knowledge

Information and skills that people have learned through study or experience.

• Books help us gain knowledge.
• She shared her knowledge with the class.
• The project brings together scientific knowledge from many countries.

Similar words: learning, information

Opposites: ignorance

Common phrases: general knowledge, share knowledge, gain knowledge

Understanding of a particular subject, place, or situation because you have learned or experienced it.

• He has a good knowledge of French.
• Local knowledge helped us avoid the busy roads.
• How much knowledge of computers does the job require?

How to use it: knowledge of something (Her knowledge of the area helped us find the house.)

Similar words: familiarity, understanding

Opposites: ignorance

Common phrases: knowledge of something, local knowledge, working knowledge

The state of understanding facts or recognizing what is true.

• Belief alone does not give us knowledge.
• The course examines how evidence leads to knowledge.
• She found comfort in the knowledge that everyone was safe.

Similar words: understanding, awareness

Opposites: ignorance

Common phrases: certain knowledge, knowledge of truth, theory of knowledge