cognition knowledge noesis | the psychological result of perception and learning and reasoning |
place kick place-kicking | (sports) a kick in which the ball is placed on the ground before kicking |
place bet | a bet that a horse will finish a race no worse than second |
position post berth office spot billet place situation | a job in an organization, he occupied a post in the treasury |
stead position place lieu | the post or function properly or customarily occupied or served by another, can you go in my stead?, took his place, in lieu of |
b sexual intercourse intercourse sex act copulation coitus coition sexual congress congress sexual relation relation carnal knowledge | the act of sexual procreation between a man and a woman, the man's penis is inserted into the woman's vagina and excited until orgasm and ejaculation occur |
unlawful carnal knowledge criminal congress | forbidden or tabu sexual intercourse between individuals |
topolatry place-worship | the worship of places |
market marketplace market place | the world of commercial activity where goods and services are bought and sold, without competition there would be no market, they were driven from the marketplace |
farmplace farm-place farmstead | a farm together with its buildings |
forum assembly meeting place | a public facility to meet for open discussion |
landing landing place | structure providing a place where boats can land people or goods |
marketplace market place mart market | an area in a town where a public mercantile establishment is set up |
place mat | a mat serving as table linen for an individual place setting |
place of business business establishment | an establishment (a factory or an assembly plant or retail store or warehouse etc.) where business is conducted, goods are made or stored or processed or where services are rendered |
place of worship house of prayer house of God house of worship | any building where congregations gather for prayer |
place setting setting | a table service for one person, a place setting of sterling flatware |
restaurant eating house eating place eatery | a building where people go to eat |
place | an abstract mental location, he has a special place in my thoughts, a place in my heart, a political system with no place for the less prominent groups |
public knowledge general knowledge | knowledge that is available to anyone |
common knowledge | anything generally known to everyone |
imaginary place mythical place fictitious place | a place that exists only in imagination, a place said to exist in fictional or religious writings |
desire to know lust for learning thirst for knowledge | curiosity that motivates investigation and study |
self-knowledge | an understanding of yourself and your goals and abilities |
background background knowledge | information that is essential to understanding a situation or problem, the embassy filled him in on the background of the incident |
lore traditional knowledge | knowledge gained through tradition or anecdote, early peoples passed on plant and animal lore through legend |
knowledge domain knowledge base domain | the content of a particular field of knowledge |
scientific knowledge | knowledge accumulated by systematic study and organized by general principles, mathematics is the basis for much scientific knowledge |
place name toponym | the name by which a geographical place is known |
space blank space place | a blank area, write your name in the space provided |
place | the passage that is being read, he lost his place on the page |
book of knowledge | an elementary encyclopedia dealing with general knowledge |
place position | an item on a list or in a sequence, in the second place, moved from third to fifth position |
second-place finish runner-up finish | a finish in second place (as in a race) |
third-place finish | a finish in third place (as in a race) |
first-place finish | a finish in first place (as in a race) |
Royal Society Royal Society of London for Improving Natural Knowledge | an honorary English society (formalized inand given a royal charter by Charles II in ) through which the British government has supported science |
jumping-off place point of departure | a place from which an enterprise or expedition is launched, one day when I was at a suitable jumping-off place I decided to see if I could find him, my point of departure was San Francisco |
birthplace place of birth | the place where someone was born |
birthplace cradle place of origin provenance provenience | where something originated or was nurtured in its early existence, the birthplace of civilization |
place property | any area set aside for a particular purpose, who owns this place?, the president was concerned about the property across from the White House |
polling place polling station | a place where voters go to cast their votes in an election |
home place | where you live at a particular time, deliver the package to my home, he doesn't have a home to go to, your place or mine? |
gathering place | a favorite haunt where people gather |
lurking place | a place suitable for lurking |
hiding place | a place suitable for hiding something (such as yourself) |
holy place sanctum holy | a sacred place of pilgrimage |
nesting place | a place suitable for nesting |
plaza place piazza | a public square with room for pedestrians, they met at Elm Plaza, Grosvenor Place |
pride of place | the first or highest or most important or most ostentatious place |