knowledge

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[edit] English

[edit] Etymology

From Middle English knowleche, from knowen "to recognize, know" from Old English cnāwan + -leche a suffix derived from Old English -lǣcan verbal suffix denoting activity, from lāc a verbal noun suffix, cf. wedlock

[edit] Pronunciation

• IPA: /ˈnɒl.ɪdʒ/, SAMPA: /"nQl.IdZ/
• (US) IPA: /ˈnalɨdʒ/
• Rhymes: -alɪdʒ
•  Audio (US)^{help, file}

[edit] Noun

knowledge (countable and uncountable; plural knowledges)

1. Relevant information that one is able to recall from memory.
2. All cognitive expectancies that an individual or organization actor uses to interpret situations and to generate activities.
3. (countable, chiefly academic) A specific body of knowledge of any kind, on some subject or in some field.
4. Awareness resulting from informing.

   He completed it entirely without my knowledge.

5. Acquired information gained through personal experiences making it unique for each individual.
6. The knowable, potential knowledge
7. The product of assumption.
8. Recognition of cause and effect.
9. (archaic) Sexual intercourse; rare except in Biblical context

[edit] Usage notes

• Adjectives often used with “knowledge”: extensive, deep, superficial, theoretical, practical, useful, working, encyclopedic, public, private, scientific, tacit, explicit, general, specialized, special, broad, declarative, procedural, etc.

[edit] Derived terms

[edit] Related terms

• knowing

[edit] Synonyms

• awareness
• cognitance
• knowingness
• learning

[edit] Antonyms

• ignorance

[edit] Translations

[edit] See also

• data
• erudition
• information
• know-how
• perception
• wisdom

[edit] External links

• knowledge in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
• knowledge in The Century Dictionary, The Century Co., New York, 1911