English words for 'Having a normal level of cognition'
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adj
- deviating widely from a norm of physical or mental ability; used especially of children below normal in intelligence
- surpassing what is common or usual or expected
- far beyond what is usual in magnitude or degree
- (education, of a student) Requiring special schooling for reasons of intellectual giftedness or physical or mental disability.
- Forming an exception; not ordinary; uncommon; rare.
- (geometry) Corresponding to something of lower dimension under a birational correspondence.
- Better than the average; superior due to exception or rarity.
noun
adj
- lacking the thinking capacity characteristic of a conscious being
- requiring little mental effort
- devoid of intelligence or thought
- not mindful or attentive
- not marked by the use of reason
- Lacking a mind.
- Showing a lack of forethought or sense.
- Having no sensible meaning or purpose.
- (of a thing done) Overly repetitive and unchallenging, not requiring any careful attention or providing any significant stimulation.
- Heedless.
noun
- an uncertain cognitive state
- excited anticipation of an approaching climax
- apprehension about what is going to happen
- (US, military) A deadline.
- (law) A temporary cessation of one's right; suspension, as when the rent or other profits of land cease by unity of possession of land and rent.
- The unpleasant emotion of anxiety or apprehension in an uncertain situation.
- the pleasurable emotion of anticipation and excitement regarding the outcome or climax of a book, film etc.
- The condition of being suspended; cessation for a time.
adj
- being approximately average or within certain limits in e.g. intelligence and development
- in accordance with scientific laws
- conforming with or constituting a norm or standard or level or type or social norm; not abnormal
- forming a right angle
- (topology, of a topology or topological space) In which disjoint closed sets can be separated by disjoint neighborhoods.
- (linear algebra, of a matrix) Which commutes with its conjugate transpose.
- (complex analysis, of a family of continuous functions) Which is pre-compact.
- (commutative algebra, of a domain) Integrally closed: equal its own integral closure in its field of fractions.
- (functional analysis, of a Hilbert space operator) Which commutes with its adjoint.
- (probability theory, statistics, of a distribution, random variable, etc.) Which has a very specific bell curve shape; that is or has the qualities of a normal distribution.
- (physics, of a mode in an oscillating system) In which all parts of an object vibrate at the same frequency (a normal mode).
- (rail transport, of points) In the default position, set for the most frequently used route.
- (chemistry) Of, relating to, or being a solution containing one equivalent weight of solute per litre of solution.
- (category theory, of a category) Which contains only normal morphisms.
- (organic chemistry) Describing a straight chain isomer of an aliphatic hydrocarbon, or an aliphatic compound in which a substituent is in the 1- position of such a hydrocarbon.
- (fandom slang, sarcastic, with “about”) Fervently interested in a subject; obsessed.
- (algebraic geometry, of a variety or scheme) Such that the local ring at every point is an integrally closed domain.
- (category theory, of a morphism) Which is the kernel or cokernel of some morphism, respectively.
- (number theory, of a real number) In whose representation in a given base b ≥ 2, for every positive integer n, the bⁿ possible strings of n digits follow a uniform distribution.
- Usual, healthy; not sick or ill or unlike oneself.
- (set theory, of a function from the ordinals to the ordinals) Which is strictly monotonically increasing and continuous with respect to the order topology.
- (algebra, of a field extension of a field K) Which is the splitting field of a family of polynomials in K.
- (algebra, of a subgroup) With cosets which form a group.
- (commutative algebra, of a ring) Such that all of its localizations at prime ideals are integrally closed domains.
- (education, of a school) Teaching teachers how to teach; teaching teachers the norms of education.
- According to norms or rules or to a regular pattern.
- (geometry) Perpendicular to a tangent of a curve or tangent plane of a surface.
noun
- something regarded as a normative example
- (geometry, countable) A line or vector that is perpendicular to another line, surface, or plane.
- (medicine, countable) A person who is healthy, normal, as opposed to one who is morbid.
- (slang, countable) A person who is normal, who fits into mainstream society, as opposed to those who live alternative lifestyles.
- (countable, uncountable) The usual state.
verb
- (intransitive) To exhibit good cognitive function.
- (transitive or intransitive) To create a musical recording (a track).
- (transitive) To observe the (measured) state of a person or object over time.
- (transitive) To follow the tracks of.
- (transitive) To traverse; to move across.
- (intransitive, chiefly of a storm) To move.
- To separate into educational tracks, each of which teaches to a different level of ability.
- (transitive or intransitive, of a camera) To travel so that a moving object remains in shot.
- (transitive) To match the movement or change of a person or object.
- (computing, transitive or intransitive) To create music using tracker software.
- (transitive) To discover the location of a person or object by following traces.
- (transitive) To tow.
- (transitive) To make tracks on or to leave in the form of tracks.
- (transitive) To monitor the movement of a person or object.
- (intransitive, colloquial) To make sense; to be consistent with known information
- go after with the intent to catch
- observe or plot the moving path of something
- carry on the feet and deposit
- travel across or pass over
- make tracks upon
noun
- The physical track on a record.
