know-how
knowledge of how to do something; faculty or skill for a particular activity; expertise: Designing a computer requires a lot of know-how.
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How to use know-how in a sentence
Once again, Apple has all the know-how to enter, and dominate, this market without making an acquisition.
The Iranians now have most of the know-how and most of the radioactive stuff they need to build a bomb.
Iranian Bombs and Black Swans in the Nuclear Negotiations | Christopher Dickey | December 17, 2013 | THE DAILY BEASTThat tech know-how was supposed to extend from campaigns into modernizing the federal government and increasing its effectiveness.
Using Yamaha's Vocaloid software, anyone with enough technical know-how can program Miku to perform any song on a computer.
Tax incentives exist abroad, and those with the resources and know-how have long taken advantage of them, well within the law.
Kill off enough of the masses and even if the planet and the know-how is left, there's nobody to do the work.
Space Viking | Henry Beam PiperBy the time a fighter had any real experience and know-how in the old days, his body was shot.
Vital Ingredient | Gerald VanceThe top grafting method shown is easy and sure if you have "the know-how and skill."
Walnut Growing in Oregon | VariousHe has the kind of brilliant technical know-how which makes what goes on inside of a plane of paramount interest to him.
Political Application | John Victor PetersonAs I mentioned earlier, I think we are well equipped in know-how and in equipment.
Warren Commission (4 of 26): Hearings Vol. IV (of 15) | The President's Commission on the Assassination of President Kennedy
British Dictionary definitions for know-how
ingenuity, aptitude, or skill; knack
commercial and saleable knowledge of how to do a particular thing; experience
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