knowledge

Meaning

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.

wisdom

learning

ability

competency

practical knowledge

possession of information

inquiring into

propriety

clearning

gnosia

luggage, baggage

branch of knowledge

know how

literary ability

human intellect

cultural level

inteligence

conciousness

info

being acquainted

faculty of perception

mentality

Frequency

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈnɒlɪd͡ʒ/

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”).

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