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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
noun
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 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
name
verb
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.
adj
- Of or relating to the characteristics of an encyclopedia; concerning all subjects, having comprehensive information or knowledge.
- comprehensive in scope or content (as an encyclopedia)
- (lexicography) Relating to or containing descriptive information rather than only linguistic or lexical information; about facts and concepts, and not only a word or term; including proper names, biographical and geographical information and illustrations.
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 reference book containing an alphabetical list of words with information about them
- (preceded by the) A synchronic dictionary of a standardised language held to only contain words that are properly part of the language.
- A reference work listing words or names from one or more languages, usually ordered alphabetically, explaining each word's meanings or senses, oftentimes also containing information on its etymology, pronunciation, usage, semantic relations, translations, as well as other relevant information.
- (by extension) A reference work on a particular subject or activity in which the entries are arranged alphabetically; an alphabetical encyclopedia.
- (computing) An associative array, a data structure where each value is referenced by a particular key, analogous to words and definitions in a dictionary (noun sense 1).
- (figurative) A person or thing regarded as a repository or compendium of information.
- (with of or possessive, frequently figurative, especially derogatory) The collection of words used or understood by a particular person; vocabulary.
verb
noun
- a reference book containing an alphabetical list of words with information about them
- a language user's knowledge of words
- (programming) The lexicology of a programming language. (Usually called lexical structure.)
- A set of vocabulary specific to a certain subject.
- A dictionary of Classical Greek, Hebrew, Latin, or Aramaic.
- A list thereof.
- (rare) Any dictionary.
- (lexicography, linguistics) A dictionary that includes or focuses on lexemes.
- The vocabulary used by or known to an individual. (Also called lexical knowledge.)
- The vocabulary of a language.
verb
verb
- To obtain information about something from a reference book.
- Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see look, up.
- To enter a query into a database or search engine.
- (transitive, idiomatic) To obtain, or seek to obtain, information about something.
- (intransitive, idiomatic) To have better prospects.
- (transitive, idiomatic) To reconnect or meet with someone that one used to know.
- seek information from
noun
adj
- Elementary, simple, fundamental, merely functional.
- Necessary, essential for life or some process.
- (chemistry) Of or pertaining to a base; having a pH greater than 7.
- (informal) Unremarkable or uninteresting; boring; uncool.
- pertaining to or constituting a base or basis
- serving as a base or starting point
- of or denoting or of the nature of or containing a base
- reduced to the simplest and most significant form possible without loss of generality
noun
- an introductory textbook
- An introductory text on any subject, particularly basic concepts.
- the first or preliminary coat of paint or size applied to a surface
- any igniter that is used to initiate the burning of a propellant
- (historical, Catholicism ecclesiastical) A prayer or devotional book intended for laity, initially an abridgment of the breviary and manual including the hours of the Virgin Mary, 15 gradual and 7 penitential psalms, the litany, the placebo and dirige forming the office of the dead, and the commendations.
- (historical, Protestantism ecclesiastical) Any of various similar works issued in England for private prayer in accordance with the Book of Common Prayer.
- Any substance or device, such as priming wire or blasting cap, used to ignite gunpowder or other explosive.
- A layer of makeup that goes beneath the foundation; undermakeup.
- A person who prunes trees.
- A layer of such a substance.
- A children's book intended to teach literacy: how to read, write, and spell.
- (medicine, zoology) A pheromone which interacts first with the endocrine system.
- A device used to prime an internal combustion engine with gasoline, (especially) in airplanes.
- A substance used to prime wood, metal, etc. in preparation for painting.
- (biochemistry, genetics) A molecule which initiates the synthesis of an enzyme, (especially) a single-stranded nucleic acid molecule which initiates DNA replication.
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
- 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 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
- a basic or elementary instructional text
- the act of putting one thing into another
- a new proposal
- formally making a person known to another or to the public
- the act of beginning something new
- the act of starting something for the first time; introducing something new
- the first section of a communication
- A means, such as a personal letter, of presenting one person to another.
- A written or oral explanation of what constitutes the basis of an issue.
- An initial section of a book or article, which introduces the subject material.
- The act or process of introducing.
adj
noun
noun
- A basic manual in some subject.
- A book, in question and answer form, summarizing the basic principles of Christianity.
- A set of questions designed to determine knowledge.
- an elementary book summarizing the principles of a Christian religion; written as questions and answers
- a series of questions put to an individual (such as a political candidate) to elicit their views
noun
- a book to which you can refer for authoritative facts
- a remark that calls attention to something or someone
- the act of referring or consulting
- an indicator that orients you generally
- a publication (or a passage from a publication) that is referred to
- the relation between a word or phrase and the object or idea it refers to
- the most direct or specific meaning of a word or expression; the class of objects that an expression refers to
- (computer science) the code that identifies where a piece of information is stored
- a short note recognizing a source of information or of a quoted passage
- a formal recommendation by a former employer to a potential future employer describing the person's qualifications and dependability
- (UK, Ireland) A person who provides this information; a referee.
- The act of referring: a submitting for information or decision.
- A measurement one can compare (some other measurement) to.
