knowledge

connaissances, savoir

Informations et compétences acquises par l’étude ou l’expérience.

En anglais simple : Information and skills that people have learned through study or experience.

• Books help us gain knowledge.
• She shared her knowledge with the class.
• The project brings together scientific knowledge from many countries.

Synonymes : learning, information

Contraires : ignorance

Expressions courantes : general knowledge, share knowledge, gain knowledge

connaissance

Compréhension d’un sujet, d’un lieu ou d’une situation grâce à l’apprentissage ou à l’expérience.

En anglais simple : Understanding of a particular subject, place, or situation because you have learned or experienced it.

• He has a good knowledge of French.
• Local knowledge helped us avoid the busy roads.
• How much knowledge of computers does the job require?

Comment l'utiliser : knowledge of something (Her knowledge of the area helped us find the house.)

Synonymes : familiarity, understanding

Contraires : ignorance

Expressions courantes : knowledge of something, local knowledge, working knowledge

connaissance, compréhension

Fait de comprendre les faits ou de reconnaître ce qui est vrai.

En anglais simple : The state of understanding facts or recognizing what is true.

• Belief alone does not give us knowledge.
• The course examines how evidence leads to knowledge.
• She found comfort in the knowledge that everyone was safe.

Synonymes : understanding, awareness

Contraires : ignorance

Expressions courantes : certain knowledge, knowledge of truth, theory of knowledge