- A mark left by something that has passed along.
- A mark or impression left by the foot, either of man or animal.
- (uncountable, sports) The racing events of track and field; track and field in general.
- (railways) The way or rails along which a train moves.
- (Philippines, education) A specialization in senior high school. Some tracks consist of strands.
- (computing) A circular (never-ending) data storage unit on a side of magnetic or optical disk, divided into sectors.
- (fashion, colloquial) Clipping of trackshoe.
- A tract or area, such as of land.
- Sound stored on a record.
- (cricket) The pitch.
- (music) A song or other relatively short piece of music, on a record, separated from others by a short silence.
- A path or course laid out for a race, for exercise, etc.
- The direction and progress of someone or something; path.
- Awareness of something, especially when arising from close monitoring.
- (automotive) The distance between two opposite wheels on a same axletree.
- (automotive) Ellipsis of caterpillar track.
- (slang) The street, as a prostitute's place of work.
- A road or other similar beaten path.
- A themed set of talks within a conference.
- The entire lower surface of the foot; said of birds, etc.
- Physical course; way.
- the act of participating in an athletic competition involving running on a track
- a groove on a phonograph recording
- a course over which races are run
- (computer science) one of the circular magnetic paths on a magnetic disk that serve as a guide for writing and reading data
- a distinct selection of music from a recording or a compact disc
- evidence pointing to a possible solution
- a line or route along which something travels or moves
- a pair of parallel rails providing a runway for wheels
- any road or path affording passage especially a rough one
- a bar or pair of parallel bars of rolled steel making the railway along which railroad cars or other vehicles can roll
- an endless metal belt on which tracked vehicles move over the ground
noun
- the cognitive condition of someone who understands
- fearful expectation or anticipation
- painful expectation
- the act of apprehending (especially apprehending a criminal)
- Opinion; conception; sentiment; idea.
- The faculty by which ideas are conceived or by which perceptions are grasped; understanding.
- (rare) The physical act of seizing or taking hold of (something); seizing.
- Perception; the act of understanding using one's intellect without affirming, denying, or passing any judgment
- (law) The act of seizing or taking by legal process; arrest.
- Anticipation, especially of unfavorable things such as dread or fear or the prospect of something unpleasant in the future.
noun
- the cognitive condition of someone who understands
- perception of that which is obscure
- the mental ability to understand and discriminate between relations
- delicate discrimination (especially of esthetic values)
- the trait of judging wisely and objectively
- The condition of understanding.
- The ability to perceive differences that exist.
- The ability to distinguish between things.
- Aesthetic discrimination; taste, appreciation.
- Discretion in judging objectively.
- Perceptiveness.
- The ability to make wise judgements; sagacity.
- The act of distinguishing between things.
- The ability to distinguish; judgement.
noun
- the cognitive condition of someone who understands
- an inclination to support or be loyal to or to agree with an opinion
- the statement (oral or written) of an exchange of promises
- the capacity for rational thought or inference or discrimination
- A reconciliation of differences.
- (countable) Reason or intelligence; ability to grasp the full meaning of knowledge; ability to infer.
- (uncountable) Sympathy.
- (uncountable) The act of one that understands or comprehends; the mental process of discernment of meaning.
- An informal contract; a mutual agreement.
- (countable) Opinion, judgement, or outlook.
adj
verb
noun
- a state of motor and mental inactivity with a partial suspension of sensibility
- inactivity resulting from lethargy and lack of vigor or energy
- (biology) A state similar to hibernation characterised by energy-conserving, very deep sleep.
- A state of being inactive or stuporous.
- A state of apathy or lethargy.
adj
- Having at least a similar level of brain power to humankind.
- having the capacity for thought and reason especially to a high degree
- Of high or especially quick cognitive capacity, bright.
- Characterized by thoughtful interaction.
- (computing) Having an environment-sensing automatically-invoked built-in computer capability.
- Well thought-out, well considered.
- endowed with the capacity to reason
- possessing sound knowledge
- exercising or showing good judgment
noun
adj
- below the threshold of conscious perception
- (by extension) Of an advertisement, a message, etc.: conveyed in a manner that a person is unaware of being influenced by it.
- (psychology) Without directed awareness or thought; subconscious (dated), unconscious.
- (physiology) Of a stimulus: below the limen or threshold of conscious perception, especially if still able to produce a response; also (generally), below the threshold where a response can be produced.
noun
- (Internet slang) An audio or video recording, often consisting of ambient music or white noise with hidden affirmations, intended to produce physical or psychological changes in the listener through repetition.
- (physiology) Chiefly preceded by the: something which is below the limen or threshold of conscious perception.
- (by extension) An advertisement, a message, etc., which is conveyed in a manner that a person is unaware of being influenced by it.
- (psychology) Chiefly preceded by the: the subconscious (dated) or unconscious self.
noun
noun
- mental ability
- that part of the central nervous system that includes all the higher nervous centers; enclosed within the skull; continuous with the spinal cord
- someone who has exceptional intellectual ability and originality
- that which is responsible for one's thoughts, feelings, and conscious brain functions; the seat of the faculty of reason
- the brain of certain animals used as meat
- A loose compartment of a backpack that straps on over the top opening.
