| knowledge | |
| 1. n. The fact of knowing about something; general understanding or familiarity with a subject, place, situation etc. | |
| His knowledge of Iceland was limited to what he'd seen on the Travel Channel. | |
| 2. n. Awareness of a particular fact or situation; a state of having been informed or made aware of something. | |
| 3. n. Intellectual understanding; the state of appreciating truth or information. | |
| Knowledge consists in recognizing the difference between good and bad decisions. | |
| 4. n. Familiarity or understanding of a particular skill, branch of learning etc. | |
| Does your friend have any knowledge of hieroglyphs, perchance? | |
| A secretary should have a good knowledge of shorthand. | |
| 5. n. (philosophical) Justified true belief | |
| 6. n. (archaic, or legal) Sexual intimacy or intercourse (now usually in phrase carnal knowledge). | |
| 7. n. (obsolete) Information or intelligence about something; notice. | |
| 8. n. The total of what is known; all information and products of learning. | |
| His library contained the accumulated knowledge of the Greeks and Romans. | |
| 9. n. Something that can be known; a branch of learning; a piece of information; a science. | |
| 10. n. (obsolete) Acknowledgement. | |
| 11. n. (obsolete) Notice, awareness. | |
| 12. n. (informal) The deep familiarity with certain routes and places of interest required by taxicab drivers working in London, England. | |
| 13. v. (obsolete) To confess as true; to acknowledge. | |
