knowledge
Pronunciation: /ˈnɒl.ɪdʒ/
The English word “knowledge” has 13 meanings listed here.
noun
- The fact of knowing about something; general understanding or familiarity with a subject, place, situation etc.
- Awareness of a particular fact or situation; a state of having been informed or made aware of something.
- Intellectual understanding; the state of appreciating truth or information.
- Familiarity or understanding of a particular skill, branch of learning etc.
- Justified true belief
- Sexual intimacy or intercourse (now usually in phrase carnal knowledge).
- Information or intelligence about something; notice.
- The total of what is known; all information and products of learning.
- Something that can be known; a branch of learning; a piece of information; a science.
- Acknowledgement.
- Notice, awareness.
- The deep familiarity with certain routes and places of interest required by taxicab drivers working in London, England.
verb
- To confess as true; to acknowledge.
Etymology
From Middle English knowleche, knaweleche, cnawlece (“knowledge”), from knowen (“to know, recognise”) + -leche. Related to Middle English knowlechen (“to find out, acknowledge”). For more on the Middle English suffix -leche, compare freelage. Compare also Old English cnāwelǣċ, cnāwelǣċing (“acknowledging, acknowledgement”).
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