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knowing

Syllabification: (know·ing)
Pronunciation: /ˈnōiNG/
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Definition of knowing

adjective

  • 1showing or suggesting that one has knowledge or awareness that is secret or known to only a few people:a knowing smile
  • chiefly derogatory experienced or shrewd, especially excessively or prematurely so:today’s society is too knowing, too corrupt
  • 2done in full awareness or consciousness:a knowing breach of the order by the appellants

noun

  • the state of being aware or informed.

Phrases

there is no knowing

no one can tell.

Derivatives

knowingness

noun

knowing in other Oxford dictionaries

Definition of knowing in the British & World English dictionary