Knowledge is information and understanding about a subject which a person has, or which all people have.
She told Parliament she had no knowledge of the affair. [+ of]
...the quest for scientific knowledge.
Synonyms: understanding, sense, intelligence, judgment More Synonyms of knowledge
2.
See to the best of your knowledge
3.
See safe in the knowledge
More Synonyms of knowledge
knowledge in British English
(ˈnɒlɪdʒ)
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
8. to my knowledge
9. grow out of one's knowledge
knowledge in American English
(ˈnɑlɪdʒ)
noun
1.
the act, fact, or state of knowing
; specif.,
a.
acquaintance or familiarity (with a fact, place, etc.)
b.
awareness
c.
understanding
2.
acquaintance with facts; range of information, awareness, or understanding
3.
all that has been perceived or grasped by the mind; learning; enlightenment
4.
the body of facts, principles, etc. acquired through human experience and thought
5. Archaic
carnal knowledge
see also carnal
SIMILAR WORDS: ˌinforˈmation
Idioms:
to (the best of) one's knowledge
Word origin
ME knoweleche, acknowledgment, confession < Late OE cnawlæc < cnawan (see know) + -læc < lācan, to play, give, move about
COBUILD Collocations
knowledge
apply knowledge
background knowledge
basic knowledge
deep knowledge
extensive knowledge
full knowledge
gain knowledge
historical knowledge
impart knowledge
inside knowledge
insider knowledge
lack knowledge
limited knowledge
local knowledge
medical knowledge
possess knowledge
practical knowledge
prior knowledge
product knowledge
require knowledge
share knowledge
specialist knowledge
specialized knowledge
technical knowledge
useful knowledge
vast knowledge
Examples of 'knowledge' in a sentence
knowledge
You need to have specialist knowledge about how scars behave.
Times, Sunday Times (2016)
That is often the way people misunderstand divine knowledge.
Times, Sunday Times (2016)
They also could use the knowledge they have about firms and their competitors.
Times, Sunday Times (2017)
Producers are looking for people with engineering knowledge.
The Sun (2017)
There he trained native doctors and gained vital knowledge about military medicine.
Times, Sunday Times (2016)
It’s about having people with the knowledge and experience to advise.
Computing (2010)
His character and his knowledge about football is very good.
The Sun (2016)
At the end, it comes down to knowledge of life and death.
Times, Sunday Times (2016)
There were large gaps in people 's historical knowledge.
Times, Sunday Times (2016)
We made a distinction there between scientific knowledge and technical knowledge about language.
Salkie, Raphael The Chomsky Update - Linguistics and Politics (1990)
We need to give people the knowledge to make better choices.
The Sun (2011)
There is now a great deal of research that shows that specific knowledge makes a huge difference.
Bee, Helen The Developing Child (7th edn.) (1995)
What can such a person do that cannot be done by a person lacking that knowledge base?
Pressley, Michael & McCormick, Christine Advanced Educational Psychology For Educators, Researchers and Policymakers, (1995)
The improved flows of information and knowledge make it easier to establish and control overseas operations.
Tom Cannon Basic Marketing. Principles and Practice (1986)
Should it now tweak that to explain that some knowledge comes at a cost?
Times, Sunday Times (2007)
They will be questioned on specialist subjects and general knowledge.
The Sun (2014)
Knowledge about the prospects of promotion and what it will be based on might also be lacking.
Atkinson, Jacqueline M Coping with Stress at Work (1988)
Science teachers are best at correcting misinformation as they have knowledge of scientific explanations.
Times, Sunday Times (2008)
We asked three older people what financial knowledge they would impart to younger generations.
Times, Sunday Times (2014)
The emphasis here is on specific knowledge.
Peter F. Drucker MANAGING FOR RESULTS (1986)
The person of knowledge has always been expected to take responsibility for being understood.
Peter F. Drucker THE ESSENTIAL DRUCKER (2001)
Knowledge or information about a good can affect demand.
