"in the know" meaning in All languages combined

See in the know on Wiktionary

Prepositional phrase [English]

Head templates: {{head|en|prepositional phrase|head=}} in the know, {{en-PP}} in the know
  1. Informed, aware. Translations (informed, aware): عَلَى عِلْم (ʕalā ʕilm) (Arabic), տեղյակ (teġyak) (Armenian), բիթի (bitʻi) (Armenian), al corrent (Catalan), 知情 (zhīqíng) (Chinese Mandarin), 有知識的 (Chinese Mandarin), 有知识的 (yǒu zhīshi de) (Chinese Mandarin), informeret (Danish), velinformeret (Danish), ingeweid (Dutch), teadlik (Estonian), tietävä (Finnish), au courant (French), au parfum [colloquial] (French), eingeweiht (German), im Bilde über etwas sein (German), tájékozott (Hungarian), beavatott (Hungarian), jól értesült (Hungarian), képben van (Hungarian), al corrente (Italian), wtajemniczony (Polish), informado [masculine] (Portuguese), atento [masculine] (Portuguese), в ку́рсе (v kúrse) (Russian), informado (Spanish), al loro [colloquial] (Spanish), en el ajo [colloquial] (Spanish), al tanto (Spanish), en la pomada [colloquial] (Spanish), обі́знаний (obíznanyj) (Ukrainian), в ку́рсі (v kúrsi) (Ukrainian)

Alternative forms

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