Knowledge: Definition and part of speech

Knowledge

  1. v. t. To acknowledge.
  2. v. i. The act or state of knowing; clear perception of fact, truth, or duty; certain apprehension; familiar cognizance; cognition.
  3. v. i. That which is or may be known; the object of an act of knowing; a cognition; — chiefly used in the plural.
  4. v. i. That which is gained and preserved by knowing; instruction; acquaintance; enlightenment; learning; scholarship; erudition.
  5. v. i. That familiarity which is gained by actual experience; practical skill; as, a knowledge of life.
  6. v. i. Scope of information; cognizance; notice; as, it has not come to my knowledge.
  7. v. i. Sexual intercourse; — usually preceded by carnal; as, carnal knowledge.

The word meanings were obtained from OPTED(The Online Plain Text English Dictionary), which is based on “The Project Gutenberg Etext of Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary” which is in turn based on the 1913 US Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary (See Project Gutenburg), as a text file.

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