knowledge
What you know and understand because you have learned or experienced it.
Awareness, understanding, and familiarity gained through experience or education about facts, information, and skills.
Facts or details that someone knows about something.
Information or facts that someone knows about a particular subject or situation.
- Base: knowledge
- Plural: knowledge, knowledges
common knowledge
1widely known fact or information
Something that many people know and accept as true.
- It’s common knowledge that the Earth orbits the Sun.
- Her love for chocolate is common knowledge among her friends.
in the know
1having insider information
Knowing special or secret things that most people do not know.
- Only a few people in the company are in the know about the merger.
- She likes to stay in the know about fashion trends.
to my knowledge
1as far as I personally know
Used to say that you think something is true based on what you personally know.
- To my knowledge, he has never been to Japan.
- To my knowledge, this is the first time they met.
to the best of my knowledge
1as far as I know
Used to say that you think something is true based on what you know, but you are not completely sure.
- To the best of my knowledge, the meeting starts at 3 p.m.
- To the best of my knowledge, she still lives in New York.
to the best of my knowledge
1as far as I know
Use this to say something is true based on what you know.
- To the best of my knowledge, the files were sent yesterday.
- To the best of my knowledge, no one has reported a problem.
- To the best of my knowledge, he isn’t working there anymore.