- (informal) Mind.
- (plural only) A person who provides the intelligence required for something.
- The control center of the central nervous system of an animal located in the skull which is responsible for perception, cognition, attention, memory, emotion, and action.
- A part of the brain, especially associated with particular mental functions, abilities, etc.
- (slang, vulgar, uncountable) Oral sex.
- By analogy with a human brain, the part of a machine or computer that performs calculations.
- (informal) An intelligent person.
- (in the singular) An intellectual or mental capacity.
- (in the plural) Intellect.
verb
noun
- mental ability
- a habitual or characteristic mental attitude that determines how you will interpret and respond to situations
- The characteristics of a mind described as a system of distinctive structures and processes based in biology, language, or culture, etc.; a mental system.
- A mindset; a way of thinking; a set of beliefs.
noun
- mental ability
- a message whose ingenuity or verbal skill or incongruity has the power to evoke laughter
- a witty amusing person who makes jokes
- (now usually in the plural) Sanity.
- The ability to think quickly; mental cleverness, especially under short time constraints.
- Humour, especially when clever or quick.
- Intellectual ability; faculty of thinking, reasoning.
- Intelligence; common sense.
- A person who tells funny anecdotes or jokes; someone witty.
prep
verb
noun
noun
noun
- (neuroscience) The neurologically defined degrees of consciousness.
- (by extension from the neurological sense) Soulless/ametaphysical consciousness; Consciousness without a soul; The encephalological and non-Cartesian spectrum of definitions of consciousness.
- (neuroscience) The neuromechanics of consciousness; The brain mechanisms and the systemic interactions that give rise to consciousness.
adj
- Mentally sound; possessing a rational mind; having the mental faculties in such condition as to be able to anticipate and judge the effect of one's actions in an ordinary manner.
- Rational; reasonable; sensible.
- Being in a healthy condition; not deranged; thinking rationally.
- marked by sound judgment; having good reason
- mentally healthy; free from mental disorder
noun
- (countable) A being with cognition.
- (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.
- having knowledge of
- an alert cognitive state in which you are aware of yourself and your situation
verb
adj
noun
- the content of cognition; the main thing you are thinking about
- a personal view
- an approximate calculation of quantity or degree or worth
- your intention; what you intend to do
- (music) melodic subject of a musical composition
- A conception in the mind of something to be done; a plan for doing something, an intention.
- (music) A musical theme or melodic subject.
- A vague or fanciful notion; a feeling or hunch; an impression.
- A purposeful aim or goal; intent
- (philosophy) An abstract archetype of a given thing, compared to which real-life examples are seen as imperfect approximations; pure essence, as opposed to actual examples.
- An image of an object that is formed in the mind or recalled by the memory.
- More generally, any result of mental activity; a thought, a notion; a way of thinking.
noun
- the content of cognition; the main thing you are thinking about
- a personal belief or judgment that is not founded on proof or certainty
- the organized beliefs of a period or group or individual
- the process of using your mind to consider something carefully
- A very small amount, distance, etc.; a whit or jot.
- (countable) A way of thinking (associated with a group, nation or region).
- (countable) A representation created in the mind without the use of one's faculties of vision, sound, smell, touch, or taste; an instance of thinking.
- (uncountable, now dialectal) Anxiety, distress.
- (uncountable) The operation by which mental activity arise or are manipulated; the process of thinking; the agency by which thinking is accomplished.
- (uncountable) The careful consideration of multiple factors; deliberation.
verb
adj
- deficient in intelligence or mental power
- tending downward in price
- (used of vowels or syllables) pronounced with little or no stress
- overly diluted; thin and insipid
- lacking bodily or muscular strength or vitality
- wanting in moral strength, courage, or will; having the attributes of man as opposed to e.g. divine beings
- deficient or lacking in some skill
- not having authority, political strength, or governing power
- (used of verbs) having standard (or regular) inflection
- wanting in physical strength
- deficient in magnitude; barely perceptible; lacking clarity or brightness or loudness etc
- likely to fail under stress or pressure
- (often with for) Having a strong, irrepressible emotional love for someone or (less often) something; sentimentally affected by such love.
- (chemistry) That does not ionize completely into anions and cations in a solution.
- Limp, soft.
- (Germanic languages, of verbs) Regular in inflection, lacking vowel changes and having a past tense with -d- or -t-.
- Dilute, lacking in taste or potency.
- Not prevalent or effective, or not felt to be prevalent; not potent; feeble.
- Lacking in vigour or expression.
- (photography) Lacking contrast.
- Lacking in force (usually strength) or ability.
- (physics) One of the four fundamental forces associated with nuclear decay.
- Unable to sustain a great weight, pressure, or strain.
- (slang) Bad or uncool.
- (mathematics, logic) Having a narrow range of logical consequences; narrowly applicable. (Often contrasted with a strong statement which implies it.)
