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語源

Deverbal from know how. American English, 1838.

発音

• (英国発音) IPA: /ˈnəʊ.haʊ/
  • (Northumbria) IPA: /ˈnaː.huː/
• (米国発音) IPA: /ˈnoʊ.haʊ/
• 韻: (英国発音) -əʊhaʊ, (米国発音) -oʊhaʊ
• Homophone: nohow

名詞

know-how (uncountable)

1. The knowledge and skill to be able to (do something correctly).

   Synonyms: expertise, savoir-faire

   Marlo has the know-how to fix your computer.

   • 1989, L. S. Stavrianos, Lifelines from Our Past: A New World History‎, New York: Pantheon Books, page 237:

     Today this situation has — at least in theory — been reversed in a startling way because the main source of wealth is no longer natural resources but scientific knowledge and technological know-how that has been accumulated incrementally since the advent of civilization.

   • 2008 April 20, G. Pascal Zachary, “How Scientific Gains Abroad Pay Off in the U.S.”, in New York Times‎:

     American innovators — with their world-class strengths in product design, marketing and finance — may have a historic opportunity to convert the scientific know-how from abroad into market gains and profits. Mr. Hill views the transition to “the postscientific society” as an unrecognized bonus for American creators of new products and services.

派生語

• snow-how

派生した語

参照

Further reading

• “know-how”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.
• “know-how”, in Merriam-Webster.com Online Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: Merriam-Webster, 1996–present.