| education | | |
| n. (act) | 1. didactics, education, educational activity, instruction, pedagogy, teaching | the activities of educating or instructing; activities that impart knowledge or skill.; "he received no formal education"; "our instruction was carefully programmed"; "good classroom teaching is seldom rewarded" |
| ~ activity | any specific behavior.; "they avoided all recreational activity" |
| ~ education | the profession of teaching (especially at a school or college or university). |
| ~ classroom project | a school task requiring considerable effort. |
| ~ classwork | the part of a student's work that is done in the classroom. |
| ~ homework, prep, preparation | preparatory school work done outside school (especially at home). |
| ~ lesson | a task assigned for individual study.; "he did the lesson for today" |
| ~ coeducation | education of men and women in the same institutions. |
| ~ continuing education | a program of instruction designed primarily for adult students who participate part-time. |
| ~ course, course of instruction, course of study, class | education imparted in a series of lessons or meetings.; "he took a course in basket weaving"; "flirting is not unknown in college classes" |
| ~ elementary education | education in elementary subjects (reading and writing and arithmetic) provided to young students at a grade school. |
| ~ extension service, university extension, extension | an educational opportunity provided by colleges and universities to people who are not enrolled as regular students. |
| ~ extracurricular activity | educational activities not falling within the scope of the regular curriculum. |
| ~ higher education | education provided by a college or university. |
| ~ secondary education | education beyond the elementary grades; provided by a high school or college preparatory school. |
| ~ team teaching | a method of coordinated classroom teaching involving a team of teachers working together with a single group of students. |
| ~ work-study program | an educational plan in which students alternate between paid employment and formal study. |
| ~ point system | a system of evaluation based on awarding points according to rules. |
| ~ education | the gradual process of acquiring knowledge.; "education is a preparation for life"; "a girl's education was less important than a boy's" |
| ~ academic program | (education) a program of education in liberal arts and sciences (usually in preparation for higher education). |
| ~ department of education, education department, education | the United States federal department that administers all federal programs dealing with education (including federal aid to educational institutions and students); created 1979. |
| ~ tuition, tuition fee | a fee paid for instruction (especially for higher education).; "tuition and room and board were more than $25,000" |
| n. (cognition) | 2. education | knowledge acquired by learning and instruction.; "it was clear that he had a very broad education" |
| ~ physical education | training in the development of and care for the human body; stresses athletics; includes hygiene. |
| ~ experience | the accumulation of knowledge or skill that results from direct participation in events or activities.; "a man of experience"; "experience is the best teacher" |
| ~ cognitive content, mental object, content | the sum or range of what has been perceived, discovered, or learned. |
| ~ encyclopaedism, encyclopedism, eruditeness, erudition, learnedness, learning, scholarship | profound scholarly knowledge. |
| ~ enlightenment | education that results in understanding and the spread of knowledge. |
| ~ grounding, foundation | education or instruction in the fundamentals of a field of knowledge.; "he lacks the foundation necessary for advanced study"; "a good grounding in mathematics" |
| n. (cognition) | 3. education | the gradual process of acquiring knowledge.; "education is a preparation for life"; "a girl's education was less important than a boy's" |
| ~ didactics, education, educational activity, instruction, pedagogy, teaching | the activities of educating or instructing; activities that impart knowledge or skill.; "he received no formal education"; "our instruction was carefully programmed"; "good classroom teaching is seldom rewarded" |
| ~ learning, acquisition | the cognitive process of acquiring skill or knowledge.; "the child's acquisition of language" |
| ~ acculturation, assimilation | the process of assimilating new ideas into an existing cognitive structure. |
| ~ mastering | becoming proficient in the use of something; having mastery of.; "his mastering the art of cooking took a long time" |
| ~ self-cultivation, self-education | the process of educating yourself. |
| ~ schooling, school | the process of being formally educated at a school.; "what will you do when you finish school?" |
| ~ special education | education of physically or mentally handicapped children whose needs cannot be met in an ordinary classroom. |
| ~ vocational education, vocational training | training for a specific vocation in industry or agriculture or trade. |