Miller, Roger LeRoy & Fishe, Raymond P. H. Microeconomics: Price Theory in Practice (1995)
One of the difficulties in dealing with it lay in a lack of real knowledge about its extent and depth.
Hebblethwaite, Peter Paul VI - The First Modern Pope (1993)
The affair became public knowledge.
Times, Sunday Times (2008)
He has been inconsistent on the key issues over the space of a very short time, and his experience and knowledge of international affairs is modest.
Times, Sunday Times (2008)
Quotations
Knowledge is powerFrancis BaconMeditationes Sacrae
Knowledge is power. Unfortunate dupes of this saying will keep on reading, ambitiously, till they have stunned their native initiative, and made their thoughts weakClarence DayThis Simian World
Knowledge is power, if you know it about the right personEthel Watts Mumford
All I know is that I know nothingSocrates
That knowledge which stops at what it does not know, is the highest knowledgeChang TzuThe Music of Heaven and Earth
No man's knowledge here can go beyond his experienceJohn LockeEssay concerning Human Understanding
Nothing that is worth knowing can be taughtOscar WildeThe Critic as Artist
Knowledge is not knowledge until someone else knows that one knowsLuciliusfragment
He that increaseth knowledge increaseth sorrowBible: Ecclesiastes
Knowledge is of two kinds. We know a subject ourselves, or we know where we can find information upon itSamuel Johnson
Knowledge puffeth up, but charity edifiethBible: I Corinthians
It is the province of knowledge to speak and it is the privilege of wisdom to listenOliver Wendell HolmesThe Poet at the Breakfast-Table
If a little knowledge is dangerous, where is the man who has so much as to be out of danger?T.H. HuxleyCollected Essays
Owl hasn't exactly got Brain, but he Knows ThingsA.A. MilneWinnie-the-Pooh
Knowledge in the end is based on acknowledgementLudwig WittgensteinOn Certainty
There are known knowns - there are things we know that we know. There are known unknowns- that is to say, there are things that we now know we don't know. But there are also unknown unknowns - there are things we do not know we don't knowDonald Rumsfeld
A little knowledge is a dangerous thing
An old poacher makes the best gamekeeper
In other languages
knowledge
British English: knowledge /ˈnɒlɪdʒ/ NOUN
Knowledge is information and understanding about a subject, which someone has in their mind.
He says he had no knowledge of the payments.
American English: knowledge
Arabic: مَعْرِفَةٌ
Brazilian Portuguese: conhecimento
Chinese: 知识
Croatian: znanje
Czech: vědomosti
Danish: viden
Dutch: kennis wetenschap
European Spanish: conocimiento
Finnish: tieto
French: connaissances
German: Wissen
Greek: γνώση
Italian: conoscenza
Japanese: 知識
Korean: 지식
Norwegian: kunnskap
Polish: wiedza
European Portuguese: conhecimento
Romanian: cunoaștere
Russian: знание
Latin American Spanish: conocimiento
Swedish: kunskap
Thai: ความรู้
Turkish: bilgi
Ukrainian: знання
Vietnamese: sự hiểu biết
All related terms of 'knowledge'
knowledge gap
If there is something missing from a situation that prevents it being complete or satisfactory , you can say that there is a gap .
apply knowledge
Knowledge is information and understanding about a subject which a person has, or which all people have.
basic knowledge
Knowledge is information and understanding about a subject which a person has, or which all people have.
book knowledge
knowledge gained from books rather than from direct personal experience
deep knowledge
Knowledge is information and understanding about a subject which a person has, or which all people have.
full knowledge
Knowledge is information and understanding about a subject which a person has, or which all people have.
gain knowledge
Knowledge is information and understanding about a subject which a person has, or which all people have.
knowledge-based
characterized by the dominance of information services as an area of growth
lack knowledge
Knowledge is information and understanding about a subject which a person has, or which all people have.
local knowledge
Knowledge is information and understanding about a subject which a person has, or which all people have.
prior knowledge
Knowledge is information and understanding about a subject which a person has, or which all people have.