- Resulting from, or indicating, lack of judgment, discernment, or firmness; unwise; hence, foolish.
- Not having power to convince; not supported by force of reason or truth; unsustained.
- (Germanic languages, of nouns) Showing less distinct grammatical endings.
- (stock market) Tending towards lower prices.
- (Germanic languages, of adjectives) Definite in meaning, often used with a definite article or similar word.
- Unable to withstand temptation, urgency, persuasion, etc.; easily impressed, moved, or overcome; accessible; vulnerable.
pron
- In my normal state of body or mind.
- (India, Pakistan, nonstandard) my name is...
- (reflexive pronoun) Me, as direct or indirect object the speaker as the object of a verb or preposition, when the speaker is also the subject.
- Personally, for my part; used in apposition to I, sometimes for simple emphasis and sometimes with implicit exclusion of any others performing the activity described.
- (proscribed) Me, as the object of a verb or preposition without a reflexive trigger. Sometimes used for intensifying the pronoun of oneself.
noun
- retardation sufficient to fall outside the normal range of intelligence
- an abnormal physical condition resulting from defective genes or developmental deficiencies
- marked strangeness as a consequence of being abnormal
- behavior that breaches the rule or etiquette or custom or morality
- Something abnormal; an aberration; an abnormal occurrence or feature.
- The state or quality of being abnormal; variation; irregularity.
noun
- unusual mental ability
- a light within the field of vision that is brighter than the brightness to which the eyes are adapted
- the quality of being magnificent or splendid or grand
- The quality of having extraordinary mental capacity.
- The quality of being exceptionally effulgent (giving off light).
- (chiefly British) Magnificence; resplendence.
noun
- unusual mental ability
- someone who is dazzlingly skilled in any field
- someone who has exceptional intellectual ability and originality
- exceptional creative ability
- a natural talent
- (countable) Someone possessing extraordinary intelligence or skill; especially somebody who has demonstrated this by a creative or original work in science, music, art, etc.
- (uncountable) Inspiration, a mental leap, an extraordinary creative process.
- (uncountable) Extraordinary mental capacity.
- (countable, Roman mythology, also figuratively) The tutelary deity or spirit of a place or person.
adj
adj
- lacking mental capacity and subtlety
- exhibiting childlike simplicity and credulity
- (botany) of leaf shapes; of leaves having no divisions or subdivisions
- having few parts; not complex or complicated or involved
- apart from anything else; without additions or modifications
- easy and not involved or complicated
- unornamented
- (module theory, of a module) Being non-trivial, and having no proper non-trivial submodules (equivalently, no proper non-trivial quotient modules).
- Uncomplicated; lacking complexity; taken by itself, with nothing added.
- Free from duplicity; guileless, innocent, straightforward.
- (botany) Not compound, but possibly lobed.
- Easy; not difficult.
- (now colloquial, euphemistic) Feeble-minded; foolish.
- (zoology) Consisting of a single individual or zooid; not compound.
- (algebra, of a Lie algebra) Being non-abelian and having no proper non-zero ideals. (Note that this is non-equivalent to the usual algebra sense; in particular, the abelian Lie algebra of dimension 1 over any given field is non-trivial and has no proper non-zero ideals, but is by convention not considered simple.)
- (mineralogy) Homogenous.
- (ring theory, of a ring) Being non-zero, and having no proper non-zero two-sided ideals (equivalently, no proper non-trivial quotient rings). For commutative rings, this definition coincides with that of a field.
- Without ornamentation; plain.
- (mathematics, real analysis, measure theory, of a real-valued function) Equal to a finite linear combination of indicator functions on measurable sets.
- (group theory, of a group) Being non-trivial, and having no proper non-trivial normal subgroups (equivalently, no proper non-trivial quotient groups).
- Undistinguished in social condition; of no special rank.
- (category theory, of an object in a category with a terminal object) Being non-isomorphic to the terminal object, and such that its only quotient objects (up to isomorphism) are the terminal object and itself.
- (chemistry, pharmacology) Consisting of one single substance; uncompounded.
- Using steam only once in its cylinders, in contrast to a compound engine, where steam is used more than once in high-pressure and low-pressure cylinders. (of a steam engine)
- (universal algebra, of an algebraic structure) Containing more than one element, and such that the only congruences on the structure are the diagonal relation (the equivalence relation a≡b⟺a=b) and the universal relation (the equivalence relation such that a≡b for all a,b). Equivalently, containing more than one element and having no proper non-trivial quotient algebras.
noun
- a person lacking intelligence or common sense
- any herbaceous plant having medicinal properties
- (weaving) A drawloom.
- (logic) A simple or atomic proposition.
- (pharmacology) A herbal preparation made from one plant, as opposed to something made from more than one plant.
- (Roman Catholicism) A feast which is not a double or a semidouble.
