Know
[nəʊ] or [no]
Definition
(noun.) the fact of being aware of information that is known to few people; 'he is always in the know'.
(verb.) be familiar or acquainted with a person or an object; 'She doesn't know this composer'; 'Do you know my sister?'; 'We know this movie'; 'I know him under a different name'; 'This flower is known as a Peruvian Lily'.
(verb.) be cognizant or aware of a fact or a specific piece of information; possess knowledge or information about; 'I know that the President lied to the people'; 'I want to know who is winning the game!'; 'I know it's time'.
(verb.) be aware of the truth of something; have a belief or faith in something; regard as true beyond any doubt; 'I know that I left the key on the table'; 'Galileo knew that the earth moves around the sun'.
(verb.) know how to do or perform something; 'She knows how to knit'; 'Does your husband know how to cook?'.
(verb.) have firsthand knowledge of states, situations, emotions, or sensations; 'I know the feeling!'; 'have you ever known hunger?'; 'I have lived a kind of hell when I was a drug addict'; 'The holocaust survivors have lived a nightmare'; 'I lived through two divorces'.
(verb.) know the nature or character of; 'we all knew her as a big show-off'.
(verb.) be able to distinguish, recognize as being different; 'The child knows right from wrong'.
(verb.) perceive as familiar; 'I know this voice!'.
(verb.) have fixed in the mind; 'I know Latin'; 'This student knows her irregular verbs'; 'Do you know the poem well enough to recite it?'.
Editor: Wilma--From WordNet
Definition
(n.) Knee.
(v. i.) To perceive or apprehend clearly and certainly; to understand; to have full information of; as, to know one's duty.
(v. i.) To be convinced of the truth of; to be fully assured of; as, to know things from information.
(v. i.) 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.
(v. i.) To recognize; to distinguish; to discern the character of; as, to know a person's face or figure.
(v. i.) To have sexual commerce with.
(v. i.) To have knowledge; to have a clear and certain perception; to possess wisdom, instruction, or information; -- often with of.
(v. i.) To be assured; to feel confident.
Edited by Constantine
Synonyms and Synonymous
v. a. [1]. Perceive, apprehend, comprehend, understand, discern, be aware of, be assured of, see through, make out.[2]. Recognize, be acquainted with.[3]. Distinguish, discriminate.
v. n. [1]. Have knowledge.[2]. Be informed, be made aware.[3]. Be sure, feel certain.
Checked by Dylan
Synonyms and Antonyms
SYN:Perceive, understand, comprehend, recognize, apprehend, distinguish,[SeePERCEIVE]
Checked by Conan
Definition
v.t. to be informed of: to be assured of: to be acquainted with: to recognise: (B.) to approve: to have sexual commerce with.—v.i. to possess knowledge:—pr.p. knōw′ing; pa.t. knew (nū); pa.p. known (nōn).—n. (Shak.) knowledge.—adj. Know′able capable of being known discovered or understood.—ns. Know′ableness; Know′-all one who thinks he knows everything; Know′er.—adj. Know′ing intelligent: skilful: cunning.—adv. Know′ingly.—ns. Know′ingness the quality of being knowing or intelligent: shrewdness; Know′-noth′ing one who is quite ignorant: a member of the native American party (1854-56).—adj. completely ignorant.—Know a move or two to be forearmed against trickery by a knowledge of the tricks; Know on which side one's bread is buttered to be fully alive to one's own interest; Know the ropes to understand the detail of any matter as a sailor does his rigging; Know what's o′clock Know what's what to be thoroughly acquainted with something: to be wide awake.
Checker: Newman
Examples
- How we shall conciliate this little creature, said Mrs. Bretton to me, I don't know: she tastes nothing, and by her looks, she has not slept. Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
- Yes, and then--YOU know, godmother. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
- We went to the 'commissionaire' of the hotel--I don't know what a 'commissionaire' is, but that is the man we went to--and told him we wanted a guide. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
- I don't see why you shouldn't like me to know that you wished to do me a service, my dear fellow. George Eliot. Middlemarch.
- I know this in much the same way, I suppose. Charles Dickens. Little Dorrit.
- I should like to know in what I'm your inferior? William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
- He knew how to blow any sort of bridge that you could name and he had blown them of all sizes and constructions. Hemingway, Ernest. For Whom The Bell Tolls.
- I knew Mrs. Reed had not spoken for days: was she reviving? Charlotte Bronte. Jane Eyre.
- As yet only China knew of the Huns; there were no Turks in Western Turkestan or anywhere else then, no Tartars in the world. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- I started, but was only discomposed a moment; I knew the voice and speaker. Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
- He knew her illnesses; they never occurred but for her own convenience. Jane Austen. Emma.
- As to all the rest, he was humble and contrite, and I never knew him complain. Charles Dickens. Great Expectations.
- The first known application of the kind was made by Mr. Murdoch, an engineer in the employment of Messrs. Frederick C. Bakewell. Great Facts.
- I made myself known to your sister. Charles Dickens. Little Dorrit.
- Was it known why he stayed away? Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
- He was, in fact, the most agreeable young man the sisters had ever known, and they were equally delighted with him. Jane Austen. Mansfield Park.
- We needn't make it known to ALL the town. Charles Dickens. David Copperfield.
- Darwin's father was remarkable for his powers of observation, while the grandfather, Erasmus Darwin, is well known for his tendency to speculation . Walter Libby. An Introduction to the History of Science.
- When to-morrow comes, and he knows that I am in the house, do you think---- She stopped again, and looked at me very earnestly. Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
- He perhaps knows more of Mr. Rochester than you do. Charlotte Bronte. Jane Eyre.
- Andreu Nin will find it easily by asking, if he knows what to ask for. Hemingway, Ernest. For Whom The Bell Tolls.
- He knows how vast the field is, and how many paths constantly beckon him. Rupert S. Holland. Historic Inventions.
- Anyone who has had the smallest experience of municipal politics knows that the corruption of the police is directly proportionate to the severity of the taboos it is asked to enforce. Walter Lippmann. A Preface to Politics.
- Always, also, it may be well to bear in mind that by the word 'creation' the zoologist means 'a process he knows not what. Charles Darwin. On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection.
- He tried to look knowing over the Latin grammar when little Rawdon showed him what part of that work he was in. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
- Mrs. Bulstrode did not wish to go nearer to the facts than in the phrase make some amends; knowing that her husband must understand her. George Eliot. Middlemarch.
- He wondered at her, knowing she was aware of his presence. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
- He told me, in return, that he wondered I had arrived at my time of life, without knowing that a doctor's skin was waterproof. Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
- My horse must be like the others, but I have at least the consolation of not knowing it to be so. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
- Not knowing what else to do with my girl while I was nursing in Cumberland, I put her to school at Limmeridge. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
Checker: Stan