knowledgeable
Americanadjective
adjective
"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012Other Word Forms
- knowledgeability noun
- knowledgeableness noun
- knowledgeably adverb
- nonknowledgeable adjective
- quasi-knowledgeable adjective
- quasi-knowledgeably adverb
- unknowledgeable adjective
Etymology
Origin of knowledgeable
Example Sentences
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He added: "Blunt and forthright on air, but knowledgeable, fair and balanced whether talking to Cabinet Ministers or George from Hampstead. Modern day broadcasters take note."
From BBC
Football management is a precarious job, once described to me by a very experienced and knowledgeable manager as like being permanently in "muck".
From BBC
He had to be knowledgeable on a mile-wide range of teams and topics — or at least be able to fake it.
From Los Angeles Times
Ellison and his investor RedBird Capital Partners have already visited oil-rich Middle Eastern countries, holding preliminary talks with sovereign-wealth funds about potentially investing should Paramount win the Warner auction, according to two knowledgeable sources.
From Los Angeles Times
The coherent level of informed specificity certainly suggests authorship by a knowledgeable insider.
From Los Angeles Times
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