KNOWLEDGE BASE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does knowledge base mean? 

• KNOWLEDGE BASE (noun)
  The noun KNOWLEDGE BASE has 1 sense:

1. the content of a particular field of knowledge

  Familiarity information: KNOWLEDGE BASE used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• KNOWLEDGE BASE (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

The content of a particular field of knowledge

Classified under:

Nouns denoting cognitive processes and contents

Synonyms:

domain; knowledge base; knowledge domain

Hypernyms ("knowledge base" is a kind of...):

cognitive content; content; mental object (the sum or range of what has been perceived, discovered, or learned)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "knowledge base"):

bailiwick; discipline; field; field of study; study; subject; subject area; subject field (a branch of knowledge)

realm; region (a knowledge domain that you are interested in or are communicating about)

scientific knowledge (knowledge accumulated by systematic study and organized by general principles)

 Context examples 

As in computer programming, context namespaces are intended to allow multiple knowledge bases to reside in the same physical database.

(Namespace, NCI Thesaurus)

This exercise will help set the NCI's research agenda in breast cancer by identifying and prioritizing those scientific opportunities that are most likely to expand our knowledge base and that will ultimately reduce the burden of this cancer.

(Breast Cancer Progress Review Group, NCI Thesaurus)