Free translatorFree translator
Synonyms, antonyms, pronunciation

  Home 		English Dictionary      examples: 'day', 'get rid of', 'New York Bay'




Known   /noʊn/   Listen
verb
Know  v. t.  (past knew; past part. known; pres. part. knowing)  
1.
To perceive or apprehend clearly and certainly; to understand; to have full information of; as, to know one's duty. "O, that a man might know The end of this day's business ere it come!" "There is a certainty in the proposition, and we know it." "Know how sublime a thing it is To suffer and be strong."
2.
To be convinced of the truth of; to be fully assured of; as, to know things from information.
3.
To be acquainted with; to be no stranger to; to be more or less familiar with the person, character, etc., of; to possess experience of; as, to know an author; to know the rules of an organization. "He hath made him to be sin for us, who knew no sin." "Not to know me argues yourselves unknown."
4.
To recognize; to distinguish; to discern the character of; as, to know a person's face or figure. "Ye shall know them by their fruits." "And their eyes were opened, and they knew him." "To know Faithful friend from flattering foe." "At nearer view he thought he knew the dead."
5.
To have sexual intercourse with. "And Adam knew Eve his wife." Note: Know is often followed by an objective and an infinitive (with or without to) or a participle, a dependent sentence, etc. "And I knew that thou hearest me always." "The monk he instantly knew to be the prior." "In other hands I have known money do good."
To know how, to understand the manner, way, or means; to have requisite information, intelligence, or sagacity. How is sometimes omitted. " If we fear to die, or know not to be patient."


Know  v. i.  (past knew; past part. known; pres. part. knowing)  
1.
To have knowledge; to have a clear and certain perception; to possess wisdom, instruction, or information; often with of. "Israel doth not know, my people doth not consider." "If any man will do his will, he shall know of the doctrine, whether it be of God, or whether I speak of myself." "The peasant folklore of Europe still knows of willows that bleed and weep and speak when hewn."
2.
To be assured; to feel confident.
To know of, to ask, to inquire. (Obs.) " Know of your youth, examine well your blood."


Known  past part.  Of Know.





Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48


Advanced search
     Find words:
Starting with
Ending with
Containing
Matching a pattern  

Synonyms
Antonyms
Quotes
Words linked to  

only single words


Share |




"Known" Quotes from Famous Books



... reason, had we fallen into their hands, we could have expected nothing from them but immediate death, considering our accusers would have been our judges; and, therefore, his opinion was to return directly to Bengal, where, being known, we could prove how honestly we came by the ship, of whom we bought her, and the like, and where we were sure of some justice; at least would not be hanged first, and judged afterwards. I was at first of my partner's ...
— The Life and Most Surprising Adventures of Robinson Crusoe, of - York, Mariner (1801) • Daniel Defoe
... this is nearly always an economic error. Street work is readily measured; in fact, its progress can be seen at a glance, and advantage can often be taken of this fact to profit by the rivalry of separate gangs. The authors have known of the labor costs being reduced as much as 25 per cent., due to pitting one gang against another where each could see the progress ...
— Concrete Construction - Methods and Costs • Halbert P. Gillette
... moment's indignation at the greed of Judas, which was masquerading as benevolence. His scathing laying bare of Judas's mean and thievish motive is no mere suspicion, but he must have known instances of dishonesty. When a man has gone so far in selfish greed that he has left common honesty behind him, no wonder if the sight of utterly self-surrendering love looks to him folly. The world has no instruments by which it can measure the elevation ...
— Expositions of Holy Scripture - St. John Chapters I to XIV • Alexander Maclaren
... record their own increment in girths, lifts, and other tests, and in observing the effects of sleep, food, correct and incorrect living upon a system so exquisitely responsive to all these influences as are the muscles. To learn to know and grade excellence and defect, to be known for the list of things one can do and to have a record, or to realize what we lack of power to break best records, even to know that we are strengthening some point where heredity has left us with some shortage and perhaps danger, the ...
— Youth: Its Education, Regimen, and Hygiene • G. Stanley Hall
... his cheeks when he first met Mr. Browne, and the women chanted a most melancholy air during the time we remained, to keep the evil spirits off, I suppose; but they had nothing to fear from us, if they could only have known it. This confusion of tongues is a sad difficulty in travelling the wilds of Australia. Both the old man and the women wanted the two front teeth of the upper jaw, and as the former had worn his down almost to a level with his gums like an old ...
— Expedition into Central Australia • Charles Sturt


More quotes...


Copyright © 2025 Free Translator.org