A2verb · intransitive · frequent

knowledge

know·ledge

knowledge · knowledges · knowledged · knowledging

To confess as true; to acknowledgeTo confess as true; to acknowledge.

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UK/ˈnɒl.ɪdʒ/US/ˈnɑ.lɪdʒ/

» I thought that it was common knowledge.

Я думав, що це загальновідомо. — deniko

Я думала, що це загальновідомо. — deniko

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Meaning

1 senses

(obsolete)To confess as true; to acknowledge.

Examples

816 sentences

I thought that it was common knowledge.
Я думав, що це загальновідомо. — deniko
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I thought it was common knowledge.
Я думав, що це загальновідомо. — deniko
ruЯ думал, это общеизвестно. — odexed
deIch dachte, das wäre allgemein bekannt. — Pfirsichbaeumchen
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I think that's common knowledge.
Мені здається, це загальновідомо. — deniko
deIch denke, das weiß man. — raggione
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He has both experience and knowledge.
ruУ него есть и опыт, и знания. — marafon
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He has some knowledge of editing.
ruОн имел некоторые навыки редактирования. — las
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Origin

From Middle English knowleche, knaweleche, cnawlece (“knowledge”), from knowen (“to know,

From Middle English knowleche, knaweleche, cnawlece (“knowledge”), from knowen (“to know, recognise”) + -leche. Related to Middle English knowlechen (“to find out, acknowledge”). For more on the Middle English suffix -leche, compare freelage. Compare also Old English cnāwelǣċ, cnāwelǣċing (“acknowledging, acknowledgement”).

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Forms

knowledges, knowledging, knowledged, knowledged

Base form	knowledge · to knowledge
3rd person singular	knowledges
Present participle	knowledging
Past simple	knowledged
Past participle	knowledged

regular · Lesson

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, they	knowledge
he, she, it	knowledges

Past simpleLesson

all persons

knowledged

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, they	have knowledged
he, she, it	has knowledged

Future simple (will)Lesson

all persons

will knowledge

Word family

Lessons for this word

3 lessons

A1Present simple — Because it is a verb
A1Past simple, regular verbs — Because of its past form
A2Present perfect: introduction — Because of its past participle

Collocations

6 patterns

common knowledge
was common knowledge
good knowledge of
public knowledge
a good knowledge
good knowledge