascending order.
- (figurative) The result of the work to begin something; that which stabilizes and allows an enterprise or system to develop.
- (architecture) The lowest and supporting part or member of a wall, including the base course and footing courses; in a frame house, the whole substructure of masonry.
- A basis for social bodies or intellectual disciplines.
noun
- education or instruction in the fundamentals of a field of knowledge
- fastening electrical equipment to earth
- The collision of a ship with ground beneath the surface of the water.
- The return to a fully conscious state after a psychedelic experience.
- The background of embroidery, etc.
- The absorption of energy through visualized roots descending from oneself into the ground, using chi.
- The prevention of aircraft takeoff because of government action.
- Fundamental knowledge or background in a field or discipline.
- The act by which a child is grounded (forbidden from going out, using electronics, etc.).
- (electrical engineering) The interconnecting metal chassis or frame of a device, appliance, machine, or metal raceway via a designated conductor to earth at the service panel. It may be bare or covered, and does not carry current in normal operation.
verb
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 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
- an ability to understand the meaning or importance of something (or the knowledge acquired as a result)
- the relation of comprising something
- (Christianity) The inclusion of nonconformists within the Church of England.
- (programming) A compact syntax for generating a collection in some programming languages, traditionally lists in functional programming languages.
- (education) Reading comprehension.
- (logic) The totality of intensions, that is, attributes, characters, marks, properties, or qualities, that the object possesses, or else the totality of intensions that are pertinent to the context of a given discussion.
- A thorough understanding.
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.
verb
- gain knowledge or skills
- take on a certain form, attribute, or aspect
- win something through one's efforts
- come into the possession of something concrete or abstract
- locate (a moving entity) by means of a tracking system such as radar
- gain through experience
- come to have or undergo a change of (physical features and attributes)
- (medicine) To become affected by an illness.
- (transitive) To get.
- (transitive) To gain, usually by one's own exertions; to get as one's own.
- (computing) To sample signals and convert them into digital values.
- (Canada, US, military) To begin tracking a mobile target with a particular detector or sight, generally with the implication that an attack on the target thereby becomes possible.
verb
- gain knowledge or skills
- To acquire, or attempt to acquire knowledge or an ability to do something.
- commit to memory; learn by heart
- find out, learn, or determine with certainty, usually by making an inquiry or other effort
- be a student of a certain subject
- get to know or become aware of, usually accidentally
- impart skills or knowledge to
- To attend a course or other educational activity.
- (now only in non-standard speech and dialects) To teach.
- To come to know; to become informed of; to find out.
- To gain knowledge from a bad experience so as to improve.
- To study.
noun
noun
- the cognitive process of acquiring skill or knowledge
- something acquired
- the act of contracting or assuming or acquiring possession of something
- an ability that has been acquired by training
- The act or process of acquiring.
- (computing) The process of sampling signals that measure real world physical conditions and converting these signals into digital numeric values that can be manipulated by a computer.
- The thing acquired or gained; a gain.
noun
verb
- To understand or have a grasp of through experience or study.
- (transitive, philosophy) To maintain (a belief, a position) subject to a given philosophical definition of knowledge; to hold a justified true belief.
- (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
particle
adj
- Derived from experience; acquired by learning.
- Scholarly, exhibiting scholarship.
- Having much learning, knowledgeable, erudite; highly educated.
- (law, formal) A courteous description used in various ways to refer to lawyers or judges.
- having or showing profound knowledge
- highly educated; having extensive information or understanding
- established by conditioning or learning
verb
noun
- Mental effort to acquire knowledge or learning.
- a branch of knowledge
- 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.
- 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.
- 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
verb
- (transitive) To acquire knowledge on a subject with the intention of applying it in practice.
- (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 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.
- 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
noun
- learning and coming to understand ideas and information
- the process of decomposing organic matter (as in sewage) by bacteria or by chemical action or heat
- the organic process by which food is converted into substances that can be absorbed into the body
- The assimilation and understanding of ideas.
- The process, in the gastrointestinal tract, by which food is converted into substances that can be used by the body.
- (chemistry) Dissolution of a sample into a solution by means of adding acid and heat.
- The result of this process.
- The processing of decay in organic matter assisted by microorganisms.
- The ability to use this process.
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
- 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
- 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
verb
- (transitive) To see or gain knowledge of through experience.
- (intransitive, construed with to or for) To present personal religious testimony; to preach at (someone) or on behalf of.
- (transitive) To furnish proof of, to show.
- (transitive) To take as evidence.
- To see the execution of (a legal instrument), and subscribe it for the purpose of establishing its authenticity.
- perceive or be contemporaneous with
- be a witness to
noun
- (countable, databases) An additional database server instance used in failover scenarios to decide whether the mirror should take over.
- (countable) One who sees or has personal knowledge of something.
- (countable) Something that serves as evidence; a sign or token.
- (countable, law) Someone called to give evidence in a court.
