knowledge
/ˈnɒlɪdʒ/ · noun
Meaning
- The fact of knowing about something; general understanding or familiarity with a subject, place, situation etc.
- Awareness of a particular fact or situation; a state of having been informed or made aware of something.
- Intellectual understanding; the state of appreciating truth or information.
- Familiarity or understanding of a particular skill, branch of learning etc.
- (philosophical) Justified true belief
- Sexual intimacy or intercourse (now usually in phrase carnal knowledge).
- To confess as true; to acknowledge.
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