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Definition of 'know' Random House Webster's College Dictionary 

1. (v.t.) know
to perceive or understand as fact or truth; apprehend clearly and with certainty.

2.  know
to have fixed in the mind or memory:
to know a poem by heart.

3.  know
to be cognizant of:
I know it.

4.  know
to be acquainted or familiar with (a thing, place, person, etc.): I know the mayor well.

5.  know
to understand from experience or practice:
to know how to make gingerbread.

6.  know
to be able to distinguish, as one from another:
to know right from wrong.

7.  know
to recognize:
I'd know her if I saw her again.

8.  know
Archaic. to have sexual intercourse with.

9. (v.i.) know
to have knowledge or clear and certain perception, as of fact or truth.

10.  know
to be cognizant or aware, as of some circumstance or occurrence; have information.

11. (n.) know
the fact or state of knowing; knowledge.


Definition of 'know' Princeton's WordNet 

1. (verb) know
the fact of being aware of information that is known to few people
"he is always in the know"

2. (verb) know, cognize, cognise
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"

3. (verb) know
know how to do or perform something
"She knows how to knit"; "Does your husband know how to cook?"

4. (verb) know
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"

5. (verb) know
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"

6. (verb) know, experience, live
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"

7. (verb) acknowledge, recognize, recognise, know
accept (someone) to be what is claimed or accept his power and authority
"The Crown Prince was acknowledged as the true heir to the throne"; "We do not recognize your gods"

8. (verb) know
have fixed in the mind
"I know Latin"; "This student knows her irregular verbs"; "Do you know the poem well enough to recite it?"

9. (verb) sleep together, roll in the hay, love, make out, make love, sleep with, get laid, have sex, know, do it, be intimate, have intercourse, have it away, have it off, screw, fuck, jazz, eff, hump, lie with, bed, have a go at it, bang, get it on, bonk
have sexual intercourse with
"This student sleeps with everyone in her dorm"; "Adam knew Eve"; "Were you ever intimate with this man?"

10. (verb) know
know the nature or character of
"we all knew her as a big show-off"

11. (verb) know
be able to distinguish, recognize as being different
"The child knows right from wrong"

12. (verb) know
perceive as familiar
"I know this voice!"


Definition of 'know' Kernerman English Learner’s Dictionary 

1. (verb) know
to understand or have knowledge of sth
Do you know his address?; "When's her birthday?" "I don't know"; We've known about it for two weeks.; No one knows how they managed to open the door.

2.  know
how should I know
indicates annoyance when sb asks you sth
"Where are the car keys?" "How should I know!"

3.  know
to be aware of what sb or sth is like
We don't know him very well.; I know that road well.; I wanted to know what life in another country was like.

4.  know
get to know
to gradually learn
Getting to know everyone here has been a real pleasure.

5.  know
know sth like the back of your hand
to know sth well
He knows the city like the back of his hand.

6.  know
to have the skills and knowledge to do sth
Do you know how to cook?

7.  know
to be sure about sth
We knew that it was going to be a tense meeting.

8.  know
known as
(of a person or place) called a particular name
As a kid he was known as "Tricky."

9.  know
known for
remembered because of
a photographer best known for his shocking images of war

10.  know
I know
indicates agreement or sympathy
"It's way too hot in here." "I know."; I know you didn't want to do this, so thanks.

11.  know
indicates you have an idea
I know, let's go to the zoo this afternoon.

12.  know
know better
to be sensible enough to be aware that sth is wrong
Ben's old enough to know better.

13.  know
to know sb is not being truthful or is not correct
She said it'd take an hour to get there, but I knew better.

14.  know
you know
emphasizes what you are saying
You know you really should try to help her.

15.  know
used when you are considering what to say next
Well, it could be, you know, difficult.

16.  know
you never know
emphasizes you think sth could be possible
I don't think they're coming but you never know.

17. (noun) know
in the know
having information about sth other people do not know about
employees who were in the know


Definition of 'know' Webster Dictionary 

1. (noun) know
knee

2. (verb) know
to perceive or apprehend clearly and certainly; to understand; to have full information of; as, to know one's duty

3. (verb) know
to be convinced of the truth of; to be fully assured of; as, to know things from information

4. (verb) know
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

5. (verb) know
to recognize; to distinguish; to discern the character of; as, to know a person's face or figure

6. (verb) know
to have sexual commerce with

7. (verb) know
to have knowledge; to have a clear and certain perception; to possess wisdom, instruction, or information; -- often with of

8. (verb) know
to be assured; to feel confident


Translation of 'know' Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary 

Sense: to be aware of or to have been informed about
He knows everything; I know he is at home because his car is in the drive; He knows all about it; I know of no reason why you cannot go.

Afrikaans flag Afrikaans: weet Arabic flag Arabic: يَعْرِف Bulgarian flag Bulgarian: осведомен съм
Brazilian flag Brazilian: saber Czech flag Czech: vědět, znát German flag German: wissen
Danish flag Danish: vide Greek flag Greek: ξέρω, γνωρίζω Spanish flag Spanish: saber, conocer
Estonian flag Estonian: teadma Farsi flag Farsi: دانستن Finnish flag Finnish: tietää
French flag French: savoir, connaître Hebrew flag Hebrew: לָדַעַת Hindi flag Hindi: जानना
Croatian flag Croatian: znati Hungarian flag Hungarian: tud Indonesian flag Indonesian: tahu
Icelandic flag Icelandic: vita Italian flag Italian: sapere Japanese flag Japanese: 知っている
Korean flag Korean: 알다 Lithuanian flag Lithuanian: žinoti Latvian flag Latvian: zināt
Malay flag Malay: tahu Dutch flag Dutch: weten Norwegian flag Norwegian: vite
Polish flag Polish: wiedzieć, znać Persian flag Persian: دانستن Pashto flag Pashto: پوهيدل
Portuguese flag Portuguese: conhecer Romanian flag Romanian: aşti, a cunoaşte Russian flag Russian: знать
Slovak flag Slovak: vedieť Slovenian flag Slovenian: vedeti Serbian flag Serbian: znati
Swedish flag Swedish: veta, känna till Thai flag Thai: รู้ Turkish flag Turkish: bilmek
Taiwanese flag Taiwanese: 知道 Ukrainian flag Ukrainian: знати Urdu flag Urdu: علم ہونا
Vietnamese flag Vietnamese: biết Chinese flag Chinese: 知道

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