know-all

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Transcription

- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
- UK Pronunciation
- UK IPA
- [noh awl]
- /noʊ ɔl/
- /nəʊ ɔːl/

- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
- [noh awl]
- /noʊ ɔl/

Definitions of know-all word

noun know-all a know-it-all. 1
abbreviation KNOW-ALL know-it-all 1
countable noun know-all If you say that someone is a know-all, you are critical of them because they think that they know a lot more than other people. 0
noun know-all a person who pretends or appears to know a great deal 0
noun know-all (chiefly Britain, Ireland) Someone who obnoxiously claims to be knowledgeable on a subject. 0

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Origin of know-all

First appearance:

before 1880

One of the 23% newest English words

First recorded in 1880-85

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Parts of speech for Know-all

noun

adjective

verb

adverb

pronoun

preposition

conjunction

determiner

exclamation

Full grammatical hierarchy of Know-all

know-all popularity

A pretty common term. Usually people know it’s meaning, but prefer to use a more spread out synonym. About 34% of English native speakers know the meaning and use word.

According to our data about 59% of words is more used. This is a rare but used term. It occurs in the pages of specialized literature and in the speech of educated people.