| n. (act) | 4. education | the profession of teaching (especially at a school or college or university). |
| ~ profession | an occupation requiring special education (especially in the liberal arts or sciences). |
| ~ didactics, education, educational activity, instruction, pedagogy, teaching | the activities of educating or instructing; activities that impart knowledge or skill.; "he received no formal education"; "our instruction was carefully programmed"; "good classroom teaching is seldom rewarded" |
| ~ teaching, pedagogy, instruction | the profession of a teacher.; "he prepared for teaching while still in college"; "pedagogy is recognized as an important profession" |
| n. (attribute) | 5. breeding, education, training | the result of good upbringing (especially knowledge of correct social behavior).; "a woman of breeding and refinement" |
| ~ upbringing | properties acquired during a person's formative years. |
| n. (group) | 6. department of education, education, education department | the United States federal department that administers all federal programs dealing with education (including federal aid to educational institutions and students); created 1979. |
| ~ didactics, education, educational activity, instruction, pedagogy, teaching | the activities of educating or instructing; activities that impart knowledge or skill.; "he received no formal education"; "our instruction was carefully programmed"; "good classroom teaching is seldom rewarded" |
| ~ executive department | a federal department in the executive branch of the government of the United States. |
| learning | | |
| n. (cognition) | 1. acquisition, learning | the cognitive process of acquiring skill or knowledge.; "the child's acquisition of language" |
| ~ basic cognitive process | cognitive processes involved in obtaining and storing knowledge. |
| ~ conditioning | a learning process in which an organism's behavior becomes dependent on the occurrence of a stimulus in its environment. |
| ~ developmental learning | learning that takes place as a normal part of cognitive development. |
| ~ digestion | learning and coming to understand ideas and information.; "his appetite for facts was better than his digestion" |
| ~ education | the gradual process of acquiring knowledge.; "education is a preparation for life"; "a girl's education was less important than a boy's" |
| ~ internalisation, internalization, incorporation | learning (of values or attitudes etc.) that is incorporated within yourself. |
| ~ imprinting | a learning process in early life whereby species specific patterns of behavior are established. |
| ~ language learning | learning to use a language. |
| ~ committal to memory, memorisation, memorization | learning so as to be able to remember verbatim.; "the actor's memorization of his lines" |
| ~ study, work | applying the mind to learning and understanding a subject (especially by reading).; "mastering a second language requires a lot of work"; "no schools offer graduate study in interior design" |
| ~ carry-over, transfer of training, transfer | application of a skill learned in one situation to a different but similar situation. |
| n. (cognition) | 2. encyclopaedism, encyclopedism, eruditeness, erudition, learnedness, learning, scholarship | profound scholarly knowledge. |
| ~ education | knowledge acquired by learning and instruction.; "it was clear that he had a very broad education" |
| ~ letters | scholarly attainment.; "he is a man of letters" |
| study | | |
| n. (act) | 1. study, survey | a detailed critical inspection. |
| ~ examination, scrutiny | the act of examining something closely (as for mistakes). |
| ~ resurvey | a new survey or study. |
| n. (cognition) | 2. study, work | applying the mind to learning and understanding a subject (especially by reading).; "mastering a second language requires a lot of work"; "no schools offer graduate study in interior design" |
| ~ learning, acquisition | the cognitive process of acquiring skill or knowledge.; "the child's acquisition of language" |
| n. (communication) | 3. report, study, written report | a written document describing the findings of some individual or group.; "this accords with the recent study by Hill and Dale" |
| ~ document, papers, written document | writing that provides information (especially information of an official nature). |
| ~ assay | a written report of the results of an analysis of the composition of some substance. |
| ~ case study | a careful study of some social unit (as a corporation or division within a corporation) that attempts to determine what factors led to its success or failure. |
| ~ white book, white paper | a government report; bound in white. |
| ~ blue book | a report published by the British government; bound in blue. |
| ~ green paper | a preliminary report of government proposals that is published in order to stimulate discussion. |
| ~ progress report | a report of work accomplished during a specified time period. |
| ~ position paper | a report that explains or justifies or recommends some particular policy. |
