KNOWLEDGE


Meaning of KNOWLEDGE in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ nɒlɪdʒ ]

Frequency: The word is one of the 1500 most common words in English.

1.

Knowledge is information and understanding about a subject which a person has, or which all people have.

She told Parliament she had no knowledge of the affair.

...the quest for scientific knowledge.

N-UNCOUNT : usu with supp

2.

If you say that something is true to your knowledge or to the best of your knowledge , you mean that you believe it to be true but it is possible that you do not know all the facts.

Alec never carried a gun to my knowledge...

PHRASE : PHR with cl / group

3.

If you do something safe in the knowledge that something else is the case, you do the first thing confidently because you are sure of the second thing. ( WRITTEN )

You can let your kids play here, safe in the knowledge that they won’t get sunburn.

PHRASE : PHR after v , usu PHR that

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