know-how
UK/ˈnəʊ.haʊ/
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Northumbria/ˈnaː.huː/
know-how noun: the knowledge and skill to be able to (do something correctly).
Noun
know-how (uncountable)
- The knowledge and skill to be able to (do something correctly).
- Marlo has the know-how to fix your computer.
- Today this situation has — at least in theory — been reversed in a startling way because the main source of wealth is no longer natural resources but scientific knowledge and technological know-how that has been accumulated incrementally since the advent of civilization.1989, L. S. Stavrianos, Lifelines from Our Past: A New World History, New York: Pantheon Books, page 237
- Synonyms:
- expertise, savoir-faire
know-how meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Malayalam and Kannada
know-how in Hindi
- the knowledge and skill to be able to do something correctly
- व्यवहार-ज्ञान vyavhār-jñān
know-how in Tamil
- செய்நுட்ப அறிவு, வழிவகை, வழிவகை அறிவு
know-how in Malayalam
- expertise, knowledge, skill
- കെെത്തഴക്കം, കെെത്തിട്ടം, കെെനിദാനം, കഴിവ്, നിപുണത, പഠിപ്പ്
know-how in Kannada
- ತಾಂತ್ರಿಕ ಪರಿಣತಿ, ತಜ್ಞತೆ, ಪ್ರಾಯೋಗಿಕ ಜ್ಞಾನ, ಸಹಜ ಕೌಶಲ
More languagesFewer languages
- know-how in Punjabi
- ਜਾਚ jāc, ਢੰਗ ḍhaṅg
- know-how in Arabic
- دِرَايَة dirāya, بَرَاعَة barāʕa, مَهَارَة mahāra, حِذْق ḥiḏq
- know-how in Persian
- مهارت mahârat, دانش dâneš
- know-how in Thai
- โนว์ฮาว
Synonyms of know-how
Forms of know-how
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Origin of know-how
Deverbal from know how. American English, 1838.
Words formed from know-how
Words that rhyme with know-how
Questions about know-how
- What does know-how mean?
- Know-how means the knowledge and skill to be able to (do something correctly).
- What is know-how in Hindi?
- Know-how in Hindi is व्यवहार-ज्ञान (vyavhār-jñān). See Know-how meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is know-how?
- Know-how is a noun.
- How do you pronounce know-how?
- Know-how is pronounced /ˈnəʊ.haʊ/ (UK).
Words near know-how in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: know-how (page history and authors); know-how (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); know-how (Olam, E.K. Kurup corpus) (dataset and license); know-how (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors); ਜਾਚ (Punjabi) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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