| Concept: | Attention. |
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-nouns
attention; mindfulness; intentness, intentiveness; alertness; thought [more]; advertence, advertency; observance, observation; consideration, reflection, perpension; heed; heedfulness; particularity; notice, regard; circumspection, (care) [more]; study, scrutiny inspection, introspection; revision, revisal., active application, diligent application, exclusive application, minute application, close application, intense application, deep application, profound application, abstract application, labored application, deliberate application, active attention, diligent attention, exclusive attention, minute attention, close attention, intense attention, deep attention, profound attention, abstract attention, labored attention, deliberate attention, active thought, diligent thought, exclusive thought, minute thought, close thought, intense thought, deep thought, profound thought, abstract thought, labored thought, deliberate thought, active study, diligent study, exclusive study, minute study, close study, intense study, deep study, profound study, abstract study, labored study, deliberate study., minuteness, attention to detail., absorption of mind (abstraction)., indication, calling attention to.
-verbs
be attentive; attend, advert to, observe, look, see, view, remark, notice, regard, take notice, mark; give attention to, pay attention to, pay heed to, give heed to; incline an ear to, lend an ear to; trouble one's head about; give a thought to, animadvert to; occupy oneself with; contemplate (think of); look at, look to, look after, look into, look over; see to; turn the mind to, bend the mind to, apply the mind to, direct the mind to, give the mind to, turn the eye to, bend the eye to, apply the eye to, direct the eye to, give the eye to, turn the attention to, bend the attention to, apply the attention to, direct the attention to, give the attention to; have an eye to, have in one's eye; bear in mind; take into account, take into consideration; keep in sight, keep in view; have regard to, heed, mind, take cognizance of entertain, recognize; make note of, take note of; note., examine cursorily; glance at, glance upon, glance over; cast the eyes over, pass the eyes over; run over, turn over the leaves, dip into, perstringe; skim (neglect); take a cursory view of., examine, examine closely, examine intently; scan, scrutinize, consider; give one's mind to, bend one's mind to; overhaul, revise, pore over; inspect, review, pass under review; take stock of; fix the eye on, rivet attention on, fix attention on, devote the eye to, fix the mind on, devote the thoughts to; hear out, think out; mind one's business., revert to; watch (expect), (take care of) [more]; hearken to, listen to; prick up the ears; have the eyes open, keep the eyes open; come to the point., meet with attention; fall under one's notice, fall under one's observation; be under consideration (topic)., catch the eye, strike the eye; attract notice; catch the attention, awaken the attention, wake the attention, invite the attention, solicit the attention, attract the attention, claim the attention excite the attention, engage the attention, occupy the attention, strike the attention, arrest the attention, fix the attention, engross the attention, absorb the attention, rivet the attention, catch the mind, awaken the mind, wake the mind, invite the mind, solicit the mind, attract the mind, claim the mind, excite the mind, engage the mind, occupy the mind, strike the mind, arrest the mind, fix the mind, engross the mind, absorb the mind, rivet the mind, catch the thoughts, awaken the thoughts, wake the thoughts, invite the thoughts, solicit the thoughts, attract the thoughts, claim the thoughts, excite the thoughts, engage the thoughts, occupy the thoughts, strike the thoughts, arrest the thoughts, fix the thoughts, engross the thoughts, absorb the thoughts, rivet the thoughts; be present to the mind, be uppermost in the mind., bring under one's notice; point out, point to, point at, point the finger at; lay the finger on, indigitate, indicate; direct attention to, call attention to; show; put a mark (sign) upon; call soldiers to "attention"; bring forward (make manifest).
-adjectives
attentive, mindful, observant, regardful; alive to, awake to; observing; alert, open-eyed; intent on, taken up with, occupied with, engaged in; engrossed in, wrapped in, absorbed, rapt; breathless; preoccupied (inattentive); watchful (careful);. breathless, undistracted, upon the stretch; on the watch (expectant)., steadfast.
-phrases
this is to give notice, these are to give notice; dictum sapienti sat est; finem respice.