self-knowledge
Self-knowledge is knowledge that you have about your own character and nature .
share knowledge
Knowledge is information and understanding about a subject which a person has, or which all people have.
vast knowledge
Knowledge is information and understanding about a subject which a person has, or which all people have.
carnal knowledge
sexual intercourse
common knowledge
something widely or generally known
general knowledge
General knowledge is knowledge about many different things, as opposed to detailed knowledge about one particular subject.
impart knowledge
Knowledge is information and understanding about a subject which a person has, or which all people have.
inside knowledge
Knowledge is information and understanding about a subject which a person has, or which all people have.
insider knowledge
Knowledge is information and understanding about a subject which a person has, or which all people have.
knowledge economy
an economy in which information services are dominant as an area of growth
knowledge worker
a person employed to produce or analyse ideas and information
limited knowledge
Knowledge is information and understanding about a subject which a person has, or which all people have.
medical knowledge
Knowledge is information and understanding about a subject which a person has, or which all people have.
possess knowledge
Knowledge is information and understanding about a subject which a person has, or which all people have.
product knowledge
Knowledge is information and understanding about a subject which a person has, or which all people have.
reading knowledge
the ability to read a language, but not speak it
require knowledge
Knowledge is information and understanding about a subject which a person has, or which all people have.
useful knowledge
Knowledge is information and understanding about a subject which a person has, or which all people have.
background knowledge
Knowledge is information and understanding about a subject which a person has, or which all people have.
extensive knowledge
Knowledge is information and understanding about a subject which a person has, or which all people have.
historical knowledge
Knowledge is information and understanding about a subject which a person has, or which all people have.
knowledge engineering
an area of computer science that deals with the development of expert systems, integrating specialist human knowledge and expertise into expert computer systems in order to solve complex problems
practical knowledge
Knowledge is information and understanding about a subject which a person has, or which all people have.
specialist knowledge
Knowledge is information and understanding about a subject which a person has, or which all people have.
specialized knowledge
Knowledge is information and understanding about a subject which a person has, or which all people have.
technical knowledge
Knowledge is information and understanding about a subject which a person has, or which all people have.
to my knowledge
as I understand it
tree of knowledge
the tree whose fruit Adam and Eve tasted in disobedience of God: Gen . 2, 3
knowledge-based system
an expert system
relativity of knowledge
the theory that all knowledge is relative to the mind , or that things can be known only through their effects on the mind, and that consequently there can be no knowledge of reality as it is in itself
safe in the knowledge
If you do something safe in the knowledge that something else is the case , you do the first thing confidently because you are sure of the second thing.
come to one's knowledge
to become known to one
have carnal knowledge of
to have sexual intercourse with
grow out of one's knowledge
to behave in a presumptuous or conceited manner
intelligent knowledge-based system
a computer system in which the properties of a database and an expert system are combined to enable the system to store and process data and make deductions from stored data
to the best of your knowledge
If you say that something is true to your knowledge or to the best of your knowledge , you mean that you believe it to be true but it is possible that you do not know all the facts .
to (the best of) one's knowledge
as far as one knows ; within the range of one's information
tree of knowledge of good and evil
the tree in the Garden of Eden bearing the forbidden fruit that Adam and Eve ate, thus incurring loss of primal innocence ( Genesis 2:9; 3:2–7)
IKBS
intelligent knowledge-based system
Chinese translation of 'knowledge'
knowledge
(ˈnɔlɪdʒ)
n(u)
知识(識) (zhīshi)
to (the best of) my knowledge据(據)我所知 (jù wǒ suǒ zhī)
it is common knowledge that ... 众(眾)所周知 ... (zhòng suǒ zhōu zhī ... )
safe in the knowledge that ... 对(對) ... 心中有数(數) (duì ... xīn zhōng yǒushù)
All related terms of 'knowledge'
general knowledge
常识(識) chángshí ⇒ How's your general knowledge? → 你的常识怎么样？ Nǐ de chángshí zěnmeyàng?
it's public knowledge
众(眾)所周知 zhòng suǒ zhōu zhī
it's common knowledge that ...