- (weaving) Part of the apparatus for raising the heddles of a drawloom.
adj
- mentally confused; unable to think with clarity or act intelligently
- thrown into a state of disarray or confusion
- having lost your bearings; confused as to time or place or personal identity
- perplexed by many conflicting situations or statements; filled with bewilderment
- lacking orderly continuity
- (of a person or animal) disoriented
- embarrassed
- making no sense; illogical
- (of a person) unable to think clearly or understand
- chaotic, jumbled or muddled
verb
noun
- an uncertain cognitive state
- excited anticipation of an approaching climax
- apprehension about what is going to happen
- (US, military) A deadline.
- (law) A temporary cessation of one's right; suspension, as when the rent or other profits of land cease by unity of possession of land and rent.
- The unpleasant emotion of anxiety or apprehension in an uncertain situation.
- the pleasurable emotion of anticipation and excitement regarding the outcome or climax of a book, film etc.
- The condition of being suspended; cessation for a time.
noun
- the cognitive condition of someone who understands
- fearful expectation or anticipation
- painful expectation
- the act of apprehending (especially apprehending a criminal)
- Opinion; conception; sentiment; idea.
- The faculty by which ideas are conceived or by which perceptions are grasped; understanding.
- (rare) The physical act of seizing or taking hold of (something); seizing.
- Perception; the act of understanding using one's intellect without affirming, denying, or passing any judgment
- (law) The act of seizing or taking by legal process; arrest.
- Anticipation, especially of unfavorable things such as dread or fear or the prospect of something unpleasant in the future.
noun
- the cognitive condition of someone who understands
- perception of that which is obscure
- the mental ability to understand and discriminate between relations
- delicate discrimination (especially of esthetic values)
- the trait of judging wisely and objectively
- The condition of understanding.
- The ability to perceive differences that exist.
- The ability to distinguish between things.
- Aesthetic discrimination; taste, appreciation.
- Discretion in judging objectively.
- Perceptiveness.
- The ability to make wise judgements; sagacity.
- The act of distinguishing between things.
- The ability to distinguish; judgement.
noun
- the cognitive condition of someone who understands
- an inclination to support or be loyal to or to agree with an opinion
- the statement (oral or written) of an exchange of promises
- the capacity for rational thought or inference or discrimination
- A reconciliation of differences.
- (countable) Reason or intelligence; ability to grasp the full meaning of knowledge; ability to infer.
- (uncountable) Sympathy.
- (uncountable) The act of one that understands or comprehends; the mental process of discernment of meaning.
- An informal contract; a mutual agreement.
- (countable) Opinion, judgement, or outlook.
adj
verb
noun
- a state of motor and mental inactivity with a partial suspension of sensibility
- inactivity resulting from lethargy and lack of vigor or energy
- (biology) A state similar to hibernation characterised by energy-conserving, very deep sleep.
- A state of being inactive or stuporous.
- A state of apathy or lethargy.
noun
noun
- mental ability
- that part of the central nervous system that includes all the higher nervous centers; enclosed within the skull; continuous with the spinal cord
- someone who has exceptional intellectual ability and originality
- that which is responsible for one's thoughts, feelings, and conscious brain functions; the seat of the faculty of reason
- the brain of certain animals used as meat
- A loose compartment of a backpack that straps on over the top opening.
- (informal) Mind.
- (plural only) A person who provides the intelligence required for something.
- The control center of the central nervous system of an animal located in the skull which is responsible for perception, cognition, attention, memory, emotion, and action.
- A part of the brain, especially associated with particular mental functions, abilities, etc.
- (slang, vulgar, uncountable) Oral sex.
- By analogy with a human brain, the part of a machine or computer that performs calculations.
- (informal) An intelligent person.
- (in the singular) An intellectual or mental capacity.
- (in the plural) Intellect.
verb
noun
- mental ability
- a habitual or characteristic mental attitude that determines how you will interpret and respond to situations
- The characteristics of a mind described as a system of distinctive structures and processes based in biology, language, or culture, etc.; a mental system.
- A mindset; a way of thinking; a set of beliefs.
noun
- mental ability
- a message whose ingenuity or verbal skill or incongruity has the power to evoke laughter
- a witty amusing person who makes jokes
- (now usually in the plural) Sanity.
- The ability to think quickly; mental cleverness, especially under short time constraints.
- Humour, especially when clever or quick.
- Intellectual ability; faculty of thinking, reasoning.
- Intelligence; common sense.
- A person who tells funny anecdotes or jokes; someone witty.
prep
verb
noun
noun
noun
- (neuroscience) The neurologically defined degrees of consciousness.
- (by extension from the neurological sense) Soulless/ametaphysical consciousness; Consciousness without a soul; The encephalological and non-Cartesian spectrum of definitions of consciousness.
- (neuroscience) The neuromechanics of consciousness; The brain mechanisms and the systemic interactions that give rise to consciousness.
noun
- (countable) A being with cognition.
- (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.
- having knowledge of
- an alert cognitive state in which you are aware of yourself and your situation
noun
- the content of cognition; the main thing you are thinking about
- a personal view
- an approximate calculation of quantity or degree or worth
- your intention; what you intend to do
- (music) melodic subject of a musical composition
- A conception in the mind of something to be done; a plan for doing something, an intention.
