KNOW-HOW

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does know-how mean? 

• KNOW-HOW (noun)
  The noun KNOW-HOW has 1 sense:

1. the (technical) knowledge and skill required to do something

  Familiarity information: KNOW-HOW used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• KNOW-HOW (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

The (technical) knowledge and skill required to do something

Classified under:

Nouns denoting cognitive processes and contents

Hypernyms ("know-how" is a kind of...):

ability; power (possession of the qualities (especially mental qualities) required to do something or get something done)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "know-how"):

bag of tricks (a supply of ways of accomplishing something)

sapience; wisdom (ability to apply knowledge or experience or understanding or common sense and insight)

method (a way of doing something, especially a systematic way; implies an orderly logical arrangement (usually in steps))