knowledge

A2 Topic:Education & Learning

US /ˈnɑlɪdʒ/ See IPA manual

Freq #2011

Meanings

1

noun
Information, facts, and understanding that you gain through learning or experience.

His knowledge of Iceland was limited to what he'd seen on the Travel Channel.
2

noun
Awareness of a particular fact or situation.

The deal was made without her knowledge.
3

noun
Skill or familiarity with a particular subject or activity.

Does your friend have any knowledge of hieroglyphs?

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Synonyms

1 noun · information, facts, and... cognition

More awareness cognizance ken knowingness learning

Opposites

ignorance

Word family

Forms knowledges

Derived forms acknowledge afterknowledgeanti-knowledgeantiknowledgebeknowledgebook-knowledgecounterknowledgeethnoknowledgeforeknowledgeinterknowledgeknowledgableknowledge-box

Related forms analysis assumption authority axiom belief book broad certainty cloud communication compendium conviction

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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”).

*ǵneh₃- Proto-Indo-European knowleche Middle English

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Topics

Education & Learning Philosophy & Reasoning

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# knowledge

**Type:** Word
**Level:** A2
**Part of speech:** noun
**IPA (US):** /ˈnɑlɪdʒ/
**Frequency rank:** 2011

## Meanings
1. Information, facts, and understanding that you gain through learning or experience.
2. Awareness of a particular fact or situation.
3. Skill or familiarity with a particular subject or activity.

## Examples
- His knowledge of Iceland was limited to what he'd seen on the Travel Channel.
- The deal was made without her knowledge.
- Does your friend have any knowledge of hieroglyphs?

## Synonyms
- awareness
- cognizance
- ken
- knowingness
- learning

## Antonyms
- ignorance

## Derived Forms
- acknowledge
- afterknowledge
- anti-knowledge
- antiknowledge
- beknowledge
- book-knowledge
- counterknowledge
- ethnoknowledge
- foreknowledge
- interknowledge
- knowledgable
- knowledge-box

## Related Forms
- analysis
- assumption
- authority
- axiom
- belief
- book
- broad
- certainty
- cloud
- communication
- compendium
- conviction

## Roots and Affixes
- Root: *ǵneh₃-
- Root: knowleche

## 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”).

## AI Etymology
Knowledge comes 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”). The analysis is mainly morphological: the modern nominal form is built from the named base and affix. The historical line also includes *ǵneh₃-.

## Topics
- Education & Learning
- Philosophy & Reasoning

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