knowledge

Definition

  • noun: information, understanding, or skill that you get from experience or education
  • noun: the fact or condition of 'knowing' something with familiarity gained through experience or association
  • synonyms: wisdom, cognition, instruction

Examples

  • I answered their questions 'to the best of my knowledge'. [=I gave the best answers I could based on what I knew, but I might have answered differently if I had known something else]

  • No one arrived late 'to my knowledge'. [=I am not aware that anyone arrived late, but it is possible that someone arrived late and I don't know about it]

  • They went on vacation, 'safe in the knowledge' that the farm would be well cared for while they were away.

Movie clips

Movie quotes

  • (..) Please, put the gun down. Hurry! The wall is closing! Here is your mission now: Pass your knowledge to the next priest as it was passed on to you. l will. But please, hurry! You still have time! - Time not important. Only life important. l will fulfil my mission! You can count on me! l will pass the knowledge until your return. - Anything yet? - No, Sir. - Not even the temperature? - The analysers have jammed. (..)
    1997 The Fifth Element