knowledge
/ˈnɑ.lɪdʒ/
Word Rarity
Uncommon
Frequency: 4.96 in modern English
18
Scrabble Score
9
Letters
2
Syllables
8
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
The fact of knowing about something; general understanding or familiarity with a subject, place, situation etc.
Uncountable
Example Sentences
- "His knowledge of Iceland was limited to what he'd seen on the Travel Channel."
- "He has a lot of knowledge on the Indus Valley Civilization."
- "[N]ow ſuch a liue vngodly, vvithout a care of doing the wil of the Lord (though they profeſſe him in their mouths, yea though they beleeue and acknowledge all the Articles of the Creed, yea haue knowledge of the Scripturs) yet if they liue vngodly, they deny God, and therefore ſhal be denied, […]"
- "The yawning gap in neuroscientists’ understanding of their topic is in the intermediate scale of the brain’s anatomy. Science has a passable knowledge of how individual nerve cells, known as neurons, work. It also knows which visible lobes and ganglia of the brain do what. But how the neurons are organised in these lobes and ganglia remains obscure."
- "He had always intended to visit him, though to the last always assuring his wife that he should not go; and till the evening after the visit was paid she had no knowledge of it."
- "Knowledge consists in recognizing the difference between good and bad decisions."
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”).
Origin
Word Breakdown
Regional Pronunciation
- American English: /ˈnɑ.lɪdʒ/
- British English: /ˈnɒl.ɪdʒ/