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comprehension

n. an ability to understand the meaning or importance of something (or the knowledge acquired as a result); "how you can do that is beyond my comprehension"; "he was famous for his comprehension of American literature"

inclusion, comprehension

n. the relation of comprising something; "he admired the inclusion of so many ideas in such a short work"

comprehension, comprising

n. an ability to understand the meaning or importance of something (or the knowledge acquired as a result); "how you can do that is beyond my comprehension"; "he was famous for his comprehension of American literature"

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awareness, consciousness, cognizance, cognisance, knowingness

n. having knowledge of; "he had no awareness of his mistakes"; "his sudden consciousness of the problem he faced"; "their intelligence and general knowingness was impressive"

cognition, knowledge, noesis

n. the psychological result of perception and learning and reasoning

acquaintance, familiarity, conversance, conversancy

n. personal knowledge or information about someone or something

data, information

n. a collection of facts from which conclusions may be drawn; "statistical data"

information, info

n. a message received and understood

enlightenment

n. education that results in understanding and the spread of knowledge

culture

n. the attitudes and behavior that are characteristic of a particular social group or organization; "the developing drug culture"; "the reason that the agency is doomed to inaction has something to do with the FBI culture"

eruditeness, erudition, learnedness, learning, scholarship, encyclopedism, encyclopaedism

n. profound scholarly knowledge

literacy

n. the ability to read and write

training, preparation, grooming

n. activity leading to skilled behavior

schooling

n. the training of an animal (especially the training of a horse for dressage)

steering, guidance, direction

n. the act of setting and holding a course; "a new council was installed under the direction of the king"

Wisdom of Solomon, Wisdom

n. an Apocryphal book consisting mainly of a meditation on wisdom; although ascribed to Solomon it was probably written in the first century BC

intelligence

n. the ability to comprehend; to understand and profit from experience

experience

n. the content of direct observation or participation in an event; "he had a religious experience"; "he recalled the experience vividly"

news, intelligence, tidings, word

n. information about recent and important events; "they awaited news of the outcome"

edification, sophistication

n. uplifting enlightenment

education, instruction, teaching, pedagogy, didactics, educational activity

n. 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"

command, control, mastery

n. great skillfulness and knowledge of some subject or activity; "a good command of French"

leadership

n. the status of a leader; "they challenged his leadership of the union"

skill, accomplishment, acquirement, acquisition, attainment

n. an ability that has been acquired by training

invention, innovation, excogitation, conception, design

n. the creation of something in the mind

percept, perception, perceptual experience

n. the representation of what is perceived; basic component in the formation of a concept

perception

n. knowledge gained by perceiving; "a man admired for the depth of his perception"

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incomprehension

n. an inability to understand; "his incomprehension of the consequences"

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