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1 knowledge
knowledge ['nɒlɪdʒ]∎ she has a good knowledge of English elle a une bonne connaissance de l'anglais;∎ he has a basic knowledge of computing il a un minimum de connaissances en informatique;∎ to have a thorough knowledge of sth connaître qch à fond;∎ proverb knowledge is power savoir c'est pouvoir(b) (awareness) connaissance f;∎ I have no knowledge of what happened je ne sais absolument rien de ou j'ignore totalement ce qui s'est passé;∎ it has come to my knowledge that... j'ai appris que...;∎ he brought the theft to my knowledge il a porté le vol à ma connaissance, il m'a fait part du vol;∎ to (the best of) my knowledge (pour) autant que je sache, à ma connaissance;∎ not to my knowledge pas que je sache;∎ without my knowledge à mon insu, sans que je le sache;∎ it's (a matter of) common knowledge c'est de notoriété publique, personne ne l'ignore►► Computing knowledge base base f de connaissances;Computing knowledge engineer cogniticien(enne) m,f -
2 thorough
1 ( detailed) [analysis, examination, investigation, knowledge, research] approfondi ; [preparation, search, work] minutieux/-ieuse ; to give sth a thorough cleaning nettoyer qch à fond ; he did a thorough job on the repair work il a fait toutes les réparations nécessaires ; to have a thorough grasp of sth maîtriser parfaitement qch ;2 ( meticulous) [person] minutieux/-ieuse ;3 ( utter) to make a thorough nuisance of oneself se rendre totalement insupportable.
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