- (music) A musical theme or melodic subject.
- A vague or fanciful notion; a feeling or hunch; an impression.
- A purposeful aim or goal; intent
- (philosophy) An abstract archetype of a given thing, compared to which real-life examples are seen as imperfect approximations; pure essence, as opposed to actual examples.
- An image of an object that is formed in the mind or recalled by the memory.
- More generally, any result of mental activity; a thought, a notion; a way of thinking.
noun
- the content of cognition; the main thing you are thinking about
- a personal belief or judgment that is not founded on proof or certainty
- the organized beliefs of a period or group or individual
- the process of using your mind to consider something carefully
- A very small amount, distance, etc.; a whit or jot.
- (countable) A way of thinking (associated with a group, nation or region).
- (countable) A representation created in the mind without the use of one's faculties of vision, sound, smell, touch, or taste; an instance of thinking.
- (uncountable, now dialectal) Anxiety, distress.
- (uncountable) The operation by which mental activity arise or are manipulated; the process of thinking; the agency by which thinking is accomplished.
- (uncountable) The careful consideration of multiple factors; deliberation.
verb
noun
- retardation sufficient to fall outside the normal range of intelligence
- an abnormal physical condition resulting from defective genes or developmental deficiencies
- marked strangeness as a consequence of being abnormal
- behavior that breaches the rule or etiquette or custom or morality
- Something abnormal; an aberration; an abnormal occurrence or feature.
- The state or quality of being abnormal; variation; irregularity.
noun
- unusual mental ability
- a light within the field of vision that is brighter than the brightness to which the eyes are adapted
- the quality of being magnificent or splendid or grand
- The quality of having extraordinary mental capacity.
- The quality of being exceptionally effulgent (giving off light).
- (chiefly British) Magnificence; resplendence.
noun
- unusual mental ability
- someone who is dazzlingly skilled in any field
- someone who has exceptional intellectual ability and originality
- exceptional creative ability
- a natural talent
- (countable) Someone possessing extraordinary intelligence or skill; especially somebody who has demonstrated this by a creative or original work in science, music, art, etc.
- (uncountable) Inspiration, a mental leap, an extraordinary creative process.
- (uncountable) Extraordinary mental capacity.
- (countable, Roman mythology, also figuratively) The tutelary deity or spirit of a place or person.
adj
verb
- (intransitive) To exhibit good cognitive function.
- (transitive or intransitive) To create a musical recording (a track).
- (transitive) To observe the (measured) state of a person or object over time.
- (transitive) To follow the tracks of.
- (transitive) To traverse; to move across.
- (intransitive, chiefly of a storm) To move.
- To separate into educational tracks, each of which teaches to a different level of ability.
- (transitive or intransitive, of a camera) To travel so that a moving object remains in shot.
- (transitive) To match the movement or change of a person or object.
- (computing, transitive or intransitive) To create music using tracker software.
- (transitive) To discover the location of a person or object by following traces.
- (transitive) To tow.
- (transitive) To make tracks on or to leave in the form of tracks.
- (transitive) To monitor the movement of a person or object.
- (intransitive, colloquial) To make sense; to be consistent with known information
- go after with the intent to catch
- observe or plot the moving path of something
- carry on the feet and deposit
- travel across or pass over
- make tracks upon
noun
- The physical track on a record.
- A mark left by something that has passed along.
- A mark or impression left by the foot, either of man or animal.
- (uncountable, sports) The racing events of track and field; track and field in general.
- (railways) The way or rails along which a train moves.
- (Philippines, education) A specialization in senior high school. Some tracks consist of strands.
- (computing) A circular (never-ending) data storage unit on a side of magnetic or optical disk, divided into sectors.
- (fashion, colloquial) Clipping of trackshoe.
- A tract or area, such as of land.
- Sound stored on a record.
- (cricket) The pitch.
- (music) A song or other relatively short piece of music, on a record, separated from others by a short silence.
- A path or course laid out for a race, for exercise, etc.
- The direction and progress of someone or something; path.
- Awareness of something, especially when arising from close monitoring.
- (automotive) The distance between two opposite wheels on a same axletree.
- (automotive) Ellipsis of caterpillar track.
- (slang) The street, as a prostitute's place of work.
- A road or other similar beaten path.
- A themed set of talks within a conference.
- The entire lower surface of the foot; said of birds, etc.
- Physical course; way.
- the act of participating in an athletic competition involving running on a track
- a groove on a phonograph recording
- a course over which races are run
- (computer science) one of the circular magnetic paths on a magnetic disk that serve as a guide for writing and reading data
- a distinct selection of music from a recording or a compact disc
- evidence pointing to a possible solution
- a line or route along which something travels or moves
- a pair of parallel rails providing a runway for wheels
- any road or path affording passage especially a rough one
- a bar or pair of parallel bars of rolled steel making the railway along which railroad cars or other vehicles can roll
- an endless metal belt on which tracked vehicles move over the ground
verb
adj
adj
- deviating widely from a norm of physical or mental ability; used especially of children below normal in intelligence
- surpassing what is common or usual or expected
- far beyond what is usual in magnitude or degree
- (education, of a student) Requiring special schooling for reasons of intellectual giftedness or physical or mental disability.
