Meaning of "knowing" : Online English Dictionary : Word Search by Wordhut.com

Meaning of knowing

1. (n) clear and certain mental apprehension

2. (adj.sat.) highly educated; having extensive information or understanding; "an enlightened public"; "knowing instructors"; "a knowledgeable critic"; "a knowledgeable audience"

3. (adj.sat.) evidencing the possession of inside information

4. (adj.sat.) alert and fully informed; "politically aware"; "a knowing collector of rare books"; "the most...technically aware of the novelists under thirty"- W.S.Graham; "surprisingly knowledgeable about what was going on"

5. (adj.sat.) by conscious design or purpose; "intentional damage"; "a knowing attempt to defraud"; "a willful waste of time"

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