| ~ medical report | a report of the results of a medical examination of a patient. |
| n. (cognition) | 4. study | a state of deep mental absorption.; "she is in a deep study" |
| ~ engrossment, immersion, absorption, concentration | complete attention; intense mental effort. |
| n. (artifact) | 5. study | a room used for reading and writing and studying.; "he knocked lightly on the closed door of the study" |
| ~ house | a dwelling that serves as living quarters for one or more families.; "he has a house on Cape Cod"; "she felt she had to get out of the house" |
| ~ room | an area within a building enclosed by walls and floor and ceiling.; "the rooms were very small but they had a nice view" |
| n. (cognition) | 6. bailiwick, discipline, field, field of study, study, subject, subject area, subject field | a branch of knowledge.; "in what discipline is his doctorate?"; "teachers should be well trained in their subject"; "anthropology is the study of human beings" |
| ~ occultism | the study of the supernatural. |
| ~ communication theory, communications | the discipline that studies the principles of transmiting information and the methods by which it is delivered (as print or radio or television etc.).; "communications is his major field of study" |
| ~ major | the principal field of study of a student at a university.; "her major is linguistics" |
| ~ frontier | an undeveloped field of study; a topic inviting research and development.; "he worked at the frontier of brain science" |
| ~ genealogy | the study or investigation of ancestry and family history. |
| ~ allometry | the study of the relative growth of a part of an organism in relation to the growth of the whole. |
| ~ bibliotics | the scientific study of documents and handwriting etc. especially to determine authorship or authenticity. |
| ~ ology | an informal word (abstracted from words with this ending) for some unidentified branch of knowledge. |
| ~ knowledge base, knowledge domain, domain | the content of a particular field of knowledge. |
| ~ science, scientific discipline | a particular branch of scientific knowledge.; "the science of genetics" |
| ~ architecture | the discipline dealing with the principles of design and construction and ornamentation of fine buildings.; "architecture and eloquence are mixed arts whose end is sometimes beauty and sometimes use" |
| ~ applied science, engineering science, engineering, technology | the discipline dealing with the art or science of applying scientific knowledge to practical problems.; "he had trouble deciding which branch of engineering to study" |
| ~ futuristics, futurology | the study or prediction of future developments on the basis of existing conditions. |
| ~ arts, humanistic discipline, humanities, liberal arts | studies intended to provide general knowledge and intellectual skills (rather than occupational or professional skills).; "the college of arts and sciences" |
| ~ theology, divinity | the rational and systematic study of religion and its influences and of the nature of religious truth. |
| ~ military science | the discipline dealing with the principles of warfare. |
| ~ escapology | the study of methods of escaping (especially as a form of entertainment). |
| ~ graphology | the study of handwriting (especially as an indicator of the writer's character or disposition). |
| ~ numerology | the study of the supposed occult influence of numbers on human affairs. |
| ~ protology | the study of origins and first things.; "To Christians, protology refers to God's fundamental purpose for humanity" |
| ~ theogony | the study of the origins and genealogy of the gods. |
| n. (artifact) | 7. sketch, study | preliminary drawing for later elaboration.; "he made several studies before starting to paint" |
| ~ design | a preliminary sketch indicating the plan for something.; "the design of a building" |
| ~ rough drawing, draft | a preliminary sketch of a design or picture. |
| ~ drawing | a representation of forms or objects on a surface by means of lines.; "drawings of abstract forms"; "he did complicated pen-and-ink drawings like medieval miniatures" |
| ~ vignette | a small illustrative sketch (as sometimes placed at the beginning of chapters in books). |
| n. (cognition) | 8. cogitation, study | attentive consideration and meditation.; "after much cogitation he rejected the offer" |
| ~ lucubration | laborious cogitation. |
| ~ musing, reflection, rumination, thoughtfulness, contemplation, reflexion | a calm, lengthy, intent consideration. |
| n. (person) | 9. study | someone who memorizes quickly and easily (as the lines for a part in a play).; "he is a quick study" |
| ~ memoriser, memorizer | a person who learns by rote. |
| n. (communication) | 10. study | a composition intended to develop one aspect of the performer's technique.; "a study in spiccato bowing" |
| ~ musical composition, opus, piece of music, composition, piece | a musical work that has been created.; "the composition is written in four movements" |
