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to the best of one's knowledge

to the best of one's knowledge is the alternative form of to one's knowledge.

Meaning of to one's knowledge

Prepositional phrase

  1. To the extent of one's limited knowledge of the facts.
    • John will be starting his new job next Monday, to my knowledge.

Questions about to the best of one's knowledge

What is to the best of one's knowledge the alternative form of?
To the best of one's knowledge is the alternative form of to one's knowledge.

Words near to the best of one's knowledge in the dictionary

  1. to tell you the truth
  2. to that effect
  3. to that end
  4. to the
  5. to the backbone
  6. to the best of one's knowledge
  7. to the bone
  8. to the bones
  9. to the brim
  10. to the contrary
  11. to the core

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Adapted from Wiktionary: to the best of one's knowledge (page history and authors); to one's knowledge (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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