大家都知道 ... dàjiā dōu zhīdào ...
it is common knowledge that ...
众(眾)所周知 ... zhòng suǒ zhōu zhī ...
safe in the knowledge that ...
对(對) ... 心中有数(數) duì ... xīn zhōng yǒushù
to the best of my knowledge
尽(盡)我所知 jìn wǒ suǒ zhī
to have a working knowledge of sth
具有足够(夠)运(運)用的某方面的知识(識) jùyǒu zúgòu yùnyòng de mǒu fāngmiàn de zhīshi
to have an intimate knowledge of sth
对(對)某事造诣(詣)很深 duì mǒushì zàoyì hěn shēn
to (the best of) my knowledge
据(據)我所知 jù wǒ suǒ zhī
1 (noun)
Definition
the state of knowing
the quest for scientific knowledge
Synonyms
understanding
They have to have a basic understanding of computers.
sense
He has an impeccable sense of timing.
intelligence
She's a woman of exceptional intelligence.
judgment
Publication of the information was a serious error in judgment.
perception
It did not require a great deal of perception to realise what he meant.
awareness
insight
He was a man of considerable insight and diplomatic skills.
grasp
They have a good grasp of foreign languages.
appreciation
They have a strong appreciation of the importance of economic incentives.
penetration
comprehension
The situation was utterly beyond her comprehension.
discernment
their lack of discernment and acceptance of inferior quality
2 (noun)
Definition
the facts or experiences known by a person or group of people
She didn't intend to display her knowledge, at least not yet.
Synonyms
learning
The library is the focal point of learning on the campus.
schooling
Normal schooling has been severely disrupted.
education
institutions for the care and education of children
science
intelligence
instruction
Each candidate is given instruction in safety.
wisdom
a woman respected for her wisdom and insight
scholarship
I want to take advantage of your lifetime of scholarship.
tuition
The courses will give the beginner personal tuition.
enlightenment
We set off for the East in search of spiritual enlightenment.
erudition
a writer who displays an impressive level of erudition
Opposites
ignorance
,
illiteracy
3 (noun)
Definition
the state of knowing
taken without my knowledge or consent
Synonyms
consciousness
His political consciousness sprang from his upbringing.
recognition
They welcomed his recognition of the recession.
awareness
apprehension
the sudden apprehension of something
cognition
processes of perception and cognition
discernment
Opposites
misunderstanding
,
unawareness
4 (noun)
Definition
the state of knowing
She disclaims any knowledge of her husband's business concerns.
Synonyms
acquaintance
He becomes involved in a real murder mystery through his acquaintance with a police officer.
information
They refused to give us any information about her.
notice
Nothing that went on in the hospital escaped her notice.
intimacy
a means of achieving intimacy with another person
familiarity
The enemy would always have the advantage of familiarity with the rugged terrain.
cognizance
Opposites
unfamiliarity
Quotations
Knowledge is power [Francis Bacon – Meditationes Sacrae]Knowledge is power. Unfortunate dupes of this saying will keep on reading, ambitiously, till they have stunned their native initiative, and made their thoughts weak [Clarence Day – This Simian World]Knowledge is power, if you know it about the right person [Ethel Watts Mumford]All I know is that I know nothing [Socrates]That knowledge which stops at what it does not know, is the highest knowledge [Chang Tzu – The Music of Heaven and Earth]No man's knowledge here can go beyond his experience [John Locke – Essay concerning Human Understanding]Nothing that is worth knowing can be taught [Oscar Wilde – The Critic as Artist]Knowledge is not knowledge until someone else knows that one knows [Lucilius – fragment]He that increaseth knowledge increaseth sorrow [Bible: Ecclesiastes]Knowledge is of two kinds. We know a subject ourselves, or we know where we can find information upon it [Samuel Johnson]Knowledge puffeth up, but charity edifieth [Bible: I Corinthians]It is the province of knowledge to speak and it is the privilege of wisdom to listen [Oliver Wendell Holmes – The Poet at the Breakfast-Table]If a little knowledge is dangerous, where is the man who has so much as to be out of danger? [T.H. Huxley – Collected Essays]Owl hasn't exactly got Brain, but he Knows Things [A.A. Milne – Winnie-the-Pooh]Knowledge in the end is based on acknowledgement [Ludwig Wittgenstein – On Certainty]There are known knowns - there are things we know that we know. There are known unknowns - that is to say, there are things that we now know we don't know. But there are also unknown unknowns - there are things we do not know we don't know [Donald Rumsfeld]
proverbs
A little knowledge is a dangerous thingAn old poacher makes the best gamekeeper
Additional synonyms
in the sense of appreciation
Definition
awareness and understanding of a problem or difficulty
They have a strong appreciation of the importance of economic incentives.
