Understanding The Terms

You might also like

Download as docx, pdf, or txt
Download as docx, pdf, or txt
You are on page 1of 2

Understanding the terms:

Knowledge:
understanding of or information about a subject that you get
by experience or study, either known by one person or by people generally:
Her knowledge of English grammar is very extensive.
He has a limited knowledge of French.
The details of the scandal are now common knowledge (= familiar to
most people).
She started to photograph the documents, safe in
the knowledge that (= knowing that) she wouldn't be disturbed for at least an hour.
In this town there are only a couple of restaurants that to my
knowledge (= judging from
my personal experience and information) serve good food.
Interpretation:
an explanation or opinion of what something means:
The dispute is based on two widely differing interpretations of the law.
The rules are vague and open to interpretation.
It is difficult for many people to accept a literal interpretation of the Bible.

Analyse:
to study or examine something
in detail in order to discover or understand more about it:
Researchers analysed the purchases of 6,300 households.
The book brilliantly analyses the cultural struggles taking place in America during
the 1960s.
We are trying to analyse what went wrong.

Evaluate:
to judge or calculate the quality, importance, amount, or value of something:
It's impossible to evaluate these results without knowing more about
the research methods employed.

Focus:
the main or central point of
something, especially of attention or interest:
focus of attention I think Dave likes to be the focus of attention.
focus of interest The main focus of interest at the fashion show
was Christian Lacroix's outrageous evening wear.
focus on The media focus
on politicians' private lives inevitably switches the attention away from
the real issues.
There was a lot of focus on exam results at my school.

Knowledge – interpret – analyse – evaluate

You might also like