Education & Reference

Education in its broadest, general sense is the means through which the aims and habits of a group of people lives on from one generation to the next. Reference is a relation between objects in which one object designates, or acts as a means by which to connect to or link to, another object. The first object in this relation is said to refer to the second object. The second object – the one to which the first object refers – is called the referent of the first object.

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What is the origin of the phrase - beat around the bush?
Someone who hem-haws around a topic or speaks indirectly about a topic before getting to the point...
Education & Reference > Idioms & Phrases
London > United Kingdom
 

What is hint fiction?
An extremely short literary work, no more than 25 words...
Education & Reference > Terms & Definitions
London > United Kingdom
 

What is scarlet day?
Scarlet day is the term used in the University of Cambridge to designate those days on which doctors are required to wear the festal form of academic dress...
Education & Reference > Award
Cambridge > United Kingdom
 

Why is Winston Churchill’s speech known as the ‘Iron Curtain speech’?
Churchill drew attention to the fundamental split in Europe between the Eastern Bloc and the West...
Education & Reference > Government
London > United Kingdom
 

What is a NEET?
NEET - Not in Employment, Education or Training
Education & Reference > Career & Jobs
London > United Kingdom
 

What is the origin of the word 'flat'?
Flat is used to mean an apartment or a house
Education & Reference > Terms & Definitions
London > United Kingdom
 

What is the origin of the term chutzpah?
The word chutzpah entered the English language in the late 19th century...
Education & Reference > Language
London > United Kingdom