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General Knowledge

Definition: General Knowledge

General Knowledge

Noun

1. Knowledge that is available to anyone.

Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
 

Synonym: General Knowledge

Synonym: public knowledge (n). (additional references)

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Crosswords: General Knowledge

English words defined with "general knowledge": arts, awarenessbook of knowledgecognizance, consciousnessExperientialismhumanistic discipline, humanitiesignorantknowingnessliberal artsnescientscientific knowledge, Sense organuletechnical, To put over, To use upunenlightened, unlearned, unlettered. (references)
Specialty definitions using "general knowledge": AbracadabraBoar's Fleshcombustion engineer, COUNTERINTELLIGENCE AGENTENVIRONMENTAL EPIDEMIOLOGISThuman movement sciencesloss-control technicianMACHINIST, AUTOMOTIVE, MANAGER, BAKERY, manager, factory, manager, general, manager, plant, manager, production, mechanization engineer, movement scienceplant supervisor, PRODUCTION SUPERINTENDENT, public-relations practitioner, PUBLIC-RELATIONS REPRESENTATIVEsafety engineer, SAFETY INSPECTOR, SAFETY MANAGER, social studies, social worker, clinical, social worker, health services, SOCIAL WORKER, MEDICAL, superintendent, factory, superintendent, general, superintendent, mill, superintendent, plantTITLE SEARCHER, TOOL-AND-DIE MAKERUSER REPRESENTATIVE, INTERNATIONAL ACCOUNTINGZOO VETERINARIAN. (references)

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Commercial Usage: General Knowledge

DomainTitle

Books

  • Canadian aeroplane written test guide : Theory of flight, General Knowledge section (reference)

    (more book examples)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Familiar Quotations: General Knowledge

AuthorQuotation

John Adams

Liberty can not be preserved without a general knowledge among the people.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

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Use in Literature: General Knowledge

TitleAuthorQuote

Gulliver's Travels

Swift, Jonathan

Whether those pleading orators were persons educated in the general knowledge of equity, or only in provincial, national, and other local customs.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

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Frequency of Internet Keywords: General Knowledge

The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com.
 
ExpressionFrequency
per Day

general knowledge quiz

107

general knowledge

89

general knowledge question

37

general knowledge test

28

general knowledge world

2
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Modern Translations: General Knowledge

Language Translations for "general knowledge"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.

Chinese 

  

常識 (common sense). (various references)

   

Finnish

  

yleistiedot. (various references)

   

German

  

allgemeinwissen, allgemeinbildung (general education, universal education). (various references)

   

Pig Latin

  

eneralgay owledgeknay

   

Portuguese

  

conhecimento geral, conhecimento econômico. (various references)

   

Spanish

  

sabio general, conocimiento general. (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

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Anagrams: General Knowledge

Scrabble® YAWL-Verified Anagrams

Words within the letters "a-d-e-e-e-e-g-g-k-l-l-n-n-o-r-w"

-5 letters: enkernelled.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Alternative Orthography: General Knowledge


Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)

47 65 6E 65 72 61 6C      4B 6E 6F 77 6C 65 64 67 65

Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519; backwards) (references)

    

Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)

01000111 01100101 01101110 01100101 01110010 01100001 01101100 00100000 01001011 01101110 01101111 01110111 01101100 01100101 01100100 01100111 01100101

HTML Code (1990) (references)

&#71 &#101 &#110 &#101 &#114 &#97 &#108 &#32 &#75 &#110 &#111 &#119 &#108 &#101 &#100 &#103 &#101

ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)

0047 0065 006E 0065 0072 0061 006C      004B 006E 006F 0077 006C 0065 0064 0067 0065

Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)

417180718467782458081897871707371

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INDEX

1. Definition
2. Synonyms
3. Crosswords
4. Usage: Commercial
5. Quotations: Familiar
6. Quotations: Fiction
7. Expressions: Internet
8. Translations: Modern
9. Anagrams
10. Orthography
11. Bibliography


  

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