grok

Meanings

• verb

  To understand intuitively or at an emotional level, often used in reference to the science fiction novel 'Stranger in a Strange Land' by Robert A. Heinlein.

  - "After traveling to Mars, John finally grokked the Martian culture."
  - "It took me a while to grok the concept of time dilation in Einstein's theory of relativity."

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Pronunciation

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Rhymes

Words rhyming with grok
rock , dock , clock

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Variants

List of all variants of grok that leads to same result
grok , grokked , grokking , groks

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Etymology

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Originated from the novel 'Stranger in a Strange Land' by Robert A. Heinlein, published in 1961.

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Trivia

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1. The term 'grok' is often used in science fiction and cyberpunk literature.

2. The word 'grok' is also used in the context of computer networking to refer to a method of parsing and interpreting log files.

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Related Concepts

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1. empathy: The ability to understand and share the feelings of another.

2. intuition: The ability to understand something instinctively, without the need for conscious reasoning.

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Culture

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The term 'grok' gained widespread popularity through Robert A. Heinlein's science fiction novel 'Stranger in a Strange Land', where it is used to describe the ability to empathize and understand others on a deep emotional level.

How to Memorize "grok"

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   - Imagine the word 'grok' as a deep ocean, and you are diving into it to explore its depths and understand its meaning.

2. associate
   

   - Associate the word 'grok' with the idea of deep understanding and empathy.

3. mnemonics
   

   - Create a mnemonic using the first letter of each word in 'Grasp, Really, Own, Know, Embrace': GROK.

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