Meaning of knowledgeable in English

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  1. Pronunciation
  2. Classifying Adjective
    1. Definitions
  3. Qualitative Adjective
    1. Definitions

  1. Pronunciation

    /ˈnɑlədʒəb(ə)l/

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  1. Classifying Adjective

    knowledgeable

    Definitions

    1. highly educated

    Examples

    • « having extensive information or understanding »
    • « an enlightened public »
    • « knowing instructors »
    • « a knowledgeable critic »
    • « a knowledgeable audience »

    Synonyms

  2. 2. alert and fully informed

    Examples

    • « 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 »

    Synonyms

  3. 3. thoroughly acquainted with through study or experience

    Examples

    • « this girl, so intimate with nature-W.H.Hudson »
    • « knowledgeaIble about the technique of painting- Herbert Read »

    Synonyms

  4. Qualitative Adjective

    knowledgeable

    Definitions

    1. thoroughly acquainted with and skilled in something through study or experience

    Examples

    • « well versed in classical languages »

    Antonyms

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  • « I don't claim to be knowledgeable about theology. Most of my knowledge comes out of my experience and the lessons in the Bible. Every Sunday I'm home I teach 45 minutes and we boiled them down to one page for the new book, 'Through the Year with Jimmy Carter.' »
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  • « A knowledgeable and courageous U.S. president could help enormously in leading the world's nations toward saving the climate. »
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  • « I have an incredible amount of basketball knowledge, and I think a lot of that is derived from having a Hall of Fame college basketball coach who was very knowledgeable of the game and I had a great high school coach who was also very knowledgeable. »
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  • « A final word: I am not knowledgeable about the internet. I do not have a computer. I guess that at 74 years of age, I don't have the patience to learn. »
    David Wilkerson
  • « You feel sometimes when you hear analysts and knowledgeable people talking about Iran that they fear so much about the survival of the regime, because deep down it's not a legitimate regime, it doesn't represent the will of the people, it's kind of morphed into kind of a military theocracy. »
    Hillary Clinton

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