I. ˈnälij, -lēj, -ləj, Brit sometimes ˈnōl- transitive verb
( -ed/-ing/-s )
Etymology: Middle English knawlechen, knowlechen, irregular from knowen, knawen to know — more at know
1. obsolete : to recognize as being something indicated : admit the status, claims, or authority of : acknowledge
2. obsolete : to recognize, admit, or confess the fact or truth of
II. noun
( -s )
Etymology: Middle English knawlage, knowlage, knawlege, knowlege, from knawlechen, knowlechen, v.
1. obsolete
a. : acknowledgment
b. : cognizance
2. : the fact or condition of knowing
a.
(1) : the fact or condition of knowing something with a considerable degree of familiarity gained through experience of or contact or association with the individual or thing so known
a thorough knowledge of life and its problems
has a fair knowledge of the people of that country
a remarkable knowledge of human nature
(2) : acquaintance with or theoretical or practical understanding of some branch of science, art, learning, or other area involving study, research, or practice and the acquisition of skills
knowledge of advanced mathematics
has little knowledge of the techniques of drawing and painting
a knowledge of foreign languages
b.
(1) : the fact or condition of being cognizant, conscious, or aware of something
was elated by knowledge of their success
the knowledge that it was really important
his knowledge of what she had had to endure
(2) : the particular existent range of one's information or acquaintance with facts : the scope of one's awareness : extent of one's understanding
said that to the best of his knowledge the matter had not yet been attended to
c. : the fact or condition of apprehending truth, fact, or reality immediately with the mind or senses : perception , cognition
intellective knowledge
the nature of knowledge
: comprehension , understanding
intuitive knowledge
proceeding from the lower to the higher degrees of knowledge
d. : the fact or condition of possessing within mental grasp through instruction, study, research, or experience one or more truths, facts, principles, or other objects of perception : the fact or condition of having information or of being learned or erudite
a man of great knowledge
always seeking after more and more knowledge
3. archaic : carnal knowledge
4.
a. : the sum total of what is known : the whole body of truth, fact, information, principles, or other objects of cognition acquired by mankind
adding to the vast store of knowledge
all branches of knowledge
b. archaic : a branch of learning : art , science
Synonyms:
knowledge , science , learning , erudition , scholarship , information , and lore agree in signifying what is or can be known. knowledge applies to any body of known facts or to any body of ideas inferred from such facts or accepted as truths on good grounds
a knowledge of languages
a knowledge of the habits of snakes
a knowledge of modern chemistry
to benefit by the accumulated knowledge of centuries
science still sometimes interchanges with knowledge but commonly applies to a body of systematized knowledge comprising facts carefully gathered and general truths carefully inferred from them, often underlying a practice, usually connoting exactness, and often denoting knowledge of unquestionable certainty
must bear in mind that geographic discovery also is science, and it was a scientific theory that impelled the venture of Columbus — I.M.Price
the defense of nations had become a science and a calling — T.B.Macaulay
the science of administration — A.S.Link
the art of feeding preceded the science of nutrition by many centuries — F.B.Hadley
the diagnosis of disease is no longer primarily guesswork but rather a science
learning applies to knowledge gained by study, often long and careful and sometimes connoting comprehensiveness and profundity
to expose children to as much learning as possible
a full, rich, human book, packed with information lightly dispensed and fortified with learning easily worn — Honor Tracy
a man of great and profound learning but little common sense
erudition usually stresses wide, profound, or recondite learning, sometimes suggesting pedantry
often flabbergast their elders with their erudition — a scholarly but lively sense of words, a sound background in history and economics, the ability to translate or even to speak two or three foreign languages — Stanley Walker
all the encyclopedic erudition of the middle ages — J.L.Lowes
balancing an immense load of erudition upon a precarious foundation of fact — Times Literary Supplement
scholarship implies the learning, careful mastery of detail, especially of a given field, and the critical acumen characteristic of a good scholar
the immense and rapidly expanding scholarship not only in psychology but in history, sociology, and anthropology as well, which illuminates the study of the family — Lynn White
unusually equipped in both scientific and classical scholarship in addition to his command of his own field, a brilliant and powerful lecturer — E.S.Bates
his learning and general scholarship were universally recognized, and in his special sphere of law he had no peer in this country — T.D.Bacon
information generally applies to knowledge, commonly accepted as true, of a factual kind usually gathered from others or from books
this book, packed with information of the life and movements of big game — Times Literary Supplement
to seek information about a man from friends and credit records
a book of information about early river boats
lore suggests special, often arcane, knowledge, usually of a traditional, anecdotal character and of a particular subject
fairy lore
one of the most bizarre occurrences in railroad lore — Bennett Cerf
bird lore
taught the lore of medicinal herbs — American Guide Series: Louisiana