chunking

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A noun referring to the cognitive process of organizing smaller pieces of information into larger, more meaningful units, often used in psychology and learning theory.

• 🇵🇹Substantivo que designa o processo cognitivo de organizar pequenos fragmentos de informação em unidades maiores e significativas, muito usado em psicologia e teoria da aprendizagem.

1. Cognitive grouping C1 formal

   The process of organizing or grouping smaller pieces of information into larger, more manageable units to improve memory or understanding.

   • Chunking helps students remember long sequences of numbers.
   • The psychologist explained how chunking improves short-term memory.
   • By using chunking, she could recall the entire list effortlessly.

   🇵🇹Agrupamento

   Sinônimos: categorizationclusteringgroupingorganization

• chunkings plural form
• chunkings' possessive plural form
• chunking's possessive singular form

A verb used to indicate the act of breaking something into smaller pieces or groups, or to throw something with force.

• 🇵🇹Verbo usado para indicar a ação de dividir algo em partes ou grupos menores, ou de arremessar algo com força.

1. To break into pieces B2 informal

   To divide something into large, irregular pieces or chunks.

   • She chunked the chocolate into the cookie dough.
   • He chunked the wood for the fireplace.
   • The machine chunked the ice into small cubes.

   🇵🇹Cortar em pedaços

   Sinônimos: break upchopcut upfragmenthacksplit

2. To throw or toss B2 informal american

   To throw something in a casual or careless manner.

   • He chunked the ball across the field.
   • She chunked her bag onto the couch.
   • They chunked the trash into the bin.

   🇵🇹Jogar

   Sinônimos: chuckflinghurllobslingtoss

• chunked past participle
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• chunking present participle
• chunks third person singular