- (uncountable) Attestation of a fact or event; testimony.
- (countable) One who is called upon to witness an event or action, such as a wedding or the signing of a document.
- (textual criticism) A particular version of a text (seen as providing testimony of archetype or other earlier version)
- testimony by word or deed to your religious faith
- (law) a person who testifies under oath in a court of law
- (law) a person who attests to the genuineness of a document or signature by adding their own signature
- a close observer; someone who looks at something (such as an exhibition of some kind)
- someone who sees an event and reports what happened
noun
- the power to learn or retain knowledge; in law, the ability to understand the facts and significance of your behavior
- tolerance for alcohol
- the amount that can be contained
- (computer science) the amount of information (in bytes) that can be stored on a disk drive
- the maximum production possible
- capability to perform or produce
- an electrical phenomenon whereby an electric charge is stored
- a specified function
- the susceptibility of something to a particular treatment
- A measure of such ability; volume.
- Electrical capacitance.
- (operations) The maximum that can be produced on a machine or in a facility or group.
- The ability to hold, receive, or absorb.
- Mental ability; the power to learn;
- A role; the position in which one functions.
- Legal authority (to make an arrest for example).
- The potential for growth and development.
- The maximum that can be produced.
- Capability; the ability to perform some task.
- The maximum amount that can be held.
adj
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
- knowledge acquired by learning and instruction
- the gradual process of acquiring knowledge
- (uncountable) The process of imparting knowledge, skill and judgment.
- 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.
noun
- knowledge acquired through study or experience or instruction
- 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.
- Things that are or can be known about a given topic; communicable knowledge of something.
- (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 ability to apply relevant knowledge in an insightful way, especially to different situations from that in which the knowledge was gained.
- 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.
- (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
- (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.
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
- 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 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
- 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
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
prep
verb
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 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
- 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
- education or instruction in the fundamentals of a field of knowledge
- lowest support of a structure
- the fundamental assumptions from which something is begun or developed or calculated or explained
- a woman's undergarment worn to give shape to the contours of the body
- an institution supported by an endowment
- the basis on which something is grounded
- the act of starting something for the first time; introducing something new
- A donation or legacy appropriated to support a charitable institution, and constituting a permanent fund; endowment.
- That which is founded, or established by endowment; an endowed institution or charity.
- (cosmetics) Cosmetic cream roughly skin-colored, designed to make the face appear uniform in color and texture.
- That upon which anything is founded; that on which anything stands, and by which it is supported; the lowest and supporting layer of a superstructure; underbuilding.
- The act of founding, fixing, establishing, or beginning to erect.
- (card games) In solitaire or patience games, one of the piles of cards that the player attempts to build, usually holding all cards of a suit in ascending order.
- (figurative) The result of the work to begin something; that which stabilizes and allows an enterprise or system to develop.
- (architecture) The lowest and supporting part or member of a wall, including the base course and footing courses; in a frame house, the whole substructure of masonry.
- A basis for social bodies or intellectual disciplines.
noun
- education or instruction in the fundamentals of a field of knowledge
- fastening electrical equipment to earth
- The collision of a ship with ground beneath the surface of the water.
- The return to a fully conscious state after a psychedelic experience.
- The background of embroidery, etc.
- The absorption of energy through visualized roots descending from oneself into the ground, using chi.
- The prevention of aircraft takeoff because of government action.
- Fundamental knowledge or background in a field or discipline.
- The act by which a child is grounded (forbidden from going out, using electronics, etc.).
- (electrical engineering) The interconnecting metal chassis or frame of a device, appliance, machine, or metal raceway via a designated conductor to earth at the service panel. It may be bare or covered, and does not carry current in normal operation.
verb
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 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
- an ability to understand the meaning or importance of something (or the knowledge acquired as a result)
- the relation of comprising something
- (Christianity) The inclusion of nonconformists within the Church of England.
- (programming) A compact syntax for generating a collection in some programming languages, traditionally lists in functional programming languages.
- (education) Reading comprehension.
- (logic) The totality of intensions, that is, attributes, characters, marks, properties, or qualities, that the object possesses, or else the totality of intensions that are pertinent to the context of a given discussion.
- A thorough understanding.
noun
- the cognitive process of acquiring skill or knowledge
- something acquired
- the act of contracting or assuming or acquiring possession of something
- an ability that has been acquired by training
- The act or process of acquiring.
- (computing) The process of sampling signals that measure real world physical conditions and converting these signals into digital numeric values that can be manipulated by a computer.
- The thing acquired or gained; a gain.
noun
verb
- To understand or have a grasp of through experience or study.
- (transitive, philosophy) To maintain (a belief, a position) subject to a given philosophical definition of knowledge; to hold a justified true belief.
- (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
particle
verb
- gain knowledge or skills
- To acquire, or attempt to acquire knowledge or an ability to do something.
