"as far as one knows" meaning in English

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Adverb

Audio: en-au-as far as one knows.ogg [Australia]
Head templates: {{en-adv|-|head=as far as one knows}} as far as one knows (not comparable)
  1. (idiomatic) To the best of one's knowledge, as far as someone knows about the topic, subject, aspect, or situation. Tags: idiomatic, not-comparable Synonyms: to one's knowledge Hyponyms: AFAIK Related terms: as far as Translations (to the best of my knowledge): حسب علمي (Arabic), до колкото знам (do kolkoto znam) (Bulgarian), que jo sàpiga (Catalan), 據我所知 (Chinese Mandarin), 据我所知 (jùwǒsuǒzhī) (Chinese Mandarin), 就我所知 (jiùwǒsuǒzhī) (Chinese Mandarin), pokud vím (Czech), så vidt jeg ved (Danish), voor zo ver ik weet (Dutch), naar mijn weten (Dutch), bij mijn weten (Dutch), laŭ mia scio (Esperanto), tietääkseni (Finnish), pour autant que je sache (French), soweit ich weiß (German), soviel ich weiß (German), למיטב ידיעתי (lemeytáv yediatí) (Hebrew), לפי מיטב ידיעתי (Hebrew), tudtommal (Hungarian), tudomásom szerint (Hungarian), legjobb tudomásom szerint (Hungarian), úgy tudom (Hungarian), per quanto si sa (Italian), 知る限り (shiru-kagiri) (alt: しるかぎり) (Japanese), så vidt jeg vet (Norwegian Bokmål), så vidt meg bekjent (Norwegian Bokmål), o ile mi wiadomo (Polish), z tego co wiem (Polish), pelo que alguém sabe (Portuguese), tanto quanto sei (Portuguese), até onde eu sei (Portuguese), din câte știu eu (Romanian), наско́лько я зна́ю (naskólʹko ja znáju) (Russian), наско́лько мне изве́стно (naskólʹko mne izvéstno) (Russian), fhad 's as fhiosrach cuideigin (Scottish Gaelic), que yo sepa (Spanish), por lo que sepa (Spanish), hasta donde yo sé (Spanish), såvitt jag vet (Swedish), vad jag vet (Swedish), mig veterligen (Swedish), bildiğim kadarıyla (Turkish), наскі́льки я зна́ю (naskílʹky ja znáju) (Ukrainian), наскі́льки мені́ відо́мо (naskílʹky mení vidómo) (Ukrainian), אויף וויפֿל איך ווייס (oyf vifl ikh veys) (Yiddish), ez zana ke (Zazaki)

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          "sense": "to the best of my knowledge",
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          "sense": "to the best of my knowledge",
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      "word": "até onde eu sei"
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      "sense": "to the best of my knowledge",
      "word": "din câte știu eu"
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      "word": "que yo sepa"
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      "sense": "to the best of my knowledge",
      "word": "hasta donde yo sé"
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      "sense": "to the best of my knowledge",
      "word": "såvitt jag vet"
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      "sense": "to the best of my knowledge",
      "word": "vad jag vet"
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      "word": "mig veterligen"
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      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "to the best of my knowledge",
      "word": "bildiğim kadarıyla"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "naskílʹky ja znáju",
      "sense": "to the best of my knowledge",
      "word": "наскі́льки я зна́ю"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "naskílʹky mení vidómo",
      "sense": "to the best of my knowledge",
      "word": "наскі́льки мені́ відо́мо"
    },
    {
      "code": "yi",
      "lang": "Yiddish",
      "roman": "oyf vifl ikh veys",
      "sense": "to the best of my knowledge",
      "word": "אויף וויפֿל איך ווייס"
    },
    {
      "code": "zza",
      "lang": "Zazaki",
      "sense": "to the best of my knowledge",
      "word": "ez zana ke"
    }
  ],
  "word": "as far as one knows"
}

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