knowing

Etymology

From know + -ing.

adj

1. Possessing knowledge or understanding; knowledgeable, intelligent.
2. Deliberate, wilful.
3. Shrewd or showing clever awareness; discerning.
   a knowing rascal
4. Demonstrating knowledge of what is in fashion; stylish, chic.
   ‘I was a raw boy from College, and fancied it very knowing to marry a girl that all the young fellows of my acquaintance reckoned so confounded handsome.’ 1792, Charlotte Smith, Desmond, Broadview, published 2001, page 173
5. The ability to know something without being taught.
6. Suggestive of private knowledge or understanding.
   Jon and Tyrion greet each other with the words that have been used against them as weapons, sharing a knowing smile. July 30, 2017, Ali Barthwell, “Ice and fire finally meet in a front-loaded episode of Game Of Thrones (newbies)”, in The Onion AV Club

prep

1. Given my knowledge about someone or something.
   Knowing you, you would try not to be late for school.

verb

1. present participle and gerund of know

noun

1. The act or condition of having knowledge.
   Sensations then, are not perceivings, observings or findings; they are not detectings, scannings or inspectings; they are not apprehendings, cognisings, intuitings or knowings. 2009, Gilbert Ryle, The Concept of Mind (60th Anniversary Edition, 1949, page 194)