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
As a result, DuBreuil and other people knowledgeable about betting say buying picks is almost always a poor investment.
From Washington Post
As President Dwight D. Eisenhower noted in his famous farewell address in 1961, the only counterbalance to the power of the military-industrial complex is an "alert and knowledgeable citizenry."
From Salon
How do people who are not part of the medical system — and are not rich and White — find help when those who are knowledgeable with the medical system are themselves frustrated?
From Washington Post
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