Synonyms
awareness,
understanding,
regard,
knowledge,
recognition,
perception,
sympathy,
consciousness,
sensitivity,
realization,
comprehension,
familiarity,
mindfulness,
cognizance
in the sense of apprehension
Definition
understanding
the sudden apprehension of something
Synonyms
awareness,
understanding,
knowledge,
intelligence,
ken,
perception,
grasp,
comprehension
in the sense of cognition
Definition
the results of such a process
processes of perception and cognition
Synonyms
perception,
reasoning,
understanding,
intelligence,
awareness,
insight,
comprehension,
apprehension,
discernment
Synonyms of 'knowledge'
knowledge
Explore 'knowledge' in the dictionary
Additional synonyms
in the sense of comprehension
Definition
understanding
The situation was utterly beyond her comprehension.
Synonyms
understanding,
grasp,
conception,
realization,
sense,
knowledge,
intelligence,
judgment,
perception,
discernment
in the sense of discernment
their lack of discernment and acceptance of inferior quality
Synonyms
judgment,
discrimination,
perception,
understanding,
intelligence,
awareness,
insight,
penetration,
ingenuity,
sharpness,
acumen,
cleverness,
keenness,
shrewdness,
perspicacity (formal),
sagacity,
astuteness,
acuteness,
perceptiveness,
clear-sightedness,
percipience
in the sense of education
Definition
the process of teaching, esp. at a school, college, or university
institutions for the care and education of children
Synonyms
teaching,
schooling,
training,
development,
coaching,
improvement,
discipline,
instruction,
drilling,
tutoring,
nurture,
tuition,
enlightenment,
erudition,
indoctrination,
edification,
e-learning or elearning
in the sense of enlightenment
Definition
the act of enlightening or the state of being enlightened
We set off for the East in search of spiritual enlightenment.
Synonyms
understanding,
information,
learning,
education,
teaching,
knowledge,
instruction,
awareness,
wisdom,
insight,
literacy,
sophistication,
comprehension,
cultivation,
refinement,
open-mindedness,
edification,
broad-mindedness
in the sense of erudition
a writer who displays an impressive level of erudition
Synonyms
learning,
education,
knowledge,
scholarship,
letters,
lore,
academic knowledge
in the sense of familiarity
The enemy would always have the advantage of familiarity with the rugged terrain.
Synonyms
acquaintance,
experience,
understanding,
knowledge,
awareness,
grasp,
acquaintanceship
in the sense of grasp
Definition
understanding or comprehension
They have a good grasp of foreign languages.
Synonyms
understanding,
knowledge,
grip,
perception,
awareness,
realization,
mastery,
ken,
comprehension
in the sense of information
Definition
knowledge acquired in any manner
They refused to give us any information about her.
Synonyms
facts,
details,
material,
news,
latest (informal),
report,
word,
message,
notice,
advice,
knowledge,
data,
intelligence,
instruction,
counsel,
the score (informal),
gen (British, informal),
dope (informal),
info (informal),
inside story,
blurb,
lowdown (informal),
tidings,
drum (Australian, informal),
heads up
in the sense of insight
Definition
a penetrating understanding, as of a complex situation or problem
He was a man of considerable insight and diplomatic skills.
