"tool subject" meaning in English

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      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
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      "expansion": "tool subject (plural tool subjects)",
      "name": "en-noun"
    }
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  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
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        {
          "word": "content subject"
        }
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      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "1923, Los Angeles School Journal, page 10",
          "text": "If supervision of the special subjects increases teaching efficiency by solving the problems of pupil guidance, it is probable that similar help should be given to thtose tool subjects such as reading and language which require a highly specialized technique for mastery.",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "ref": "1972, William Roy Niblett, Robert Freeman Butts, editors, Universities Facing the Future, Jossey-Bass, page 244",
          "text": "Another typical requirement is that of various tool subjects, such as mathematics and foreign languages.",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "ref": "1974, Richard J. Mueller, Principles of Classroom Learning and Perception: An Introduction to Educational Psychology, Praeger Publishers, page 153",
          "text": "These youth often lack the cultural background important for success in the tool subjects such as reading and mathematics.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "A subject studied to gain a skill used in other subjects."
      ],
      "id": "en-tool_subject-en-noun-~n8dN1py",
      "links": [
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          "subject",
          "subject"
        ],
        [
          "studied",
          "study"
        ],
        [
          "skill",
          "skill"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "tool subject"
}

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    {
      "word": "content subject"
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    {
      "form": "tool subjects",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
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      "name": "en-noun"
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  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
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        "English nouns",
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      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "1923, Los Angeles School Journal, page 10",
          "text": "If supervision of the special subjects increases teaching efficiency by solving the problems of pupil guidance, it is probable that similar help should be given to thtose tool subjects such as reading and language which require a highly specialized technique for mastery.",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "ref": "1972, William Roy Niblett, Robert Freeman Butts, editors, Universities Facing the Future, Jossey-Bass, page 244",
          "text": "Another typical requirement is that of various tool subjects, such as mathematics and foreign languages.",
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        },
        {
          "ref": "1974, Richard J. Mueller, Principles of Classroom Learning and Perception: An Introduction to Educational Psychology, Praeger Publishers, page 153",
          "text": "These youth often lack the cultural background important for success in the tool subjects such as reading and mathematics.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
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        "A subject studied to gain a skill used in other subjects."
      ],
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          "studied",
          "study"
        ],
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          "skill"
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  "word": "tool subject"
}