transcription, транскрипция: [ ˈnä-lij ]
noun
Etymology: Middle English knowlege, from knowlechen to acknowledge, irregular from knowen
Date: 14th century
1. obsolete : cognizance
2.
a.
(1) : the fact or condition of knowing something with familiarity gained through experience or association
(2) : acquaintance with or understanding of a science, art, or technique
b.
(1) : the fact or condition of being aware of something
(2) : the range of one's information or understanding
answered to the best of my knowledge
c. : the circumstance or condition of apprehending truth or fact through reasoning : cognition
d. : the fact or condition of having information or of being learned
a person of unusual knowledge
3. archaic : sexual intercourse
4.
a. : the sum of what is known : the body of truth, information, and principles acquired by mankind
b. archaic : a branch of learning
Synonyms:
knowledge , learning , erudition , scholarship mean what is or can be known by an individual or by mankind. knowledge applies to facts or ideas acquired by study, investigation, observation, or experience
rich in the knowledge of human nature
learning applies to knowledge acquired especially through formal, often advanced, schooling
a book that demonstrates vast learning
erudition strongly implies the acquiring of profound, recondite, or bookish learning
an erudition unusual even in a scholar
scholarship implies the possession of learning characteristic of the advanced scholar in a specialized field of study or investigation
a work of first-rate literary scholarship