knowledge

== English == === Alternative forms === (obsolete) knolege, knowlage, knowleche, knowledg, knowlege, knowliche, knowlych, knowlech (obsolete, uncommon, Scottish) knaulege, knaulage, knawlage (obsolete, uncommon) knoleche, knoleige, knowlache, knolych (obsolete, verb) knawlache === Etymology === From Middle English knowleche, knaweleche, cnawlece (“knowledge”), from knowen (“to know, recognise”) + -leche. Related to Middle English knowlechen (“to find out, acknowledge”). For more on the Middle English suffix -leche, compare freelage. Compare also Old English cnāwelǣċ, cnāwelǣċing (“acknowledging, acknowledgement”). === Pronunciation === (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈnɒl.ɪdʒ/ (General American) IPA(key): /ˈnɑ.lɪdʒ/ (obsolete) IPA(key): /ˈnoʊ.lɪdʒ/ (India) IPA(key): /nɔː.leːdʒ/, /nɑː.leːdʒ/, /-le(ɖ)dʒ/ Rhymes: -ɒlɪdʒ, (India, also) -eɪdʒ Hyphenation US: know‧ledge, UK: knowl‧edge === Noun === knowledge (usually uncountable, plural knowledges) The fact of knowing about something; general understanding or familiarity with a subject, place, situation etc. [from 14th c.] Awareness of a particular fact or situation; a state of having been informed or made aware of something. [from 14th c.] Intellectual understanding; the state of appreciating truth or information. [from 14th c.] Familiarity or understanding of a particular skill, branch of learning etc. [from 14th c.] (philosophical) Justified true belief (archaic or law) Sexual intimacy or intercourse (now usually in phrase carnal knowledge). [from 15th c.] (obsolete) Information or intelligence about something; notice. [15th–18th c.] The total of what is known; all information and products of learning. [from 16th c.] (countable) Something that can be known; a branch of learning; a piece of information; a science. [from 16th c.] (obsolete) Acknowledgement. [14th–16th c.] (obsolete) Notice, awareness. [17th c.] (UK, informal) The deep familiarity with certain routes and places of interest required by taxicab drivers working in London, England. ==== Synonyms ==== awareness cognizance ken knowingness learning See Thesaurus:knowledge ==== Antonyms ==== ignorance ==== Hyponyms ==== ==== Coordinate terms ==== ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Related terms ==== know knowing ==== Collocations ==== ==== Translations ==== === Verb === knowledge (third-person singular simple present knowledges, present participle knowledging, simple past and past participle knowledged) (obsolete) To confess as true; to acknowledge. [13th–17th c.] ==== See also ==== data erudition information know-how perception wisdom ==== Further reading ==== William Dwight Whitney, Benjamin Eli Smith, editors (1895–1910), “knowledge”, in The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia: […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., →OCLC. “knowledge”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.