| v. (cognition) | 11. analyse, analyze, canvas, canvass, examine, study | consider in detail and subject to an analysis in order to discover essential features or meaning.; "analyze a sonnet by Shakespeare"; "analyze the evidence in a criminal trial"; "analyze your real motives" |
| ~ anatomize | analyze down to the smallest detail.; "This writer anatomized the depth of human behavior" |
| ~ diagnose, name | determine or distinguish the nature of a problem or an illness through a diagnostic analysis. |
| ~ diagnose | subject to a medical analysis. |
| ~ survey, appraise | consider in a comprehensive way.; "He appraised the situation carefully before acting" |
| ~ survey | make a survey of; for statistical purposes. |
| ~ compare | examine and note the similarities or differences of.; "John compared his haircut to his friend's"; "We compared notes after we had both seen the movie" |
| ~ check, check into, check out, check over, check up on, suss out, look into, go over | examine so as to determine accuracy, quality, or condition.; "check the brakes"; "Check out the engine" |
| ~ assay | analyze (chemical substances). |
| ~ reexamine, review | look at again; examine again.; "let's review your situation" |
| ~ audit, scrutinise, scrutinize, inspect | examine carefully for accuracy with the intent of verification.; "audit accounts and tax returns" |
| ~ screen | examine methodically.; "screen the suitcases" |
| ~ trace, follow | follow, discover, or ascertain the course of development of something.; "We must follow closely the economic development is Cuba"; "trace the student's progress" |
| ~ investigate, look into | investigate scientifically.; "Let's investigate the syntax of Chinese" |
| ~ sieve, sift | check and sort carefully.; "sift the information" |
| ~ look at, view, consider | look at carefully; study mentally.; "view a problem" |
| v. (cognition) | 12. study | be a student; follow a course of study; be enrolled at an institute of learning. |
| ~ major | have as one's principal field of study.; "She is majoring in linguistics" |
| v. (perception) | 13. consider, study | give careful consideration to.; "consider the possibility of moving" |
| ~ chew over, meditate, mull, mull over, muse, ponder, think over, excogitate, reflect, ruminate, speculate, contemplate | reflect deeply on a subject.; "I mulled over the events of the afternoon"; "philosophers have speculated on the question of God for thousands of years"; "The scientist must stop to observe and start to excogitate" |
| ~ factor in, factor out, factor | consider as relevant when making a decision.; "You must factor in the recent developments" |
| ~ equate, liken, compare | consider or describe as similar, equal, or analogous.; "We can compare the Han dynasty to the Romans"; "You cannot equate success in financial matters with greed" |
| ~ deliberate, moot, debate, consider, turn over | think about carefully; weigh.; "They considered the possibility of a strike"; "Turn the proposal over in your mind" |
| v. (cognition) | 14. learn, read, study, take | be a student of a certain subject.; "She is reading for the bar exam" |
| ~ audit | attend academic courses without getting credit. |
| ~ train, prepare | undergo training or instruction in preparation for a particular role, function, or profession.; "She is training to be a teacher"; "He trained as a legal aid" |
| ~ practice, drill, practise, exercise | learn by repetition.; "We drilled French verbs every day"; "Pianists practice scales" |
| v. (cognition) | 15. hit the books, study | learn by reading books.; "He is studying geology in his room"; "I have an exam next week; I must hit the books now" |
| ~ larn, learn, acquire | gain knowledge or skills.; "She learned dancing from her sister"; "I learned Sanskrit"; "Children acquire language at an amazing rate" |
| ~ memorise, memorize, con, learn | commit to memory; learn by heart.; "Have you memorized your lines for the play yet?" |
| ~ bone, bone up, grind away, mug up, swot, swot up, cram, drum, get up | study intensively, as before an exam.; "I had to bone up on my Latin verbs before the final exam" |
| ~ read | interpret something that is written or printed.; "read the advertisement"; "Have you read Salman Rushdie?" |
| v. (cognition) | 16. contemplate, meditate, study | think intently and at length, as for spiritual purposes.; "He is meditating in his study" |
| ~ cerebrate, cogitate, think | use or exercise the mind or one's power of reason in order to make inferences, decisions, or arrive at a solution or judgments.; "I've been thinking all day and getting nowhere" |
| review | | |
| n. (cognition) | 1. reappraisal, reassessment, revaluation, review | a new appraisal or evaluation. |
| ~ appraisal, assessment | the classification of someone or something with respect to its worth. |
| ~ stock-taking, stocktaking | reappraisal of a situation or position or outlook. |
| n. (communication) | 2. critical review, critique, review, review article | an essay or article that gives a critical evaluation (as of a book or play). |
| ~ literary criticism, criticism | a written evaluation of a work of literature. |
