Knowledge
The act or state of knowing; clear perception of fact, truth, or duty; certain apprehension; familiar cognizance; cognition.
That which is or may be known; the object of an act of knowing; a cognition; -- chiefly used in the plural.
That which is gained and preserved by knowing; instruction; acquaintance; enlightenment; learning; scholarship; erudition.
That familiarity which is gained by actual experience; practical skill; as, a knowledge of life.
Scope of information; cognizance; notice; as, it has not come to my knowledge.
Sexual intercourse; -- usually preceded by carnal; as, carnal knowledge.
To acknowledge.
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Knowledge Quotations
Science investigates religion interprets. Science gives man knowledge which is power religion gives man wisdom which is control.
Martin Luther King, Jr.
Imagination is more important than knowledge.
Albert Einstein
The true sign of intelligence is not knowledge but imagination.
Albert Einstein
There comes a time when the mind takes a higher plane of knowledge but can never prove how it got there.
Albert Einstein
The only source of knowledge is experience.
Albert Einstein
Information is not knowledge.
Albert Einstein
Whoever undertakes to set himself up as a judge of Truth and Knowledge is shipwrecked by the laughter of the gods.
Albert Einstein
Knowledge of what is does not open the door directly to what should be.
Albert Einstein
It is the supreme art of the teacher to awaken joy in creative expression and knowledge.
Albert Einstein
The gift of fantasy has meant more to me than my talent for absorbing positive knowledge.
Albert Einstein
Knowledge Translations
knowledge in Afrikaans is kennis
knowledge in Danish is kundskab
knowledge in Dutch is bekendheid, kennis, kunde
knowledge in German is Wissen, Kenntnis, Kenntnis, Wissen
knowledge in Italian is sapere, nozione
knowledge in Latin is gnaritas, conscientia, agnitio, scientia
knowledge in Norwegian is kunnskap, kjennskap
knowledge in Portuguese is conhecimento
knowledge in Spanish is conocimiento
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