knowledge base

noun

A database designed to meet the complex storage and retrieval requirements of computerized knowledge management, especially in support of artificial intelligence or expert systems.

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knowledge domaindomain

Meanings

nounknowledge base (plural knowledge bases)

plural knowledge bases · alternative knowledgebase

  1. A database designed to meet the complex storage and retrieval requirements of computerized knowledge management, especially in support of artificial intelligence or expert systems.

Synonyms & antonyms

nounthe content of a particular field of knowledge

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knowledge domaindomain
Broader
contentcognitive contentmental object
Also see

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Translations

Chinese Mandarin 知識庫 /知识库
  • 知識庫 /知识库 (zhīshikù)database
Czech znalostní báze
  • znalostní bázedatabase
Estonian alusteadmised
  • alusteadmiseddatabase
Finnish tietämyskanta
  • tietämyskantadatabase
Hungarian tudásbázis
  • tudásbázisdatabase
Indonesian basis pengetahuan
  • basis pengetahuandatabase
Japanese 知識ベース
  • 知識ベース (chishiki bēsu)database
Malay pangkalan pengetahuan
  • pangkalan pengetahuandatabase
Polish baza wiedzy
  • baza wiedzydatabase
Cite this entry
APA

knowledge base. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/knowledge%20base

MLA

“knowledge base.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/knowledge%20base. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “knowledge base,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/knowledge%20base.

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