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Meaning of know-everything | Babel Free

Noun CEFR C2

Definitions

  1. Synonym of know-it-all.
  2. A highly knowledgeable person; expert.

Examples

“There is Mali, there is Guinea, you are about to say— but our loans to Mali and Guinea, my young know-everythings, are like fish to vultures; the stomach remains empty.”
“Even with the best screening methods, the loud talkers, the silent ones, and the know-everythings still may show up, for the world is full of these.”
“Why is the "know-everything" so afraid of the autonomy of others, and the "know-nothing" so afraid of his own autonomy?”
“There is the unthinking no and the thinking no, the negation spoken by the know-nothings, and the negation of the know-everythings.”
“Lots of people are like that in our business, trying to act like complete know-everythings.”
“In the nineteenth century, Twain was the know-everything traveller, who made his homeland seem doubly attractive by so engagingly representing its energy and creativity.”
“The guard is being instructed by indoor guard know-everythings and will # about 22 or so”
“We were the know-everythings about the vast restaurant options in our area.”

CEFR level

C2
Mastery
This word is part of the CEFR C2 vocabulary — mastery level.

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