- (semantics) A relation between objects in which one object designates, or acts as a means by which to connect to or link to, another object.
- (computing) An object containing information which refers to data stored elsewhere, as opposed to containing the data itself.
- (often attributive) A reference work.
- Information about a person, provided by someone (a referee) with whom they are well acquainted.
- (academic writing) A short written identification of a previously published work which is used as a source for a text.
- (programming, character entity) A special sequence used to represent complex characters in markup languages, such as ™ for the ™ symbol.
- (academic writing) A previously published written work thus indicated; a source.
verb
noun
- (in the plural only) The basic principles of a field of knowledge, basics, fundamentals, rudiments.
- One of the simplest or essential parts or principles of which anything consists, or upon which the constitution or fundamental powers of anything are based.
- A factor, one of the conditions contributing to a result.
- (chemistry) A chemical substance made entirely of one such type of atom; any one of the simplest chemical substances that cannot be decomposed in a chemical reaction or by any chemical means and made up of atoms all having the same number of protons.
- (usually in the plural) A basic, simple substance out of which something is made, raw material.
- A place or state of being that a person or object is best suited to.
- (chemistry) Any one of the types of atom distinguished by having a certain number of protons in its nucleus.
- (set theory) One of the objects in a set.
- (in the plural only, with "the") Atmospheric forces such as strong winds and rains.
- A group of people within a larger group having a particular common characteristic.
- A small but present amount of a quality, a hint.
- (law) A required aspect or component of a cause of action. A deed is regarded as a violation of law only if each element can be proved.
- A component in electrical equipment, often in the form of a coil, having a high resistance, thereby generating heat when a current is passed through it.
- (astronomy) An orbital element; one of the parameters needed to uniquely specify a particular orbit.
- (computing) One of the conceptual objects in a markup language, usually represented in text by tags.
- One of the four basic building blocks of matter in theories of ancient philosophers and alchemists: water, earth, fire, and air.
- (mathematics) One of the entries of a matrix.
- (Christianity, usually in the plural) The bread and wine taken at Holy Communion.
- Any of the teeth of a zip fastener.
- A small part of the whole.
- (mathematics) An infinitesimal interval of a quantity, a differential.
- an abstract part of something
- one of four substances thought in ancient and medieval cosmology to constitute the physical universe
- a straight line that generates a cylinder or cone
- any of the more than 100 known substances (of which 92 occur naturally) that cannot be separated into simpler substances and that singly or in combination constitute all matter
- the situation in which you are happiest and most effective
- the most favorable environment for a plant or animal
- an artifact that is one of the individual parts of which a composite entity is made up; especially a part that can be separated from or attached to a system
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
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
name
verb
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 reference book containing an alphabetical list of words with information about them
- (preceded by the) A synchronic dictionary of a standardised language held to only contain words that are properly part of the language.
- A reference work listing words or names from one or more languages, usually ordered alphabetically, explaining each word's meanings or senses, oftentimes also containing information on its etymology, pronunciation, usage, semantic relations, translations, as well as other relevant information.
- (by extension) A reference work on a particular subject or activity in which the entries are arranged alphabetically; an alphabetical encyclopedia.
- (computing) An associative array, a data structure where each value is referenced by a particular key, analogous to words and definitions in a dictionary (noun sense 1).
- (figurative) A person or thing regarded as a repository or compendium of information.
- (with of or possessive, frequently figurative, especially derogatory) The collection of words used or understood by a particular person; vocabulary.
verb
noun
- a reference book containing an alphabetical list of words with information about them
- a language user's knowledge of words
- (programming) The lexicology of a programming language. (Usually called lexical structure.)
- A set of vocabulary specific to a certain subject.
- A dictionary of Classical Greek, Hebrew, Latin, or Aramaic.
- A list thereof.
- (rare) Any dictionary.
- (lexicography, linguistics) A dictionary that includes or focuses on lexemes.
- The vocabulary used by or known to an individual. (Also called lexical knowledge.)
- The vocabulary of a language.
verb
noun
adj
- Elementary, simple, fundamental, merely functional.
- Necessary, essential for life or some process.
- (chemistry) Of or pertaining to a base; having a pH greater than 7.
- (informal) Unremarkable or uninteresting; boring; uncool.
- pertaining to or constituting a base or basis
- serving as a base or starting point
- of or denoting or of the nature of or containing a base
- reduced to the simplest and most significant form possible without loss of generality
noun
- an introductory textbook
- An introductory text on any subject, particularly basic concepts.
- the first or preliminary coat of paint or size applied to a surface
- any igniter that is used to initiate the burning of a propellant
- (historical, Catholicism ecclesiastical) A prayer or devotional book intended for laity, initially an abridgment of the breviary and manual including the hours of the Virgin Mary, 15 gradual and 7 penitential psalms, the litany, the placebo and dirige forming the office of the dead, and the commendations.
- (historical, Protestantism ecclesiastical) Any of various similar works issued in England for private prayer in accordance with the Book of Common Prayer.
- Any substance or device, such as priming wire or blasting cap, used to ignite gunpowder or other explosive.
- A layer of makeup that goes beneath the foundation; undermakeup.
- A person who prunes trees.
