Crossword Dictionary
know-how
noun
Practical knowledge or skill; expertise.
synonyms
knowledge, expertise, skill, proficiency, technique
examples:
‘They are a talented team with a varied brand of footballing skill and know-how.’
‘These guys are doing the best they can, but they don't have the same expertise and know-how.’
‘Without the skill and know-how of the wine-growers and wine-makers there would be no great wines.’
‘Labour skills and technological know-how are crucially important.’
‘Although Ghana matched Italy for the first half an hour, the Italians' extra skill and know-how told in the end.’
‘The event will highlight the wide range of academic, commercial and technical know-how available to firms.’
KNOWLEDGe
cognition, knowledge, noesis - n
the psychological result of perception and learning and reasoning
Knowledge can be defined as awareness of facts or as practical skills, and may also refer to familiarity with objects or situations. Knowledge of facts, also called propositional knowledge, is often defined as true belief that is distinct from opinion or guesswork by virtue of justification. While there is wide agreement among philosophers that it is a form of true belief, many controversies in philosophy focus on justification: whether it is needed at all, how to understand it, and whether something else besides it is needed. These controversies intensified due to a series of thought experiments by Edmund Gettier and have provoked various alternative definitions. Some of them deny that justification is necessary and replace it, for example, with reliability or the manifestation of cognitive virtues. Others contend that justification is needed but formulate additional requirements, for example, that no defeaters of the belief are present or that the person would not have the belief if it was false.
- ABILITY
- ACUMEN
- ACUTENESS
- ADEPTNESS
- ADROITNESS
- AMENITY
- APTITUDE
- APTNESS
- ARTIFICE
- ARTISTRY
- BEGUILE
- BLUFF
- CLEVERNESS
- COMMONSENSE
- COMPETENCE
- CONSIDERATION
- CONTROL
- COURTESY
- CRAFTINESS
- CREATIVITY
- CULTIVATION
- CULTURE
- CUNNING
- DEVICE
- DEXTERITY
- DIPLOMACY
- DISCERNMENT
- DISCRETION
- DISCRIMINATION
- EXPERTISE
- EXPLOIT
- FEINT
- FINAGLE
- GALLANTRY
- GAMESMANSHIP
- GIMMICK
- GRACE
- GRIFT
- GUILE
- HORSESENSE
- INTELLIGENCE
- JUDGMENT
- KNOWHOW
- MANEUVER
- MANIPULATE
- MASTERY
- MISUSE
- NICETY
- ONEUPMANSHIP
- OUTWIT
- PENETRATION
- PERCEPTION
- PERSPICACITY
- PLOY
- POISE
- POLICY
- PRESENCE
- PRUDENCE
- PULLSTRINGS
- QUICKNESS
- REFINEMENT
- REPOSE
- RUNAROUND
- RUSE
- SAVOIRFAIRE
- SAVVY
- SKILL
- SMOOTHNESS
- SOPHISTICATION
- STRATAGEM
- SUBTLETY
- TACT
- TACTFULNESS
- TALENT
- UNDERSTANDING
- URBANITY
- VEIL
- WANGLE
- WILE