knowable

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know

(nō)

v. knew (no͞o, nyo͞o), known (nōn), know·ing, knows

v.tr.

1. To perceive directly; grasp in the mind with clarity or certainty.

2. To regard as true beyond doubt: I know she won't fail.

3. To have a practical understanding of, as through experience; be skilled in: knows how to cook.

4. To have fixed in the mind: knows her Latin verbs.

5. To have experience of: "a black stubble that had known no razor" (William Faulkner).

a. To perceive as familiar; recognize: I know that face.

b. To be acquainted with: He doesn't know his neighbors.

7. To be able to distinguish; recognize as distinct: knows right from wrong.

8. To discern the character or nature of: knew him for a liar.

9. Archaic To have sexual intercourse with.

v.intr.

1. To possess knowledge, understanding, or information.

2. To be cognizant or aware.

Idioms:

know (someone) in the biblical sense

To have sexual relations with (someone).

in the know Informal

Possessing special or secret information.

you know Informal

Used parenthetically in conversation, as to fill pauses or educe the listener's agreement or sympathy: Please try to be, you know, a little quieter. How were we supposed to make camp in a storm like that, you know?

[Middle English knouen, from Old English cnāwan; see gnō- in Indo-European roots.]

know′a·ble adj.

know′er n.

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Adj.

knowable - capable of being known

cognisable, cognizable, cognoscible

unknowable - not knowable; "the unknowable mysteries of life"

knowable

adjective

Capable of being readily understood:

comprehensible, fathomable, intelligible, understandable.

Translations

poznatelný

conoscibile riconoscibile

knowable

[ˈnəʊəbl] ADJ → conocible

Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005

knowable

adj → den/die/das man wissen kann; it’s not knowable → das kann man nicht wissen

Collins German Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged 7th Edition 2005. © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1980 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2007

knowable

[ˈnəʊəbl] adj → conoscibile

Collins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995

References in classic literature ?

Thus, by knowledge we mean knowledge the knowable; by the knowable, that which is to be apprehended by knowledge; by perception, perception of the perceptible; by the perceptible, that which is apprehended by perception.

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I'm a frontiersman from the extreme edge of the Knowable, and I feel quite out of place when I leave my study and come into touch with all you great, rough, hulking creatures.

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will insist that there are facts, and that history--both ancient and modern --is real and knowable. The American government's recognition of Jerusalem as the capital of the State of Israel is simply the acceptance of the truth of history.

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In this talk, Nanouche will discuss a view of God that Christian Science offers: a God who is divine good and only good; that doesn't punish His creation or send sickness and pain; that is knowable -- completely discoverable -- through prayer; and how this awareness of God brings greater well-being into our lives.