Meaning of prior knowledge | Babel Free

Definitions

1. Knowledge of a set of circumstances sufficient to make actions based on those circumstances wrongful.
   uncountable
2. Prior to the inception of an insurance policy, knowledge of specific extant circumstances that could reasonably give rise to a claim under that policy.
   uncountable
3. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see prior, knowledge.
   uncountable

Examples

“The defendant was convicted because the prosecutor proved the defendant's prior knowledge of the victim's particular vulnerability.”

“All our policies require a declaration of no prior knowledge as a matter of routine.”

“I had no prior knowledge of linguistics, but that didn't stop me from writing a dictionary.”

“The impact of prior knowledge on the acquisition of knowledge is certanly not a new finding.”

“Most constructivist-inspired instruction attempts to make contact with students' prior knowledge so students will learn better.”

“Half the students in the study were encouraged to activate prior knowledge (i.e., they wrote down everything they knew about the topic before reading the relevant passage), and half read the to-be-acquired content without opportunity for activation.”

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