- Forming an exception; not ordinary; uncommon; rare.
- (geometry) Corresponding to something of lower dimension under a birational correspondence.
- Better than the average; superior due to exception or rarity.
noun
adj
- lacking the thinking capacity characteristic of a conscious being
- requiring little mental effort
- devoid of intelligence or thought
- not mindful or attentive
- not marked by the use of reason
- Lacking a mind.
- Showing a lack of forethought or sense.
- Having no sensible meaning or purpose.
- (of a thing done) Overly repetitive and unchallenging, not requiring any careful attention or providing any significant stimulation.
- Heedless.
adj
- being approximately average or within certain limits in e.g. intelligence and development
- in accordance with scientific laws
- conforming with or constituting a norm or standard or level or type or social norm; not abnormal
- forming a right angle
- (topology, of a topology or topological space) In which disjoint closed sets can be separated by disjoint neighborhoods.
- (linear algebra, of a matrix) Which commutes with its conjugate transpose.
- (complex analysis, of a family of continuous functions) Which is pre-compact.
- (commutative algebra, of a domain) Integrally closed: equal its own integral closure in its field of fractions.
- (functional analysis, of a Hilbert space operator) Which commutes with its adjoint.
- (probability theory, statistics, of a distribution, random variable, etc.) Which has a very specific bell curve shape; that is or has the qualities of a normal distribution.
- (physics, of a mode in an oscillating system) In which all parts of an object vibrate at the same frequency (a normal mode).
- (rail transport, of points) In the default position, set for the most frequently used route.
- (chemistry) Of, relating to, or being a solution containing one equivalent weight of solute per litre of solution.
- (category theory, of a category) Which contains only normal morphisms.
- (organic chemistry) Describing a straight chain isomer of an aliphatic hydrocarbon, or an aliphatic compound in which a substituent is in the 1- position of such a hydrocarbon.
- (fandom slang, sarcastic, with “about”) Fervently interested in a subject; obsessed.
- (algebraic geometry, of a variety or scheme) Such that the local ring at every point is an integrally closed domain.
- (category theory, of a morphism) Which is the kernel or cokernel of some morphism, respectively.
- (number theory, of a real number) In whose representation in a given base b ≥ 2, for every positive integer n, the bⁿ possible strings of n digits follow a uniform distribution.
- Usual, healthy; not sick or ill or unlike oneself.
- (set theory, of a function from the ordinals to the ordinals) Which is strictly monotonically increasing and continuous with respect to the order topology.
- (algebra, of a field extension of a field K) Which is the splitting field of a family of polynomials in K.
- (algebra, of a subgroup) With cosets which form a group.
- (commutative algebra, of a ring) Such that all of its localizations at prime ideals are integrally closed domains.
- (education, of a school) Teaching teachers how to teach; teaching teachers the norms of education.
- According to norms or rules or to a regular pattern.
- (geometry) Perpendicular to a tangent of a curve or tangent plane of a surface.
noun
- something regarded as a normative example
- (geometry, countable) A line or vector that is perpendicular to another line, surface, or plane.
- (medicine, countable) A person who is healthy, normal, as opposed to one who is morbid.
- (slang, countable) A person who is normal, who fits into mainstream society, as opposed to those who live alternative lifestyles.
- (countable, uncountable) The usual state.
adj
- Having at least a similar level of brain power to humankind.
- having the capacity for thought and reason especially to a high degree
- Of high or especially quick cognitive capacity, bright.
- Characterized by thoughtful interaction.
- (computing) Having an environment-sensing automatically-invoked built-in computer capability.
- Well thought-out, well considered.
- endowed with the capacity to reason
- possessing sound knowledge
- exercising or showing good judgment
noun
adj
- below the threshold of conscious perception
- (by extension) Of an advertisement, a message, etc.: conveyed in a manner that a person is unaware of being influenced by it.
- (psychology) Without directed awareness or thought; subconscious (dated), unconscious.
- (physiology) Of a stimulus: below the limen or threshold of conscious perception, especially if still able to produce a response; also (generally), below the threshold where a response can be produced.
noun
- (Internet slang) An audio or video recording, often consisting of ambient music or white noise with hidden affirmations, intended to produce physical or psychological changes in the listener through repetition.
- (physiology) Chiefly preceded by the: something which is below the limen or threshold of conscious perception.
- (by extension) An advertisement, a message, etc., which is conveyed in a manner that a person is unaware of being influenced by it.
- (psychology) Chiefly preceded by the: the subconscious (dated) or unconscious self.
adj
- Mentally sound; possessing a rational mind; having the mental faculties in such condition as to be able to anticipate and judge the effect of one's actions in an ordinary manner.
- Rational; reasonable; sensible.
- Being in a healthy condition; not deranged; thinking rationally.