- A layer of such a substance.
- A children's book intended to teach literacy: how to read, write, and spell.
- (medicine, zoology) A pheromone which interacts first with the endocrine system.
- A device used to prime an internal combustion engine with gasoline, (especially) in airplanes.
- A substance used to prime wood, metal, etc. in preparation for painting.
- (biochemistry, genetics) A molecule which initiates the synthesis of an enzyme, (especially) a single-stranded nucleic acid molecule which initiates DNA replication.
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
- 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 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
- a basic or elementary instructional text
- the act of putting one thing into another
- a new proposal
- formally making a person known to another or to the public
- the act of beginning something new
- the act of starting something for the first time; introducing something new
- the first section of a communication
- A means, such as a personal letter, of presenting one person to another.
- A written or oral explanation of what constitutes the basis of an issue.
- An initial section of a book or article, which introduces the subject material.
- The act or process of introducing.
noun
- A basic manual in some subject.
- A book, in question and answer form, summarizing the basic principles of Christianity.
- A set of questions designed to determine knowledge.
- an elementary book summarizing the principles of a Christian religion; written as questions and answers
- a series of questions put to an individual (such as a political candidate) to elicit their views
noun
- a book to which you can refer for authoritative facts
- a remark that calls attention to something or someone
- the act of referring or consulting
- an indicator that orients you generally
- a publication (or a passage from a publication) that is referred to
- the relation between a word or phrase and the object or idea it refers to
- the most direct or specific meaning of a word or expression; the class of objects that an expression refers to
- (computer science) the code that identifies where a piece of information is stored
- a short note recognizing a source of information or of a quoted passage
- a formal recommendation by a former employer to a potential future employer describing the person's qualifications and dependability
- (UK, Ireland) A person who provides this information; a referee.
- The act of referring: a submitting for information or decision.
- A measurement one can compare (some other measurement) to.
- (semantics) A relation between objects in which one object designates, or acts as a means by which to connect to or link to, another object.
- (computing) An object containing information which refers to data stored elsewhere, as opposed to containing the data itself.
- (often attributive) A reference work.
- Information about a person, provided by someone (a referee) with whom they are well acquainted.
- (academic writing) A short written identification of a previously published work which is used as a source for a text.
- (programming, character entity) A special sequence used to represent complex characters in markup languages, such as ™ for the ™ symbol.
- (academic writing) A previously published written work thus indicated; a source.
verb
noun
- (in the plural only) The basic principles of a field of knowledge, basics, fundamentals, rudiments.
- One of the simplest or essential parts or principles of which anything consists, or upon which the constitution or fundamental powers of anything are based.
- A factor, one of the conditions contributing to a result.
- (chemistry) A chemical substance made entirely of one such type of atom; any one of the simplest chemical substances that cannot be decomposed in a chemical reaction or by any chemical means and made up of atoms all having the same number of protons.
- (usually in the plural) A basic, simple substance out of which something is made, raw material.
- A place or state of being that a person or object is best suited to.
- (chemistry) Any one of the types of atom distinguished by having a certain number of protons in its nucleus.
- (set theory) One of the objects in a set.
- (in the plural only, with "the") Atmospheric forces such as strong winds and rains.
- A group of people within a larger group having a particular common characteristic.
- A small but present amount of a quality, a hint.
- (law) A required aspect or component of a cause of action. A deed is regarded as a violation of law only if each element can be proved.
- A component in electrical equipment, often in the form of a coil, having a high resistance, thereby generating heat when a current is passed through it.
- (astronomy) An orbital element; one of the parameters needed to uniquely specify a particular orbit.
- (computing) One of the conceptual objects in a markup language, usually represented in text by tags.
- One of the four basic building blocks of matter in theories of ancient philosophers and alchemists: water, earth, fire, and air.
- (mathematics) One of the entries of a matrix.
- (Christianity, usually in the plural) The bread and wine taken at Holy Communion.
- Any of the teeth of a zip fastener.
- A small part of the whole.
- (mathematics) An infinitesimal interval of a quantity, a differential.
- an abstract part of something
- one of four substances thought in ancient and medieval cosmology to constitute the physical universe
- a straight line that generates a cylinder or cone
- any of the more than 100 known substances (of which 92 occur naturally) that cannot be separated into simpler substances and that singly or in combination constitute all matter
- the situation in which you are happiest and most effective
- the most favorable environment for a plant or animal
- an artifact that is one of the individual parts of which a composite entity is made up; especially a part that can be separated from or attached to a system
verb
- To obtain information about something from a reference book.
- Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see look, up.
- To enter a query into a database or search engine.
- (transitive, idiomatic) To obtain, or seek to obtain, information about something.
- (intransitive, idiomatic) To have better prospects.
- (transitive, idiomatic) To reconnect or meet with someone that one used to know.
- seek information from
adj
- Of or relating to the characteristics of an encyclopedia; concerning all subjects, having comprehensive information or knowledge.
- comprehensive in scope or content (as an encyclopedia)
- (lexicography) Relating to or containing descriptive information rather than only linguistic or lexical information; about facts and concepts, and not only a word or term; including proper names, biographical and geographical information and illustrations.