See Also: Knowledge(medicine)
self-knowledge(dictionary)
knowledge(dictionary)
KNOWLEDGE(law)
knowledge(2)(dictionary)
knowledge(1)(dictionary)
self-knowledge(medicine)
Knowledge Driven(money)
Tree of Knowledge, the(dictionary)
general knowledge(dictionary)

knowledge(2) (iou)



knowledge noun. ME.
[Prob. from KNOWLEDGE verb.]
I. Rel. to KNOWLEDGE verb and early uses of KNOW verb.
Acknowledgement; confession. ME-M16.
Recognition. ME-E17.
Legal cognizance; judicial investigation or inquiry. Chiefly Scot. LME-M18.
gen. Cognizance, notice. Only in take knowledge of, take cognizance of, notice. Only in E17.
II. Rel. to later uses of KNOW verb.
The fact of knowing a thing, state, person, etc.; acquaintance; familiarity gained by experience. ME.
M. Brett These stories can be difficult to understand without some knowledge of the background.
Personal acquaintance, friendship. Also, those with whom one is acquainted. LME-E17.
Sexual intercourse. Foll. by of, with. obsolete exc. in carnal knowledge s.v. CARNAL adjective 2. LME.
Acquaintance with a fact or facts; a state of being aware or informed; awareness, consciousness. LME.
L. Gordon The small rain of spring seems to carry some knowledge of human sorrow. B. Moore These things were done without my knowledge.
Chiefly Philosophy. Intellectual perception of fact or truth; clear and certain understanding or awareness, esp. as opp. to opinion. Formerly also, intelligence, intellect. (Foll. by of.) LME.
D. Hartley The Infinite Power, Knowledge, and Goodness of God.
b. Medicine. Diagnosis. M16-M17.
Understanding of a branch of learning, a language, etc.; (a) theoretical or practical understanding of an art, science, industry, etc. LME.
V. Sackville-West All craftsmen share a knowledge. J. Krantz Billy's knowledge of housekeeping was limited.
gen. The fact or condition of being instructed, or of having information acquired by study or research. Also, a person's range of information; learning, erudition. LME.
Time Knowledge can be shared; experience cannot.
Notice, intimation; information. LME-E18.
a. A sign or mark by which something is recognized, or distinguished; a token. L15-M16.
b. A perception, intuition, or other cognition. Usu. in pl. Now rare or obsolete. M16.
c. A branch of learning; a science, an art. Usu. in pl. Now rare. L16.
The sum of what is known. M16.
Phrases: carnal knowledge (of): see CARNAL adjective 2. come to a person's knowledge become known to a person. common knowledge: see COMMON adjective. grow out of knowledge, grow out of one's knowledge (now rare) cease to be known, become unfamiliar. hearsay knowledge: see HEARSAY noun. immediate knowledge: see IMMEDIATE adjective 3. knowledge by acquaintance, knowledge of acquaintance: see ACQUAINTANCE 3. knowledge by description: see DESCRIPTION 1b. mediate knowledge: see MEDIATE adjective 2b. take knowledge of: see sense 4 above. to one's knowledge (a) so far as one is aware; (b) as one knows for certain. to the best of one's knowledge: see BEST adjective etc. tree of knowledge (of good and evil): see TREE noun.
Comb.: knowledge base Computing the underlying set of facts, assumptions, and inference rules which a computer system has available to solve a problem; a store of information (as in a database) available to draw on; knowledge-based adjective (of an academic discipline) founded on an accumulation of facts, non-empirical; (of a computer system) incorporating a set of facts, assumptions, or inference rules derived from human knowledge; knowledge box joc. the head; knowledge factory derog. a university, college, etc., which places emphasis on vocational training or which overemphasizes factual knowledge; knowledge industry (derog. or joc.) the development and use of knowledge, spec. in universities, polytechnics, etc.; knowledge management the handling of information and resources in such a way as to promote efficiency, competence, and innovation within a commercial organization. knowledge worker a person whose job involves handling or using information.
? Orig. corresp. to the earliest senses of KNOWLEDGE verb, then used as noun of action corresp. to KNOW verb, in which role it has partially replaced KNOWING noun.
knowledged adjective (rare) provided with knowledge M16.
knowledgeless adjective (rare) M19.