knowing

English Online Dictionary. What means knowing‎? What does knowing mean?

English

Etymology

From know +‎ -ing.

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˈnoʊɪŋ/
• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈnəʊɪŋ/
• Rhymes: -əʊɪŋ

Adjective

knowing (comparative more knowing, superlative most knowing)

1. Possessing knowledge or understanding; knowledgeable, intelligent. [from 14th c.]
2. Deliberate, wilful. [from 16th c.]
3. Shrewd or showing clever awareness; discerning. [from 17th c.]

4. (archaic) Demonstrating knowledge of what is in fashion; stylish, chic. [from 18th c.]
   • 1857, Thomas Hughes, Tom Brown's School Days

     Tom thought his cap a very knowing affair, but confessed that he had a hat in his hat-box; which was accordingly at once extracted from the hind-boot, and Tom equipped in his go-to-meeting roof, as his new friend called it.

5. The ability to know something without being taught.
6. Suggestive of private knowledge or understanding. [from 19th c.]

Synonyms

• knowful

Derived terms

Translations

Preposition

knowing

1. Given my knowledge about someone or something.

Verb

knowing

1. present participle and gerund of know

Derived terms

• knowingly

Noun

knowing (plural knowings)

1. The act or condition of having knowledge.
   • 2009, Gilbert Ryle, The Concept of Mind (60th Anniversary Edition, 1949, page 194)

     Sensations then, are not perceivings, observings or findings; they are not detectings, scannings or inspectings; they are not apprehendings, cognisings, intuitings or knowings.