- marked by sound judgment; having good reason
- mentally healthy; free from mental disorder
adj
- deficient in intelligence or mental power
- tending downward in price
- (used of vowels or syllables) pronounced with little or no stress
- overly diluted; thin and insipid
- lacking bodily or muscular strength or vitality
- wanting in moral strength, courage, or will; having the attributes of man as opposed to e.g. divine beings
- deficient or lacking in some skill
- not having authority, political strength, or governing power
- (used of verbs) having standard (or regular) inflection
- wanting in physical strength
- deficient in magnitude; barely perceptible; lacking clarity or brightness or loudness etc
- likely to fail under stress or pressure
- (often with for) Having a strong, irrepressible emotional love for someone or (less often) something; sentimentally affected by such love.
- (chemistry) That does not ionize completely into anions and cations in a solution.
- Limp, soft.
- (Germanic languages, of verbs) Regular in inflection, lacking vowel changes and having a past tense with -d- or -t-.
- Dilute, lacking in taste or potency.
- Not prevalent or effective, or not felt to be prevalent; not potent; feeble.
- Lacking in vigour or expression.
- (photography) Lacking contrast.
- Lacking in force (usually strength) or ability.
- (physics) One of the four fundamental forces associated with nuclear decay.
- Unable to sustain a great weight, pressure, or strain.
- (slang) Bad or uncool.
- (mathematics, logic) Having a narrow range of logical consequences; narrowly applicable. (Often contrasted with a strong statement which implies it.)
- Resulting from, or indicating, lack of judgment, discernment, or firmness; unwise; hence, foolish.
- Not having power to convince; not supported by force of reason or truth; unsustained.
- (Germanic languages, of nouns) Showing less distinct grammatical endings.
- (stock market) Tending towards lower prices.
- (Germanic languages, of adjectives) Definite in meaning, often used with a definite article or similar word.
- Unable to withstand temptation, urgency, persuasion, etc.; easily impressed, moved, or overcome; accessible; vulnerable.
adj
- lacking mental capacity and subtlety
- exhibiting childlike simplicity and credulity
- (botany) of leaf shapes; of leaves having no divisions or subdivisions
- having few parts; not complex or complicated or involved
- apart from anything else; without additions or modifications
- easy and not involved or complicated
- unornamented
- (module theory, of a module) Being non-trivial, and having no proper non-trivial submodules (equivalently, no proper non-trivial quotient modules).
- Uncomplicated; lacking complexity; taken by itself, with nothing added.
- Free from duplicity; guileless, innocent, straightforward.
- (botany) Not compound, but possibly lobed.
- Easy; not difficult.
- (now colloquial, euphemistic) Feeble-minded; foolish.
- (zoology) Consisting of a single individual or zooid; not compound.
- (algebra, of a Lie algebra) Being non-abelian and having no proper non-zero ideals. (Note that this is non-equivalent to the usual algebra sense; in particular, the abelian Lie algebra of dimension 1 over any given field is non-trivial and has no proper non-zero ideals, but is by convention not considered simple.)
- (mineralogy) Homogenous.
- (ring theory, of a ring) Being non-zero, and having no proper non-zero two-sided ideals (equivalently, no proper non-trivial quotient rings). For commutative rings, this definition coincides with that of a field.
- Without ornamentation; plain.
- (mathematics, real analysis, measure theory, of a real-valued function) Equal to a finite linear combination of indicator functions on measurable sets.
- (group theory, of a group) Being non-trivial, and having no proper non-trivial normal subgroups (equivalently, no proper non-trivial quotient groups).
- Undistinguished in social condition; of no special rank.
- (category theory, of an object in a category with a terminal object) Being non-isomorphic to the terminal object, and such that its only quotient objects (up to isomorphism) are the terminal object and itself.
- (chemistry, pharmacology) Consisting of one single substance; uncompounded.
- Using steam only once in its cylinders, in contrast to a compound engine, where steam is used more than once in high-pressure and low-pressure cylinders. (of a steam engine)
- (universal algebra, of an algebraic structure) Containing more than one element, and such that the only congruences on the structure are the diagonal relation (the equivalence relation a≡b⟺a=b) and the universal relation (the equivalence relation such that a≡b for all a,b). Equivalently, containing more than one element and having no proper non-trivial quotient algebras.
noun
- a person lacking intelligence or common sense
- any herbaceous plant having medicinal properties
- (weaving) A drawloom.
- (logic) A simple or atomic proposition.
- (pharmacology) A herbal preparation made from one plant, as opposed to something made from more than one plant.
- (Roman Catholicism) A feast which is not a double or a semidouble.
- (weaving) Part of the apparatus for raising the heddles of a drawloom.
adj
- mentally confused; unable to think with clarity or act intelligently
- thrown into a state of disarray or confusion
- having lost your bearings; confused as to time or place or personal identity
- perplexed by many conflicting situations or statements; filled with bewilderment
- lacking orderly continuity
- (of a person or animal) disoriented
- embarrassed
- making no sense; illogical
- (of a person) unable to think clearly or understand
- chaotic, jumbled or muddled