Synonyms
perception,
understanding,
intelligence,
sense,
knowledge,
vision,
judgment,
awareness,
grasp,
appreciation,
intuition,
penetration,
comprehension,
acumen,
discernment,
perspicacity (formal)
in the sense of instruction
Definition
the process or act of teaching
Each candidate is given instruction in safety.
Synonyms
teaching,
schooling,
training,
classes,
grounding,
education,
coaching,
lesson(s),
discipline,
preparation,
drilling,
guidance,
tutoring,
tuition,
enlightenment,
apprenticeship,
tutorials,
tutelage (formal)
Additional synonyms
in the sense of intelligence
Definition
the ability to understand, learn, and think things out quickly
She's a woman of exceptional intelligence.
Synonyms
intellect,
understanding,
brains (informal),
mind,
reason,
sense,
knowledge,
capacity,
smarts (slang, US),
judgment,
wit,
perception,
awareness,
insight,
penetration,
comprehension,
brightness,
aptitude,
acumen,
nous (British, slang),
alertness,
cleverness,
quickness,
discernment,
grey matter (informal),
brain power
in the sense of intimacy
Definition
close or warm friendship
a means of achieving intimacy with another person
Synonyms
familiarity,
closeness,
understanding,
confidence,
confidentiality,
fraternization
in the sense of judgment
Definition
the ability to make critical distinctions and achieve a balanced viewpoint
Publication of the information was a serious error in judgment.
Synonyms
sense,
common sense,
good sense,
judiciousness,
reason,
understanding,
taste,
intelligence,
smarts (slang, US),
discrimination,
perception,
awareness,
wisdom,
wit,
penetration,
prudence,
sharpness,
acumen,
shrewdness,
discernment,
perspicacity (formal),
sagacity,
astuteness,
percipience
in the sense of notice
Definition
observation or attention
Nothing that went on in the hospital escaped her notice.
Synonyms
attention,
interest,
note,
regard,
consideration,
observation,
scrutiny,
heed,
cognizance
in the sense of penetration
Definition
keen insight or perception
Synonyms
perception,
insight,
wit,
sharpness,
keenness,
shrewdness,
discernment,
perspicacity (formal),
astuteness,
acuteness
in the sense of perception
Definition
insight or intuition
It did not require a great deal of perception to realise what he meant.
Synonyms
understanding,
intelligence,
observation,
discrimination,
insight,
sharpness,
cleverness,
keenness,
shrewdness,
acuity,
discernment,
perspicacity (formal),
astuteness,
incisiveness,
perceptiveness,
quick-wittedness,
perspicuity
in the sense of recognition
Definition
acceptance or acknowledgment
They welcomed his recognition of the recession.
Synonyms
acceptance,
acknowledgment,
understanding,
admission,
perception,
awareness,
concession,
allowance,
confession,
realization,
avowal
in the sense of scholarship
Definition
academic achievement
I want to take advantage of your lifetime of scholarship.
Synonyms
learning,
education,
culture,
knowledge,
wisdom,
accomplishments,
attainments,
lore,
erudition,
academic study,
book-learning
in the sense of schooling
Definition
the education a person receives at school
Normal schooling has been severely disrupted.
Synonyms
teaching,
education,
tuition,
formal education,
book-learning
in the sense of sense
Definition
a mental perception or awareness
He has an impeccable sense of timing.
Synonyms
understanding,
awareness,
appreciation,
comprehension,
discernment
Additional synonyms
in the sense of tuition
Definition
instruction, esp. that received individually or in a small group
The courses will give the beginner personal tuition.
Synonyms
training,
schooling,
education,
teaching,
lessons,
instruction,
tutoring,
tutelage (formal)
in the sense of wisdom
Definition
the ability to use one's experience and knowledge to make sensible decisions or judgments