- commit to memory; learn by heart
- find out, learn, or determine with certainty, usually by making an inquiry or other effort
- be a student of a certain subject
- get to know or become aware of, usually accidentally
- impart skills or knowledge to
- To attend a course or other educational activity.
- (now only in non-standard speech and dialects) To teach.
- To come to know; to become informed of; to find out.
- To gain knowledge from a bad experience so as to improve.
- To study.
noun
noun
- Mental effort to acquire knowledge or learning.
- a branch of knowledge
- 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.
- 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.
- 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
verb
- (transitive) To acquire knowledge on a subject with the intention of applying it in practice.
- (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 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.
- 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
noun
- learning and coming to understand ideas and information
- the process of decomposing organic matter (as in sewage) by bacteria or by chemical action or heat
- the organic process by which food is converted into substances that can be absorbed into the body
- The assimilation and understanding of ideas.
- The process, in the gastrointestinal tract, by which food is converted into substances that can be used by the body.
- (chemistry) Dissolution of a sample into a solution by means of adding acid and heat.
- The result of this process.
- The processing of decay in organic matter assisted by microorganisms.
- The ability to use this process.
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
- 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
- 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
noun
- the power to learn or retain knowledge; in law, the ability to understand the facts and significance of your behavior
- tolerance for alcohol
- the amount that can be contained
- (computer science) the amount of information (in bytes) that can be stored on a disk drive
- the maximum production possible
- capability to perform or produce
- an electrical phenomenon whereby an electric charge is stored
- a specified function
- the susceptibility of something to a particular treatment
- A measure of such ability; volume.
- Electrical capacitance.
- (operations) The maximum that can be produced on a machine or in a facility or group.
- The ability to hold, receive, or absorb.
- Mental ability; the power to learn;
- A role; the position in which one functions.
- Legal authority (to make an arrest for example).
- The potential for growth and development.
- The maximum that can be produced.
- Capability; the ability to perform some task.
- The maximum amount that can be held.
adj
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.
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
verb
- gain knowledge or skills
- take on a certain form, attribute, or aspect
- win something through one's efforts
- come into the possession of something concrete or abstract
- locate (a moving entity) by means of a tracking system such as radar
- gain through experience
- come to have or undergo a change of (physical features and attributes)
- (medicine) To become affected by an illness.
- (transitive) To get.
- (transitive) To gain, usually by one's own exertions; to get as one's own.
- (computing) To sample signals and convert them into digital values.
- (Canada, US, military) To begin tracking a mobile target with a particular detector or sight, generally with the implication that an attack on the target thereby becomes possible.
verb
- gain knowledge or skills
- To acquire, or attempt to acquire knowledge or an ability to do something.
- commit to memory; learn by heart
- find out, learn, or determine with certainty, usually by making an inquiry or other effort
- be a student of a certain subject
- get to know or become aware of, usually accidentally
- impart skills or knowledge to
- To attend a course or other educational activity.
- (now only in non-standard speech and dialects) To teach.
- To come to know; to become informed of; to find out.
- To gain knowledge from a bad experience so as to improve.
- To study.
noun
noun
- Mental effort to acquire knowledge or learning.
- a branch of knowledge
- 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.
- 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.
- 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
verb
- (transitive) To acquire knowledge on a subject with the intention of applying it in practice.
- (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 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.
- 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
noun
verb
- To understand or have a grasp of through experience or study.
- (transitive, philosophy) To maintain (a belief, a position) subject to a given philosophical definition of knowledge; to hold a justified true belief.
- (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
particle
verb
- (transitive) To see or gain knowledge of through experience.
- (intransitive, construed with to or for) To present personal religious testimony; to preach at (someone) or on behalf of.
- (transitive) To furnish proof of, to show.
- (transitive) To take as evidence.
- To see the execution of (a legal instrument), and subscribe it for the purpose of establishing its authenticity.
- perceive or be contemporaneous with
- be a witness to
noun
- (countable, databases) An additional database server instance used in failover scenarios to decide whether the mirror should take over.
- (countable) One who sees or has personal knowledge of something.
- (countable) Something that serves as evidence; a sign or token.
- (countable, law) Someone called to give evidence in a court.
- (uncountable) Attestation of a fact or event; testimony.
- (countable) One who is called upon to witness an event or action, such as a wedding or the signing of a document.
- (textual criticism) A particular version of a text (seen as providing testimony of archetype or other earlier version)
- testimony by word or deed to your religious faith
- (law) a person who testifies under oath in a court of law
- (law) a person who attests to the genuineness of a document or signature by adding their own signature
- a close observer; someone who looks at something (such as an exhibition of some kind)
- someone who sees an event and reports what happened
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
prep
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
- Derived from experience; acquired by learning.
- Scholarly, exhibiting scholarship.
- Having much learning, knowledgeable, erudite; highly educated.
- (law, formal) A courteous description used in various ways to refer to lawyers or judges.
- having or showing profound knowledge
- highly educated; having extensive information or understanding
- established by conditioning or learning