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Definition of "know-how" []

  • The knowledge and skill required to do something correctly. See Synonyms at art1. (noun)

American Heritage(R) Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright (c) 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

Use "know-how" in a sentence
  • "I also feel that he has downloaded some know-how into me—a knowing that goes past what can be conveyed by words."
  • "It is also an entrance to the library of all wisdom and spiritual know-how."
  • "There, you will receive spiritual know-how and, more important, be infused with pure n|om."