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| Antonyms: | inattention |
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| Concept: | Knowledge. |
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-nouns
knowledge; cognizance, cognition, cognoscence; acquaintance, experience, ken, privity, insight, familiarity; comprehension, apprehension; recognition; appreciation (judgment); intuition; conscience, consciousness; perception, precognition; acroamatics., light, enlightenment; glimpse, inkling; glimmer, glimmering; dawn; scent, suspicion; impression (idea); discovery., system of knowledge, body of knowledge; science, philosophy, pansophy; acroama; theory, aetiology; circle of the sciences; pandect, doctrine, body of doctrine; cyclopedia, encyclopedia (encyclopaedia); school (system of opinions)., tree of knowledge; republic of letters (language)., erudition, learning, lore, scholarship, reading, letters; literature; book madness; book learning, bookishness; bibliomania, bibliolatry; information, general information; store of knowledge; education (teaching); culture, menticulture, attainments; acquirements, acquisitions; accomplishments; proficiency; practical knowledge (skill); liberal education; dilettantism; rudiments (beginning)., deep knowledge, profound knowledge, solid knowledge, accurate knowledge, acroatic knowledge, acroamatic knowledge, vast knowledge, extensive knowledge, encyclopedic knowledge, encyclopedic learning; omniscience, pantology., march of intellect; progress of science, advance of science, advance of learning; schoolmaster abroad.
-verbs
know, ken, scan, wot; wot aware, be aware of; ween, weet, trow, have, possess., conceive; apprehend, comprehend; take, realize, understand, savvy [U.S.], appreciate; fathom, make out; recognize, discern, perceive, see, get a sight-of, experience., know full well; have some knowledge of, possess some knowledge of; be au courant; have in one's head, have at one's fingertips; know by heart, know by rote; be master of; connaître le dessous des cartes, know what's what [more]., see one's way; discover., come to one's knowledge (information) [more].
-adjectives
knowing; cognitive; acromatic., aware of, cognizant of, conscious of; acquainted with, made acquainted with; privy to, no stranger to; au fait, au courant; in the secret; up to, alive to; behind the scenes, behind the curtain; let into; apprized of, informed of; undeceived., proficient with, versed with, read with, forward with, strong with, at home in; conversant with, familiar with.
-adverbs
to one's knowledge, to the best of one's knowledge.
-phrases
one's eyes being opened (disclosure) [more]; ompredre tout c'est tout pardonner [French: to know all is to pardon all]; empta dolore docet experientia;; "half our knowledge we must snatch not take" [Pope]; Jahre lehren mehr als Bucher [German: years teach more than books]; "knowledge comes but wisdom lingers" [Tennyson]; "knowledge is power" [Bacon]; les affaires font les hommes; nec scire fas est omnia [Horace]; "the amassed thought and experience of innumerable minds"
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| Antonyms: | ignorance |
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| Concept: | Life. |
| Category: | 1. Vitality; vitality in general |
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-nouns
life, vitality, viability; animation; vital spark, vital flame, soul, spirit., respiration, wind; breath of life, breath of one's nostrils; lifeblood; Archeus; existence., vivification; oxygen; vital air, vital force; vitalization; revivification; Prometheus; life to come (destiny)., [Science of life] physiology, biology; animal ecology., nourishment, staff of life (food) [more].
-verbs
be alive; live, breathe, respire; subsist (exist); walk the earth; "strut and fret one's hour upon the stage" [Macbeth]; be spared., see the light, be born, come into the world, fetch breath, draw breath, fetch the breath of life, draw the breath of life; quicken; revive; come to life., give birth to (produce); bring to life, put into life, vitalize; vivify, vivificate; reanimate (restore); keep alive, keep body and soul together, keep the wolf from the door; support life., have nine lives like a cat.
-adjectives
living, alive; in life, in the flesh, in the land of the living; on this side of the grave, above ground, breathing, quick, animated; animative; lively (active); all alive and kicking; tenacious of life., vital, vitalic; vivifying, vivified; viable, zoetic; Promethean.
