Knowing and Required

Knowing

Knowing adjective - Made, given, or done with full awareness of what one is doing.
Usage example: after giving knowing offense to people of Italian ancestry, he gave the lame excuse that it had all been a joke

Required is an antonym for knowing.

Nearby Words: know, known, knowingly

Required

Required adjective - Forcing one's compliance or participation by or as if by law.

Knowing is an antonym for required.

Nearby Words: requirement, requiring

Both words in one sentence

  • In some titles, such as Frontier, it's possible to make a dish without knowing the recipe; however, instead of being able to do it with 20 less than the required skill, you have to have at least the required skill.
  • Manga / Psychic Academy Knowing your code (or at least certain parts of it) is required to effectively use your abilities.
  • Useful Notes / Iran–Iraq War They also refused to make plans that required their troops to fight or move longer than 48 hours, knowing that their men just couldn't manage it.
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