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knowledge

/ˈnɒlɪdʒ/
Meanings
  • noun

    Facts, information, and skills acquired through experience or education; the body of human knowledge.

  • noun

    Awareness or familiarity gained by experience of a fact or situation.

Pronunciation
  1. /ˈnɑlɪdʒ/



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Antonyms

ignorance
Synonyms

awareness , cognizance , ken , knowingness , learning
Rhymes
Words rhyming with knowledge
dole , gole , mole , sole , tole
Homonyms
Words having the same spelling or pronunciation but different meanings and origins

  1. Knowledge (Irish) : A type of potato

  2. Knowledge (Scots) : A type of loaf of bread

Homophones
Words having the same pronunciation but different meanings, origins, or spelling,

  1. knole

  2. noel

  3. knowle

Variants
List of all variants of knowledge that leads to same result
knowledge , knowledges , knowledge engineer , knowledge engineering , knowledge engineerings , self-knowledge , self-knowledges , common knowledge , public knowledge , safe in the knowledge , safe/secure in the knowledge , secure in the knowledge , to her knowledge , to his knowledge , to one's knowledge , to their knowledge , to the best of her knowledge , to the best of his knowledge , to the best of one's knowledge , to the best of their knowledge , without someone's knowledge , be secure in the belief , be secure in the belief/knowledge , be secure in the knowledge
Forms
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knowledges, knowledges'

Etymology
origin and the way in which meanings have changed throughout history.

Old English cnawel, from knawan 'to know'.

Trivia
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  1. The word 'knowledge' appears in the Bible over 1,500 times.

  2. The largest collection of books in the world is the British Library, with over 17 million items.

  3. The human brain can store up to 1 petabyte of information, which is equivalent to about 30 million hours of television.

Related Concepts
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  1. Wisdom: Wisdom is the ability to make good judgments and take good decisions based on knowledge and experience.

  2. Intelligence: Intelligence is the ability to acquire and apply knowledge and skills.

Quotes
Quotes by authors and personalities

  1. The "knowledge" of the godawful way people act (their greed, their vicarious or direct violence), and of the youth and helplessness of those who died, leads to shame …

    - Harold Brodkey,{it}New Yorker{/it},30 Jan. 1995

  2. With their aid, he should be able to adapt himself selectively to his culture, rejecting its evils, stupidities and irrelevances, gratefully accepting all its treasures of accumulated "knowledge" … and practical wisdom.

    - Aldous Huxley,"Culture and the … ",{"source"=>"in {it}Artificial Paradises{/it}, Mike Jay editor", "aqdate"=>"1999"}

  3. At that time the word {it}science{/it} had not been narrowed down to one kind of "knowledge"; it meant whatever was known, and men of learning were still able to possess most of it.

    - Jacques Barzun,{it}From Dawn to Decadence{/it},2000
Culture
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Knowledge has been a significant theme in various cultures throughout history. In ancient Greece, the goddess Athena was the goddess of wisdom. In the Middle Ages, scholars sought to acquire knowledge through studying the works of the great thinkers of the past. In modern times, knowledge has become a valuable commodity, with institutions like universities dedicated to its pursuit.

How to Memorize "knowledge"

  1. visualize

    - Imagine a library filled with books, each representing a different piece of knowledge. Visualize yourself walking through the library, picking up each book, and reading the title and a few lines to understand its content.
    - Visualize a tree, with each branch representing a different topic, and each leaf representing a specific piece of knowledge.

  2. associate

    - Associate the word 'knowledge' with the image of a light bulb turning on in your head.
    - Associate the word 'knowledge' with the image of a treasure chest filled with valuable information.

  3. mnemonics

    - Use the acronym 'PEE' to remember the parts of speech: Parts of speech are Nouns, Verbs, and Adjectives.
    - Use the phrase 'Richard Of York Gave Battle In Vain' to remember the order of the vowels in the English alphabet.

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