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Words, grammatical forms and meanings linked to the ontology.

all-knowing en · ADJ

Etymology

From all- + knowing. Partially a calque of Latin omnisciens (literally “all-knowing”)

Meanings

  1. (not-comparable) Knowing everything: all facts, all actions taken by everyone, and so on.
    • Near-synonyms: all-seeing, omnivident
    • She waited on her horse passive and all-knowing. 1974, John Boorman, Zardoz, London: Pan Books, page 19:

Relateds

all-powerful · ever-present · omnipotent · omnipresent

Synonyms

all-seeing · omniscient · omnivident