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Definition of Knowhow
1. the faculty of knowing what to do [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Knowhow
Literary usage of Knowhow
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Calcutta Review by University of Calcutta (1844)
"It is a challenge to the technicians and planners and educationists in the urban
areas where at present all the techncial knowhow vests, to chalk out, ..."
2. Vietnam Assessment: Creating a Sound Investment Climate edited by Suiwah Leung (1996)
"These ownership or firm-specific assets include product and process technology,
patented knowhow, brand name and managerial skill. ..."
3. Participatory Development: Learning from South Asia by Ponna Wignaraja (1991)
"... devastating flash floods and toxicity of rivers. ii) Sharing of bio-saline
research and technical knowhow on controlling desertification of soils, ..."
4. Spin-Off, Dual-Use and Conversion: Fashion Or Reality by Jakob Lorentzi, Magnus Nilsson (1994)
"The knowhow that was particularly useful from the military side was experience
in using electronic components in an outdoor environment, for instance ..."
5. Merriam-Webster's Dictionary of English Usage by Inc. Merriam-Webster (1994)
"... the contexts in which it occurs have to do with business or technology: failed
in commercial ventures because they lacked marketing knowhow —Forbes, ..."
6. Tracking Gender Equity Under Economic Reforms: Continuity and Change in by Swapna Mukhopadhyay, Ratna M. Sudarshan (2003)
"Similarly, wage inequalities may increase if an effort at inward mobility of
highly skilled workers with knowhow is not encouraged and indigenized in areas ..."
7. National Critical Technologies Report 1995 by DIANE Publishing Company (1995)
"As part of the defense conversion process, however, governments are increasingly
willing to release portions of this classified knowhow to the civil sector. ..."
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