Knowledge Definition

nŏlĭj
noun
The act, fact, or state of knowing.
Webster's New World
Acquaintance with facts; range of information, awareness, or understanding.
Webster's New World
All that has been perceived or grasped by the mind; learning; enlightenment.
Webster's New World
The sum or range of what has been perceived, discovered, or learned.
The extraordinary knowledge housed in the library.
American Heritage
The body of facts, principles, etc. acquired through human experience and thought.
Webster's New World
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verb

(obsolete) To confess as true; to acknowledge. [13th-17th c.]

Wiktionary

Other Word Forms of Knowledge

Noun

Singular:
knowledge
Plural:
knowledges

Idioms, Phrasal Verbs Related to Knowledge

  • to (the best of) one's knowledge

Origin of Knowledge

  • The noun originally provided a counterpart to the now-obsolete verb to knowledge (see below), but was very early adapted to be the noun equivalent of know.

    From Wiktionary

  • Middle English knoulech knouen to know know -leche n. suff

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

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