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know-how
[ noh-hou ]
noun
- knowledge of how to do something; faculty or skill for a particular activity; expertise:
Designing a computer requires a lot of know-how.
know-how
noun
- ingenuity, aptitude, or skill; knack
- commercial and saleable knowledge of how to do a particular thing; experience
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Word History and Origins
Origin of know-how1
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Example Sentences
Once again, Apple has all the know-how to enter, and dominate, this market without making an acquisition.
The Iranians now have most of the know-how and most of the radioactive stuff they need to build a bomb.
That tech know-how was supposed to extend from campaigns into modernizing the federal government and increasing its effectiveness.
Using Yamaha's Vocaloid software, anyone with enough technical know-how can program Miku to perform any song on a computer.
Tax incentives exist abroad, and those with the resources and know-how have long taken advantage of them, well within the law.
Kill off enough of the masses and even if the planet and the know-how is left, there's nobody to do the work.
By the time a fighter had any real experience and know-how in the old days, his body was shot.
The top grafting method shown is easy and sure if you have "the know-how and skill."
He has the kind of brilliant technical know-how which makes what goes on inside of a plane of paramount interest to him.
As I mentioned earlier, I think we are well equipped in know-how and in equipment.
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