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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:

1. mental abilityplay

  Familiarity information: LEARNING ABILITY used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


LEARNING ABILITY (noun)


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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