knowingPronunciation: /ˈnəʊɪŋ/Translate knowing | into French | into German | into Italian | into Spanish 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 [mass noun] the state of being aware or informed. Phrases there is no knowing no one can tell:if we go there’s no knowing what will happenDerivatives knowingness noun knowing in other Oxford dictionaries Definition of knowing in the US English dictionary