-adverbs
vivendi causa.
-phrases
atqui vivere militare est [Seneca]; non est vivre sed valere vita [Martial].
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| Antonyms: | death |
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| Concept: | Memory. |
| Category: | 1. To the Past |
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memory, remembrance; retention, retentiveness; tenacity; veteris vestigia flammae; tablets of the memory; readiness., reminiscence, recognition, recollection, rememoration; recurrence, retrospect, retrospection., afterthought., suggestion (information); prompting; hint, reminder; remembrancer, flapper; memorial (record); commemoration (celebration)., memorandum; things to be remembered, token of remembrance, memento, souvenir, keepsake, relic, memorabilia., art of memory, artificial memory; memoria technica; mnemonics, mnemotechnics; phrenotypics; Mnemosyne., prompt-book., retentive memory, tenacious memory, green memory, trustworthy memory, capacious memory, faithful memory, correct memory, exact memory, ready memory, prompt memory, photographic memory., celebrity, fame, renown, reputation (repute).
-verbs
remember, mind; retain the memory of, retain the remembrance of; keep in view., recognize, recollect, bethink oneself, recall, call up, retrace; look back, trace back, trace backwards; think back, look back upon; review; call upon, recall upon, bring to mind, bring to remembrance; carry one's thoughts back; rake up the past., have in the thoughts, hold in the thoughts, bear in the thoughts, carry in the thoughts, keep in the thoughts, retain in the thoughts, have in the memory, hold in the memory, bear in the memory, carry in the memory, keep in the memory, retain in the memory, have in the mind, hold in the mind, bear in the mind, carry in the mind, keep in the mind, retain in the mind, hold in remembrance; be in one's thoughts, live in one's thoughts, remain in one's thoughts, dwell in one's thoughts, haunt one's thoughts, impress one's thoughts, be in one's mind, live in one's mind, remain in one's mind, dwell in one's mind, haunt one's mind, impress one's mind, dwell in one's memory., sink in the mind; run in the head; not be able to get out of one's head; be deeply impressed with; rankle (revenge)., recur to the mind; flash on the mind, flash across the memory., remind; suggest (inform ); prompt; put in mind, keep in mind; fan the embers; call up, summon up, rip up; renew; infandum renovare dolorem; jog the memory, flap the memory, refresh the memory, rub up the memory, awaken the memory; pull by the sleeve; bring back to the memory, put in remembrance, memorialize., task the memory, tax the memory., get at one's fingers' ends, have at one's fingers, learn at one's fingers, know one's lesson, say one's lesson, repeat by heart, repeat by rote; say one's lesson; repeat, repeat as a parrot; have at one's fingers' ends., commit to memory, memorize; conover, con; fix in the memory, rivet in the memory, imprint in the memory, impress in the memory, stamp in the memory, grave in the memory, engrave in the memory, store in the memory, treasure up in the memory, bottle up in the memory, embalm in the memory, enshrine in the memory; load the memory with, store the memory with, stuff the memory with, burden the memory with., redeem from oblivion; keep the memory alive, keep the wound green; tangere ulcus; keep up the memory of; commemorate (celebrate)., make a note of (record).
-adjectives
remembering, remembered; mindful, reminiscential; retained in the memory; pent up in one's memory; fresh; green, green in remembrance; unforgotten, present to the mind; within one's memory; indelible; uppermost in one's thoughts; memorable (important).
-adverbs
by heart, by rote; without book, memoriter., in memory of; in memoriam; memoria in aeterna; suggestive.
-phrases
manet alta mente repostum [Vergil]; forsan et haec olim meminisse juvabit [Vergil]; absens haeres non erit; beatae memoriae; "briefly thyself remember" [Lear]; mendacem memorem esse oportet [Quintilian]; "memory the warder of the brain" [Macbeth]; parsque est meminisse doloris [Ovid]; "to live in hearts we leave behind is not to die" [Campbell]; vox audita peril littera scripta
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| Antonyms: | oblivion |
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