Word Meanings - LEARNING - Book Publishers vocabulary database
1. The acquisition of knowledge or skill; as, the learning of languages; the learning of telegraphy. 2. The knowledge or skill received by instruction or study; acquired knowledge or ideas in any branch of science or literature; erudition;
Additional info about word: LEARNING
1. The acquisition of knowledge or skill; as, the learning of languages; the learning of telegraphy. 2. The knowledge or skill received by instruction or study; acquired knowledge or ideas in any branch of science or literature; erudition; literature; science; as, he is a man of great learning. Book learning. See under Book. Syn. -- Literature; erudition; lore; scholarship; science; letters. See Literature.
Possible synonyms: (Same meaning words of LEARNING)
- Acquirement
- Knowledge
- entertainment
- accomplishment
- learning
- erudition
- acquisition
- Erudition
- Learning
- lore
- letters
- scholarship
- Literature
- Lore
- reading
- study
- attainment
- literary works
- Research
- Investigation
- inquiry
- scrutiny
- examination
- exploration
- discovery
- elaboration
- elimination
- Study
- Application
- meditation
- diligence
- consideration
- thought
- contemplation
- care
- endeavor
- research
- intention
- purpose
Possible antonyms: (opposite words of LEARNING)
Related words: (words related to LEARNING)
- CHANCELLERY
Chancellorship. Gower. - HAZARDIZE
A hazardous attempt or situation; hazard. Herself had run into that hazardize. Spenser. - INVESTIGATION
The act of investigating; the process of inquiring into or following up; research; study; inquiry, esp. patient or thorough inquiry or examination; as, the investigations of the philosopher and the mathematician; the investigations of the judge, - REVOKER
One who revokes. - ELIMINATION
the act of discharging or excreting waste products or foreign substances through the various emunctories. (more info) 1. The act of expelling or throwing off; - INTENTIONALITY
The quality or state of being intentional; purpose; design. Coleridge. - PURPOSELESS
Having no purpose or result; objectless. Bp. Hall. -- Pur"pose*less*ness, n. - ELABORATION
The natural process of formation or assimilation, performed by the living organs in animals and vegetables, by which a crude substance is changed into something of a higher order; as, the elaboration of food into chyme; the elaboration of chyle, - VENTURESOME
Inclined to venture; not loth to run risk or danger; venturous; bold; daring; adventurous; as, a venturesome boy or act. -- Ven"ture*some*ly, adv. -- Ven"ture*some*ness, n. - DILIGENCE
Process by which persons, lands, or effects are seized for debt; process for enforcing the attendance of witnesses or the production of writings. To do one's diligence, give diligence, use diligence, to exert one's self; to make interested - READILY
1. In a ready manner; quickly; promptly. Chaucer. 2. Without delay or objection; without reluctance; willingly; cheerfully. How readily we wish time spent revoked! Cowper. - SCHOLARSHIP
1. The character and qualities of a scholar; attainments in science or literature; erudition; learning. A man of my master's . . . great scholarship. Pope. 2. Literary education. Any other house of scholarship. Milton. 3. Maintenance for a scholar; - THOUGHT
imp. & p. p. of Think. - LEARN
linon, for lirnon, OHG. lirnen, lernen, G. lernen, fr. the root of AS. l to teach, OS. lerian, OHG.leran, G. lehren, Goth. laisjan, also Goth lais I know, leis acquainted ; all prob. from a root meaning, to go, go over, and hence, to learn; cf. - THOUGHTLESS
1. Lacking thought; careless; inconsiderate; rash; as, a thoughtless person, or act. 2. Giddy; gay; dissipated. Johnson. 3. Deficient in reasoning power; stupid; dull. Thoughtless as monarch oaks that shade the plain. Dryden. -- Thought"less*ly, - PURPOSE
1. That which a person sets before himself as an object to be reached or accomplished; the end or aim to which the view is directed in any plan, measure, or exertion; view; aim; design; intention; plan. He will his firste purpos modify. Chaucer. - ACQUISITION
1. The act or process of acquiring. The acquisition or loss of a province. Macaulay. 2. The thing acquired or gained; an acquirement; a gain; as, learning is an acquisition. Syn. -- See Acquirement. - READJUSTMENT
A second adjustment; a new or different adjustment. - CHANCEFUL
Hazardous. Spenser. - RESEARCH
Diligent inquiry or examination in seeking facts or principles; laborius or continued search after truth; as, researches of human wisdom. The dearest interests of parties have frequently been staked on the results of the researches of antiquaries. - DISVENTURE
A disadventure. Shelton. - PREKNOWLEDGE
Prior knowledge. - SPREADINGLY
, adv. Increasingly. The best times were spreadingly infected. Milton. - STAR-READ
Doctrine or knowledge of the stars; star lore; astrology; astronomy. Which in star-read were wont have best insight. Spenser. - BREADEN
Made of bread. - REAPPLICATION
The act of reapplying, or the state of being reapplied. - HALF-LEARNED
Imperfectly learned. - DREADNOUGHT
1. A British battleship, completed in 1906 -- 1907, having an armament consisting of ten 12-inch guns, and of twenty-four 12-pound quick-fire guns for protection against torpedo boats. This was the first battleship of the type characterized by - INCONSIDERATION
Want of due consideration; inattention to consequences; inconsiderateness. Blindness of mind, inconsideration, precipitation. Jer. Taylor. Not gross, willful, deliberate, crimes; but rather the effects of inconsideration. Sharp. - OVERREADY
Too ready. -- O"ver*read"*i*ly, adv. -- O"ver*read"i*ness, n. - BREADBASKET
The stomach. S. Foote.