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LEARNING ABILITY
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Dictionary entry overview: What does learning ability mean?
• LEARNING ABILITY (noun)
The noun LEARNING ABILITY has 1 sense:
Familiarity information: LEARNING ABILITY used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Mental ability
Classified under:
Nouns denoting cognitive processes and contents
Synonyms:
brain; brainpower; learning ability; mental capacity; mentality; wit
Context example:
he's got plenty of brains but no common sense
Hypernyms ("learning ability" is a kind of...):
intelligence (the ability to comprehend; to understand and profit from experience)
Context examples
Specifically, researchers at Temple University in Philadelphia say extra-virgin olive oil protects memory and learning ability and reduces the formation of amyloid-beta plaques and neurofibrillary tangles in the brain – classic markers of Alzheimer's disease.
(Study: Olive Oil Protects Brain From Alzheimer’s, VOA News)
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