Knowledge
['nɒlɪdʒ] or ['nɑlɪdʒ]
Definition
(v. i.) The act or state of knowing; clear perception of fact, truth, or duty; certain apprehension; familiar cognizance; cognition.
(v. i.) That which is or may be known; the object of an act of knowing; a cognition; -- chiefly used in the plural.
(v. i.) That which is gained and preserved by knowing; instruction; acquaintance; enlightenment; learning; scholarship; erudition.
(v. i.) That familiarity which is gained by actual experience; practical skill; as, a knowledge of life.
(v. i.) Scope of information; cognizance; notice; as, it has not come to my knowledge.
(v. i.) Sexual intercourse; -- usually preceded by carnal; as, carnal knowledge.
(v. t.) To acknowledge.
Typed by Camilla
Synonyms and Synonymous
n. [1]. Apprehension, comprehension, perception, understanding, discernment, judgment.[2]. Learning, erudition, scholarship, enlightenment, lore, acquirements, attainments.[3]. Cognizance, cognition, notice, information.
Inputed by Brenda
Synonyms and Antonyms
SYN:Apprehension, comprehension, recognition, understanding, conversance,experience, acquaintance, familiarity, cognizance, notice, information,instruction,[See {le*i--'-ing]?} ]?}], enlightenment, scholarship,attainments, acquirements
ANT:Misapprehension, inobservance, incomprehension, misunderstanding,misconception, inconversance, inexperience, ignorance, unfamiliarity, incognizance,misinformation, deception, misinstruction, uneducatedness, untutoredness,rudeness, illiterateness
Checker: Melanie
Definition
n. assured belief: that which is known: information instruction: enlightenment learning: practical skill.—adj. Knowl′edgeable (coll.) possessing knowledge: intelligent.—n. Knowl′edge-box (slang) the head.—To one's knowledge so far as one knows.
Typist: Nicholas
Examples
- By all which acquirements, I should be a living treasure of knowledge and wisdom, and certainly become the oracle of the nation. Jonathan Swift. Gulliver's Travels into Several Remote Nations of the World.
- Since that time, nothing has been heard to my knowledge of the three Hindoos. Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
- Well, I kept my knowledge to myself, and waited to see what would come of it. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Return of Sherlock Holmes.
- In connection with the adoption of this lubricating system there occurred another instance of his knowledge of materials and intuitive insight into the nature of things. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- It seemed almost axiomatic that for true knowledge we must have recourse to concepts coming from a reason above experience. John Dewey. Democracy and Education.
- The operator had worked so mechanically that he had handled the news without the slightest knowledge of its significance. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- I was puzzled, because I could not make the glimpses of furniture I saw accord with my knowledge of any of these apartments. Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
- Mr. Weller's knowledge of London was extensive and peculiar. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
- Your knowledge of the world, dear aunt, is superior to mine, I suggested diffidently. Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
- Did no suspicion, excited by my own knowledge of Anne Catherick's resemblance to her, cross my mind, when her face was first revealed to me? Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
- By all which acquirements, I should be a living treasure of knowledge and wisdom, and certainly become the oracle of the nation. Jonathan Swift. Gulliver's Travels into Several Remote Nations of the World.
- Since that time, nothing has been heard to my knowledge of the three Hindoos. Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
- Well, I kept my knowledge to myself, and waited to see what would come of it. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Return of Sherlock Holmes.
- In connection with the adoption of this lubricating system there occurred another instance of his knowledge of materials and intuitive insight into the nature of things. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- It seemed almost axiomatic that for true knowledge we must have recourse to concepts coming from a reason above experience. John Dewey. Democracy and Education.
- The operator had worked so mechanically that he had handled the news without the slightest knowledge of its significance. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- I was puzzled, because I could not make the glimpses of furniture I saw accord with my knowledge of any of these apartments. Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
- Mr. Weller's knowledge of London was extensive and peculiar. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
- Your knowledge of the world, dear aunt, is superior to mine, I suggested diffidently. Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
- Did no suspicion, excited by my own knowledge of Anne Catherick's resemblance to her, cross my mind, when her face was first revealed to me? Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
Checked by Gregory