Knowledge

Word KNOWLEDGE
Character 9
Hyphenation knowl edge
Pronunciations /ˈnɒlɪdʒ/

Definitions and meanings of "Knowledge"

What do we mean by knowledge?

The state or fact of knowing. noun

Familiarity, awareness, or understanding gained through experience or study. noun

The sum or range of what has been perceived, discovered, or learned. noun

Carnal knowledge. noun

To acknowledge; confess; avow.

To confess.

The state of being or of having become aware of fact or truth; intellectual recognition of or acquaintance with fact or truth; the condition of knowing. noun

A perception, judgment, or idea which is in accord with fact or truth; that which is known. noun

Acquaintance with things ascertained or ascertainable; acquired information; learning. noun

Practical understanding; familiarity gained by actual experience; acquaintance with any fact or person: as, a knowledge of seamanship; I have no knowledge of the man. noun

Specific information; notification; advertisement. noun

Cognizance; notice; recognition. noun

Acknowledgment. noun

Synonyms Prudence, Discretion, etc. (see wisdom); comprehension, discernment. noun

To acknowledge. transitive verb

The act or state of knowing; clear perception of fact, truth, or duty; certain apprehension; familiar cognizance; cognition. noun

That which is or may be known; the object of an act of knowing; a cognition; -- chiefly used in the plural. noun

That which is gained and preserved by knowing; instruction; acquaintance; enlightenment; learning; scholarship; erudition. noun

That familiarity which is gained by actual experience; practical skill. noun

Scope of information; cognizance; notice. noun

The fact of knowing about something; general understanding or familiarity with a subject, place, situation etc.

Awareness of a particular fact or situation; a state of having been informed or made aware of something.

Intellectual understanding; the state of appreciating truth or information.

Familiarity or understanding of a particular skill, branch of learning etc.

(philosophical) Justified true belief

Sexual intimacy or intercourse (now usually in phrase carnal knowledge).

Information or intelligence about something; notice.

The total of what is known; all information and products of learning.

Something that can be known; a branch of learning; a piece of information; a science.

Acknowledgement.

Notice, awareness.

The deep familiarity with certain routes and places of interest required by taxicab drivers working in London, England.

Synonyms and Antonyms for Knowledge

The word "knowledge" in example sentences

That is why Anscombe calls practical knowledge ˜knowledge without observation,™ meaning to exclude not only observation in the narrow sense but knowledge by inference (Anscombe 1963, p. 50). ❋ Setiya, Kieran (2009)

According to this, Harpo does not acquire any new factual knowledge, only ˜knowledge how™, in the form of the ability to respond directly to sounds, which he could not do before. ❋ Robinson, Howard (2007)

“The best grounds for accepting contextualism concerning knowledge attributions come from how knowledge-attributing (and knowledge-denying) sentences are used in ordinary, non-philosophical talk: What ordinary speakers will count as ˜knowledge™ in some non-philosophical contexts they will deny is such in others” ❋ Rysiew, Patrick (2007)

This proposal that the concept of knowledge may have changed over time so that what we now call ˜knowledge™ may sometimes perform a different function to the one that our original concept of knowledge was supposed to track is clearly of central importance to debates about the value of knowledge, as Craig's account of objectification indicates. ❋ Pritchard, Duncan (2007)

Brahmans, that of the Aupanishadas, which has laid down for its first doctrine that _works are for the sake of understanding_, that the practice of ritual is of value only as a help to the mystic knowledge of the All. But here they have not halted; they have gone a further step, and declared that _knowledge once attained, works become needless_. ❋ Lionel D. Barnett (N/A)

Besides when the statute speaks of "knowledge," aside from the expression "wilfully" it means _knowledge_ as a _fact_ -- not any _forced presumption of knowledge_ against the clear facts of the case. ❋ Anonymous (N/A)

And the Master's answer would come in that clear, quiet voice of His, "yes, tarry: you have knowledge enough, but _knowledge is not enough_, there must be power." ❋ S.D. Gordon (N/A)

_For a knowledge of liberal sciences, but a controlled and exact knowledge_, forms men who will love the truth .... ❋ Louis Bertrand (1903)

That is the point that the student ought to grasp; this knowledge of God, not the belief in Him, not the faith in Him, not only vague idea concerning Him, but the _knowledge_ of Him, is possible to man. ❋ Annie Wood Besant (1890)

_Sound knowledge_, a _sound head_, _strong faith_, and _great grace_ -- all these combined -- may indeed preserve one whom the necessity of his position may lead into un-Catholic schools; but no one will deny that this anti-Catholic literature must exercise a most baneful influence over all those who, without sufficient preparation from nature or grace, plunge into it, in the pursuit of amusement or knowledge. ❋ Michael M��ller (1862)

He thinks that you were drowned -- as, indeed, so did I-- the time that you were thrown overboard without my knowledge -- mind that, _without my knowledge_ -- and your father in his madness thinks he is commissioned by God to avenge your death. ❋ Arthur Twidle (1859)

Hence a knowledge of Physics, particularly the physics which Democritus taught, was needful to deliver men from false hopes and false fears. [784] (ii.) _Ignorance of the nature of man, of his faculties, powers, and the sources and limits of his knowledge_, from whence arise illusions, prejudices, and errors. ❋ Unknown (1852)

But let us turn to that knowledge which God has given, and which therefore does not admit of improvement by lapse of time, this is _religious knowledge_. ❋ John Henry Newman (1845)

It is plain that the temptation under which man fell in paradise was this, an ambitious curiosity after knowledge which was not allowed him: next came the desire of the eyes and the flesh, but the forbidden tree was called the tree of _knowledge_; the Tempter _promised_ knowledge; and after the fall Almighty God pronounced, as in the text, that man had gained it. ❋ John Henry Newman (1845)

'_Generally_,' he says, '_let this be a rule_, that all partitions of knowledge be accepted rather for LINES and VEINS, than for _sections_ and _separations_, and that _the continuance and entireness of knowledge_ be preserved. ❋ Delia Bacon (1835)

The reason why parents are to be consulted is, because they deliberate from judgement, knowledge, and love; from _judgement_, because they are in an advanced age, which excels in judgement, and discerns what is suitable and unsuitable: from _knowledge_, in respect to both the suitor and their daughter; in respect to the suitor they procure information, and in respect to their daughter they already know; wherefore they conclude respecting both with united discernment: from ❋ Emanuel Swedenborg (1730)

«The worst enemy of knowledge is not ignorance but the illusion of knowledge» ❋ Unknown (2009)

_inference_, or _the derivation of new knowledge from old knowledge_. ❋ Ralph Barton Perry (1916)

If the imagery of logic or passion ever comes to convey _knowledge_, it does so by virtue of a concomitant physical adjustment to external things; for the nerve of real or transcendent knowledge is the notice which one part of the world may take of another part; and it is this momentous cognisance, no matter what intangible feelings may supply terms for its prosody, that enlarges the mind to some practical purpose and informs it about the world. ❋ George Santayana (1907)

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