knowledge

Signification

Noun

1. The fact of knowing about something; general understanding or familiarity with a subject, place, situation etc.
2. Awareness of a particular fact or situation; a state of having been informed or made aware of something.
3. Intellectual understanding; the state of appreciating truth or information.
4. Familiarity or understanding of a particular skill, branch of learning etc.
5. Justified true belief
6. Sexual intimacy or intercourse (now usually in phrase carnal knowledge).
7. (obsolete) Information or intelligence about something; notice.
8. The total of what is known; all information and products of learning.
9. Something that can be known; a branch of learning; a piece of information; a science.
10. (obsolete) Acknowledgement.
11. (obsolete) Notice, awareness.
12. (informal) 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.

Prononcé comme (IPA)

/ˈnɒlɪd͡ʒ/

Étymologie

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”).

Phrases

You'll use your knowledge for the welfare of the oasis and its inhabitants .

Vous utiliserez vos connaissances pour le bien-être de l'oasis et de ses habitants.