knowledge

knowledge
knowledge [näl′ij]
n.
[ME knoweleche, acknowledgment, confession < Late OE cnawlæc < cnawan (see KNOW) + -læc < lācan, to play, give, move about]
1. the act, fact, or state of knowing; specif.,
a) acquaintance or familiarity (with a fact, place, etc.)
b) awareness
c) understanding
2. acquaintance with facts; range of information, awareness, or understanding
3. all that has been perceived or grasped by the mind; learning; enlightenment
4. the body of facts, principles, etc. acquired through human experience and thought
5. Archaic carnal knowledge: see CARNAL
SYN.- INFORMATION
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to the best of one's knowledge or to one's knowledge
as far as one knows; within the range of one's information

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