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Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
knowledge/ˈnɒlɪʤ/
noun
  • 1 information and skills acquired through experience or education.

    ■ the sum of what is known.

    Philosophy true, justified belief, as opposed to opinion.

  • 2 awareness or familiarity gained by experience.
– phrases
come to one's knowledge become known to one.
to (the best of) my knowledge
  • 1 so far as I know.
  • 2 as I know for certain.
– origin ME (orig. as v. in the sense ‘acknowledge, recognize’): from an OE compound based on cnāwan (see know).
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