Betekenis van knowledge In het Nederlands

• 0 understanding of or information about a subject that you get by experience or study, either known by one person or by people generally:

  • Her knowledge of English grammar is very extensive.

  • He has a limited knowledge of French.

  • The details of the scandal are now common knowledge (= familiar to most people).

  • She started to photograph the documents, safe in the knowledge that (= knowing that) she wouldn't be disturbed for at least an hour.

  • In this town there are only a couple of restaurants that to my knowledge (= judging from my personal experience and information) serve good food.

  • They both deny all knowledge of the affair.

  • It has come/been brought to our knowledge (= we have discovered) that several computers have gone missing.

• 1 awareness, understanding, or information that has been obtained by experience or study, and that is either in a person’s mind or possessed by people generally:

  • How will we use our increasing scientific knowledge?

  • A lack of knowledge on the part of teachers is a real problem.

  • He has a limited knowledge of French.

  • The owner claims the boat was being used without her knowledge.

  • It was common knowledge that Lucy was superstitious about the number 13.

• 2 skill in, understanding of, or information about something, which a person gets by experience or study:

  • acquire/gain/have knowledge

  • possess/lack knowledge

  • People working in stores need better product knowledge.

  • business/scientific/technical knowledge

  • deny all/any knowledge of sth The chairman denies all knowledge of any foreign accounts.

  • Applicants should have a working knowledge of computer-aided design systems.

  • detailed/extensive/basic knowledge

  • business/scientific/technical knowledge

• 3 judging from my personal experience and information:

  • To my knowledge, not one call was made to verify anything in my application for the job.