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knowledge

[ nol-ij ]

noun

  1. acquaintance with facts, truths, or principles, as from study or investigation; general erudition:

    knowledge of many things.

  2. familiarity or conversance, as with a particular subject or branch of learning:

    A knowledge of accounting was necessary for the job.

  3. acquaintance or familiarity gained by sight, experience, or report:

    a knowledge of human nature.

  4. the fact or state of knowing; the perception of fact or truth; clear and certain mental apprehension.

    Synonyms: , , , ,

  5. awareness, as of a fact or circumstance:

    He had knowledge of her good fortune.

  6. something that is or may be known; information:

    He sought knowledge of her activities.

  7. the body of truths or facts accumulated in the course of time.
  8. the sum of what is known:

    Knowledge of the true situation is limited.

  9. Archaic. sexual intercourse. Compare carnal knowledge.


adjective

  1. creating, involving, using, or disseminating special knowledge or information:

    A computer expert can always find a good job in the knowledge industry.

knowledge

/ 藞苍蓲濒瑟诲萧 /

noun

  1. the facts, feelings or experiences known by a person or group of people
  2. the state of knowing
  3. awareness, consciousness, or familiarity gained by experience or learning
  4. erudition or informed learning
  5. specific information about a subject
  6. sexual intercourse (obsolete except in the legal phrase carnal knowledge )
  7. come to one's knowledge
    to become known to one
  8. to my knowledge
    1. as I understand it
    2. as I know
  9. grow out of one's knowledge
    to behave in a presumptuous or conceited manner
鈥淐ollins English Dictionary 鈥 Complete & Unabridged鈥 2012 Digital Edition 漏 William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 漏 HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Other 亚洲网紅露点 Forms

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  • 辫谤别路办苍辞飞濒顎侥诲驳别 noun
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亚洲网紅露点 History and Origins

Origin of knowledge1

First recorded in 1250鈥1300; Middle English knouleche, equivalent to know(en) 鈥渢o know鈥 + -leche, perhaps akin to Old English -濒腻肠 suffix denoting action or practice, cognate with Old Norse (-)leikr; know 1; wedlock
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Idioms and Phrases

Idioms
  1. 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) .
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Example Sentences

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Drugs and alcohol were not suspected to be a factor in the crash, a source with knowledge of the crash investigation not authorized to discuss it publicly told The Times.

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A spokesperson for Sir Tony Blair did not address the BBC's questions around his knowledge of the IPR issues but said he "took very seriously the issues raised about the Horizon contract" at the time.

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Witkoff is a billionaire real estate investor with no particular knowledge of the Middle East.

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She has a keen sensitivity toward McPherson鈥檚 religious beliefs and wide knowledge of the times in which she lived.

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"To me, there is a mind-blowing gap between the knowledge and worries of scientists and the opinions and aims of decision makers, i.e. an incongruent relationship between knowledge and political realities," Andersen-Ranberg told Salon.

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Definitions and idiom definitions from 亚洲网紅露点 Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, 漏 Random House, Inc. 2023

Idioms from The American Heritage庐 Idioms Dictionary copyright 漏 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.

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