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knowledge
[ nol-ij ]
noun
- acquaintance with facts, truths, or principles, as from study or investigation; general erudition:
knowledge of many things.
- familiarity or conversance, as with a particular subject or branch of learning:
A knowledge of accounting was necessary for the job.
- acquaintance or familiarity gained by sight, experience, or report:
a knowledge of human nature.
- the fact or state of knowing; the perception of fact or truth; clear and certain mental apprehension.
Synonyms: scholarship, erudition, comprehension, discernment, understanding
- awareness, as of a fact or circumstance:
He had knowledge of her good fortune.
- something that is or may be known; information:
He sought knowledge of her activities.
- the body of truths or facts accumulated in the course of time.
- the sum of what is known:
Knowledge of the true situation is limited.
- Archaic. sexual intercourse. Compare carnal knowledge.
adjective
- creating, involving, using, or disseminating special knowledge or information:
A computer expert can always find a good job in the knowledge industry.
knowledge
/ ˈnɒlɪdʒ /
noun
- the facts, feelings or experiences known by a person or group of people
- the state of knowing
- awareness, consciousness, or familiarity gained by experience or learning
- erudition or informed learning
- specific information about a subject
- sexual intercourse (obsolete except in the legal phrase carnal knowledge )
- come to one's knowledgeto become known to one
- to my knowledge
- as I understand it
- as I know
- grow out of one's knowledgeto behave in a presumptuous or conceited manner
Other Words From
- knowledge·less adjective
- pre·knowledge noun
- super·knowledge noun
Word History and Origins
Origin of knowledge1
Idioms and Phrases
- to one's knowledge, according to the information available to one:
To my knowledge he hasn't been here before.
More idioms and phrases containing knowledge
see little knowledge is a dangerous thing ; to the best of (one's knowledge) .Synonym Study
Example Sentences
The Great Society is a place where every child can find knowledge to enrich his mind and to enlarge his talents.
My trip takes the reverse path, and I begin by assessing the depth of my Shakespeare knowledge in his birthplace.
Be reliable supports of the Songun revolution possessed of a lofty spirit and rich knowledge!
“To my knowledge, there was no formal consultation done with the tribes on this policy,” says Eid.
In his 2010 evaluation, Wright was praised for “excellent knowledge of RRC rules, regulations and policies.”
His also was the intellectual point of view, and the intellectual interest in knowledge and its deductions.
But it seems to me that with adolescence comes the right to knowledge and the right of judgment.
Without the former quality, knowledge of the past is uninstructive; without the latter, it is deceptive.
To be so humbled in the knowledge of any living being, was the vultures of Prometheus to the proud heart of Ripperda.
All that has been given concerning the knowledge of angels relates to what they know through their own natures as created.
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Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023
Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
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