Definizione monolingua

knowledge

knowledge (third-person singular simple present knowledges, present participle knowledging, simple past and past participle knowledged)

1. (obsolete) To confess as true; to acknowledge. [13th-17th c.]
   • 1526, Bible, tr. William Tyndale, Matthew 3:

     Then went oute to hym Jerusalem, and all Jury, and all the region rounde aboute Jordan, and were baptised of hym in Jordan, knoledging their synnes.

knowledge (countable and uncountable; plural knowledges)

1. (obsolete) Acknowledgement. [14th-16th c.]
2. The fact of knowing about something; general understanding or familiarity with a subject, place, situation etc. [from 14th c.]

   His knowledge of Iceland was limited to what hed seen on the Travel Channel.

3. Awareness of a particular fact or situation; a state of having been informed or made aware of something. [from 14th c.]
   • 1813, Jane Austen, Pride and Prejudice:

     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.

4. Intellectual understanding; the state of appreciating truth or information. [from 14th c.]

   Knowledge consists in recognizing the difference between good and bad decisions.

5. Familiarity or understanding of a particular skill, branch of learning etc. [from 14th c.]

   Does your friend have any knowledge of hieroglyphics, perchance?

6. (archaic or law) Sexual intimacy or intercourse (now usually in phrase carnal knowledge). [from 15th c.]
   • 1573, George Gascoigne, ""The Adventures of Master F.J."", An Anthology of Elizabethan Prose Fiction:

     Every time that he had knowledge of her he would leave, either in the bed, or in her cushion-cloth, or by her looking-glass, or in some place where she must needs find it, a piece of money [...].

7. (obsolete) Information or intelligence about something; notice. [15th-18th c.]
   • 1580, Edward Hayes, ""Sir Humphrey Gilberts Voyage to Newfoundland"", Voyages and Travels Ancient and Modern, ed. Charles W Eliot, Cosimo 2005, p. 280:

     Item, if any ship be in danger [...], every man to bear towards her, answering her with one light for a short time, and so to put it out again; thereby to give knowledge that they have seen her token.

8. The total of what is known; all information and products of learning. [from 16th c.]

   His library contained the accumulated knowledge of the Greeks and Romans.

9. (obsolete) Notice, awareness. [17th c.]
   • 1611, The Bible, Authorized Version, Ruth II.10:

     Then she fell on her face, and bowed herself to the ground, and said unto him, Why have I found grace in thine eyes, that thou shouldest take knowledge of me, seeing I am a stranger?

Definizione dizionario knowledge

	conoscenza
	fact of knowing about something; understanding, familiarity with information
	awareness, state of having been informed
	The psychological result of perception and learning and reasoning.
	The metadata about all the changes that a participant has seen and maintains.

	sapere
	total of what is known, product of learning

abilità

cognizione

consapevolezza

coscienza

educazione

esperienza

nozione

saggezza

sapienza

scibile

scienza

studio

Altri significati:

familiarity with particular skill, discipline

(obsolete) To confess as true; to acknowledge. [13th-17th c.]

(obsolete) Acknowledgement. [14th-16th c.]

The total of what is known; all information and products of learning. [from 16th c.]

(obsolete) Notice, awareness. [17th c.]

Awareness of a particular fact or situation; a state of having been informed or made aware of something. [from 14th c.]

Intellectual understanding; the state of appreciating truth or information. [from 14th c.]

(obsolete) Information or intelligence about something; notice. [15th-18th c.]

Familiarity or understanding of a particular skill, branch of learning etc. [from 14th c.]

(archaic or law) Sexual intimacy or intercourse (now usually in phrase carnal knowledge). [from 15th c.]