knowing
noh ing
- n a clear and certain mental apprehension
- v be cognizant or aware of a fact or a specific piece of information; possess knowledge or information about
- v know how to do or perform something
- v be aware of the truth of something; have a belief or faith in something; regard as true beyond any doubt
- v be familiar or acquainted with a person or an object
- v have firsthand knowledge of states, situations, emotions, or sensations
- v accept (someone) to be what is claimed or accept his power and authority
- v have fixed in the mind
- v have sexual intercourse with
- v know the nature or character of
- v be able to distinguish, recognize as being different
- v perceive as familiar
- s evidencing the possession of inside information
- s characterized by conscious design or purpose
a knowing attempt to defraud - s alert and fully informed
a knowing collector of rare books - s highly educated; having extensive information or understanding
knowing instructors
- But knowing that I did want to make a difference.
- It's knowing some cultural information which one can assume, but one must be wrong.
- Since Piaget, the territory has been widely colonized by those who write about women's ways of knowing, Afrocentric ways of knowing, even the computer's ways of knowing.