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

  • (..) Good morning, Mrs. Meade. Good morning, Captain Butler. Good morning, Scarlett. Mrs. Merriwether, I've always had a great regard for your knowledge. I wonder if you could give me some advice. Why, certainly, Captain Butler. My Bonnie sucks her thumb. I can't make her stop it. (..)
    1939 Gone with the Wind