knowledge
part of speech
noun (knowledge — uncountable)
meaning for a pupil
1) Information, facts and understanding that you have learned. tree →
2) Knowing about something: «He did it without my knowledge». tree →
3) All that people know about a subject: «scientific knowledge». tree →
sense in the lessons
In school: lessons build knowledge; we test our knowledge in quizzes; science knowledge grows as people test ideas. In stories: «Knowledge is power». Phrases: «to my knowledge» (as far as I know), «general knowledge», «common knowledge» (known by everyone), «without someone's knowledge», «a thirst for knowledge».
examples
- Reading gives you knowledge about the world. tree →
- Test your knowledge with our quiz! tree →
- She has a lot of knowledge about dinosaurs. tree →
- It's common knowledge that the earth goes around the sun. tree →
- To my knowledge, the shop is still open. tree →
- They took the car without his knowledge. tree →
- Scientific knowledge changes when we find new evidence. tree →
- It takes years to acquire great knowledge. tree →
note
Uncountable: no «a knowledge» or «knowledges»; say «a lot of knowledge», «some knowledge». Silent k and d: «NOL-ij». Verb: know; adjective: knowledgeable (knowing a lot).
In the corpora
- A bot's knowledge may be out of date about matches, events and dates, and it may not search the web.
- Teachers can often tell when work is not a pupil's own, by style, knowledge and mistakes.
- Maya's friend says the Library of Alexandria burned in one night and all ancient knowledge was lost.
- God told Adam and Eve they could eat from every tree except the tree of the knowledge of good and evil.
- Paul wrote that without love a person is only «a clanging cymbal», however great their gifts and knowledge.
Trees and pragmatics
Every meaning and example of «knowledge» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.