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Dictionary quizzes to help you remember the meaning

common knowledge

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Source Word

common knowledge

uncountable

That which is known by most people, and thus cannot reasonably be contested.

Japanese Meaning

一般常識：多くの人々に知られており、疑いの余地がない事実や情報。 / 世間一般の理解：誰もが知っているとされる常識的な知識。

What is this buttons?

It's common knowledge that the Earth orbits the Sun, so we shouldn't debate it in this meeting.

Google Translation / DeepL Translation

地球が太陽の周りを公転していることは常識なので、この会議でそれを議論するべきではありません。

Sense（1）

That which is known by most people, and thus cannot reasonably be contested.

Sense（2）

(logic, game theory) A special kind of knowledge for a group of agents, such that when all the agents in a group G know p, they all know that they know p, they all know that they all know that they know p, and so on ad infinitum.

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