| ~ book review | a critical review of a book (usually a recently published book). |
| ~ notice | a short critical review.; "the play received good notices" |
| ~ rave | an extravagantly enthusiastic review.; "he gave it a rave" |
| n. (act) | 3. follow-up, followup, reexamination, review | a subsequent examination of a patient for the purpose of monitoring earlier treatment. |
| ~ examination, scrutiny | the act of examining something closely (as for mistakes). |
| n. (possession) | 4. limited review, review | (accounting) a service (less exhaustive than an audit) that provides some assurance to interested parties as to the reliability of financial data. |
| ~ accounting | a system that provides quantitative information about finances. |
| ~ accounting system, method of accounting, accounting | a bookkeeper's chronological list of related debits and credits of a business; forms part of a ledger of accounts. |
| ~ analytical review | an auditing procedure based on ratios among accounts and tries to identify significant changes. |
| n. (communication) | 5. review, revue | a variety show with topical sketches and songs and dancing and comedians. |
| ~ follies | a revue with elaborate costuming. |
| ~ variety show, variety | a show consisting of a series of short unrelated performances. |
| n. (communication) | 6. review | a periodical that publishes critical essays on current affairs or literature or art. |
| ~ periodical | a publication that appears at fixed intervals. |
| ~ literary review | a review devoted to literary criticism. |
| n. (communication) | 7. recap, recapitulation, review | a summary at the end that repeats the substance of a longer discussion. |
| ~ capitulation | a summary that enumerates the main parts of a topic. |
| ~ epanodos | recapitulation of the main ideas of a speech (especially in reverse order). |
| n. (act) | 8. review | (law) a judicial reexamination of the proceedings of a court (especially by an appellate court). |
| ~ legal proceeding, proceeding, proceedings | (law) the institution of a sequence of steps by which legal judgments are invoked. |
| ~ bill of review | a proceeding brought to obtain an explanation or an alteration or a reversal of a decree by the court that rendered it. |
| ~ judicial review | review by a court of law of actions of a government official or entity or of some other legally appointed person or body or the review by an appellate court of the decision of a trial court. |
| ~ law, jurisprudence | the collection of rules imposed by authority.; "civilization presupposes respect for the law"; "the great problem for jurisprudence to allow freedom while enforcing order" |
| n. (act) | 9. brushup, review | practice intended to polish performance or refresh the memory. |
| ~ practice session, practice, drill, exercise, recitation | systematic training by multiple repetitions.; "practice makes perfect" |
| ~ rub up | a review that refreshes your memory.; "I need a rub up on my Latin" |
| n. (act) | 10. inspection, review | a formal or official examination.; "the platoon stood ready for review"; "we had to wait for the inspection before we could use the elevator" |
| ~ check-out procedure, checkout, check | the act of inspecting or verifying.; "they made a check of their equipment"; "the pilot ran through the check-out procedure" |
| ~ examination, scrutiny | the act of examining something closely (as for mistakes). |
| v. (cognition) | 11. reexamine, review | look at again; examine again.; "let's review your situation" |
| ~ analyse, analyze, examine, study, canvass, canvas | consider in detail and subject to an analysis in order to discover essential features or meaning.; "analyze a sonnet by Shakespeare"; "analyze the evidence in a criminal trial"; "analyze your real motives" |
| v. (communication) | 12. critique, review | appraise critically.; "She reviews books for the New York Times"; "Please critique this performance" |
| ~ pass judgment, evaluate, judge | form a critical opinion of.; "I cannot judge some works of modern art"; "How do you evaluate this grant proposal?"; "We shouldn't pass judgment on other people" |
| ~ peer review, referee | evaluate professionally a colleague's work. |
| v. (cognition) | 13. go over, review, survey | hold a review (of troops). |
| ~ inspect | look over carefully.; "Please inspect your father's will carefully" |
| v. (cognition) | 14. brush up, refresh, review | refresh one's memory.; "I reviewed the material before the test" |
| ~ recall, recollect, remember, call back, call up, retrieve, think | recall knowledge from memory; have a recollection.; "I can't remember saying any such thing"; "I can't think what her last name was"; "can you remember her phone number?"; "Do you remember that he once loved you?"; "call up memories" |
| v. (cognition) | 15. look back, retrospect, review | look back upon (a period of time, sequence of events); remember.; "she reviewed her achievements with pride" |
| ~ think back, remember | recapture the past; indulge in memories.; "he remembered how he used to pick flowers" |
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