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Definitions for Knowing

[1] affecting, implying, or deliberately revealing shrewd knowledge of secret or private information: a knowing glance.
[2] that knows; having knowledge or information; intelligent.
[3] shrewd, sharp, or astute.
[4] conscious; intentional; deliberate.
[5] to perceive or understand as fact or truth; to apprehend clearly and with certainty: I know the situation fully.
[6] to have established or fixed in the mind or memory: to know a poem by heart; Do you know the way to the park from here?
[7] to be cognizant or aware of: I know it.
[8] be acquainted with (a thing, place, person, etc.), as by sight, experience, or report: to know the mayor.
[9] to understand from experience or attainment (usually followed by how before an infinitive): to know how to make gingerbread.
[10] to be able to distinguish, as one from another: to know right from wrong.
[11] Archaic . to have sexual intercourse with.
[12] to have knowledge or clear and certain perception, as of fact or truth.
[13] to be cognizant or aware, as of some fact, circumstance, or occurrence; have information, as about something.
[14] the fact or state of knowing; knowledge.
[15] suggesting secret information or knowledge
[16] wise, shrewd, or clever
[17] deliberate; intentional
[18] there is no knowing one cannot tell
[19] (also intr; may take a clause as object) to be or feel certain of the truth or accuracy of (a fact, etc)
[20] to be acquainted or familiar with she's known him five years
[21] to have a familiarity or grasp of, as through study or experience he knows French
[22] (also intr; may take a clause as object) to understand, be aware of, or perceive (facts, etc) he knows the answer now
[23] (foll by how) to be sure or aware of (how to be or do something)
[24] to experience, esp deeply to know poverty
[25] to be intelligent, informed, or sensible enough (to do something) she knew not to go home yet
[26] (may take a clause as object) to be able to distinguish or discriminate
[27] archaic to have sexual intercourse with
[28] I know what I have an idea
[29] know what's what to know how one thing or things in general work
[30] you know informal a parenthetical filler phrase used to make a pause in speaking or add slight emphasis to a statement
[31] you never know things are uncertain
[32] in the know informal aware or informed

Words related to Knowing

brilliant, sophisticated, perceptive, intelligent, insightful, wise, intended, expert, deliberate, discerning, sage, slick, qualified, awake, crack, quick, sharp, smart, cool, percipient

Words nearby Knowing

know-nothing, know-nothings, knowable, knowe, knowed, knowing, knowledge, knowledge economy, knowledge engineering, knowledge is power, knowledge worker

Origin of Knowing

1before 900; Middle English knowen, knawen, Old English gecnāwan; cognate with Old High German -cnāhan, Old Norse knā to know how, be able to; akin to Latin (g)nōvī, Greek gignṓskein. See gnostic, can1

Other words from Knowing

know·ing·ly , adverb
know·ing·ness , noun
know·er , noun

Word origin for Knowing

Old English gecnāwan; related to Old Norse knā I can, Latin noscere to come to know

Synonyms for Knowing

brilliant, insightful, intelligent, perceptive, sophisticated, awake, cool, crack, deliberate, discerning, expert, intended, percipient, qualified, quick, sage, sharp, slick, smart, wise, alive, apprehensive, astute, brainy, bright, canny, clever, cognizant, competent, conscious, conversant, intentional, judicious, knowledgeable, observant, quick-witted, sagacious, sensible, sentient, skillful, sophic, tuned-in, vigilant, watchful, well-informed, with-it, witting, worldly, worldly-wise