What one has learned - any simpler way of saying it?

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Peacenik - 30 Jan 2007 09:04 GMT

I'm a native speaker of English, but I'm having trouble thinking of a single
word that means "what one has learned". In Chinese there's the word "xinde",
and Sacha Cohen coins the potentially handy (but as-yet improper) word
"learnings" in the title of his film ("Borat: Cultural Learnings of
America....") which carries the same meaning.

Is there a concise word in English equivalent to "learnings"? I find the
following phrasing clumsy:

"After graduation, I will apply what I will have learned into my work."
(ugh!)

"After graduation, I will apply my XXX into my work." What would XXX be?

newly gained expertise?
new knowledge and skills?

Anything more concise (e.g. a single word)?

Thanks!

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Mike Lyle - 30 Jan 2007 15:12 GMT

> I'm a native speaker of English, but I'm having trouble thinking of a
> single word that means "what one has learned". In Chinese there's the
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> Anything more concise (e.g. a single word)?

You don't like uncountable "learning"?

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Barbara Bailey - 30 Jan 2007 15:41 GMT

>> I'm a native speaker of English, but I'm having trouble thinking of a
>> single word that means "what one has learned". In Chinese there's the
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>You don't like uncountable "learning"?

Hmmm. If you are going to apply specifically what you have learned in
school, you could use, "I will apply my education..." If you want to
include all the things that you've learned both in school and through
experience, you could use,"I will apply my knowledge..."

Taking into account your opening sentence "A single word that means
"what one has learned," I'd say "knowledge" is probably closest, as it
doesn't limit where or how it was learned, and I doubt that what you
will apply will be limited to only what you learned in school.

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What one has learned - any simpler way of saying it?