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Adjective: knowing nowing- Evidencing the possession of inside information
- wise, wise to - Characterized by conscious design or purpose
"a knowing attempt to defraud" - intentional - Alert and fully informed
"a knowing collector of rare books" - knowledgeable, knowledgable - Highly educated; having extensive information or understanding
"knowing instructors" - knowledgeable, learned, lettered, well-educated, well-read, knowledgable, well-versed Noun: knowing nowing- A clear and certain mental apprehension
Verb: know (knew,known) now- Be cognizant or aware of a fact or a specific piece of information; possess knowledge or information about
"I know that the President lied to the people"; "I want to know who is winning the game!"; "I know it's time" - cognize, cognise [Brit] - Know how to do or perform something
"She knows how to knit"; "Does your husband know how to cook?" - Be aware of the truth of something; have a belief or faith in something; regard as true beyond any doubt
"I know that I left the key on the table"; "Galileo knew that the earth moves around the sun" - Be familiar or acquainted with a person or an object
"She doesn't know this composer"; "Do you know my sister?"; "We know this movie"; "I know him under a different name" - Have firsthand knowledge of states, situations, emotions, or sensations
"I know the feeling!" - experience, live - Accept (someone) to be what is claimed or accept his power and authority
- acknowledge, recognize, recognise [Brit] - Have fixed in the mind
"I know Latin"; "This student knows her irregular verbs"; "Do you know the poem well enough to recite it?" - Know the nature or character of
"we all knew her as a big show-off" - Be able to distinguish, recognize as being different
"The child knows right from wrong" - Perceive as familiar
"I know this voice!" - [archaic] Have sexual intercourse with
"Adam knew Eve" - sleep together, roll in the hay, love, make out, make love, sleep with, have sex, do it, be intimate, have intercourse, lie with [archaic], bed, have a go at it, get it on, bonk [Brit], make whoopee
Derived forms: knowings See also: educated, informed, intended, knowable, knower, knowingly, knowingness Type of: accept, agnise [Brit], agnize, call back, call up, copulate, couple, differentiate, distinguish, experience, go through, higher cognitive process, mate, pair, realise [Brit], realize, recall, recognise [Brit], recognize, recollect, remember, retrieve, secern, secernate, see, separate, severalise [Brit], severalize, tell, tell apart, think Antonym: ignore Encyclopedia: Know Knowing |