What does unknown mean?
Definitions for unknown
ʌnˈnoʊnun·known
This dictionary definitions page includes all the possible meanings, example usage and translations of the word unknown.
Princeton's WordNet
unknown, unknown region, terra incognitanoun
an unknown and unexplored region
"they came like angels out the unknown"
stranger, alien, unknownnoun
anyone who does not belong in the environment in which they are found
unknown, unknown quantityadjective
a variable whose values are solutions of an equation
unknownadjective
not known
"an unknown amount"; "an unknown island"; "an unknown writer"; "an unknown source"
nameless, unidentified, unknown, unnamedadjective
being or having an unknown or unnamed source
"a poem by an unknown author"; "corporations responsible to nameless owners"; "an unnamed donor"
unknownadjective
not known to exist
"things obscurely felt surged up from unknown depths"
obscure, unknown, unsungadjective
not famous or acclaimed
"an obscure family"; "unsung heroes of the war"
strange, unknownadjective
not known before
"used many strange words"; "saw many strange faces in the crowd"; "don't let anyone unknown into the house"
Wiktionary
unknownnoun
A variable (usually x, y or z) whose value is to be found.
unknownnoun
Any fact or place about which nothing is known (as in the phrase "into the unknown").
unknownnoun
A person of no identity; a nonentity
unknownadjective
Not known; unidentified; not well known.
Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
Unknownadjective
’Tis not unknown to you,
How much I have disabled my estate. William Shakespeare.Many are the trees of God, that grow
In paradise, and various, yet unknown
To us. John Milton, Paradise Lost.Here may I always on this downy grass,
Unknown, unseen, my easy minutes pass. Wentworth Dillon.If any chance has hither brought the name
Of Palamedes, not unknown to fame,
Accus’d and sentenc’d for pretended crimes. Dryden.Though incest is indeed a deadly crime,
You are not guilty, since unknown ’twas done,
And known, had been abhorr’d. John Dryden, Don Sebastian.At fear of death, that saddens all
With terrors round, can reason hold her throne?
Despise the known, nor tremble at th’ unknown. Alexander Pope.The planting of hemp and flax would be an unknown advantage to the kingdom. Francis Bacon.
I am yet
Unknown to woman; never was forsworn. William Shakespeare.We stopped at a little inn, where the man of the house, formerly a servant in the knight’s family, to do honour to his old master, had, unknown to Sir Roger, put him up in a sign-post. Joseph Addison, Spectator, №. 122.
ChatGPT
unknown
Unknown refers to something that is not known, not discovered, not identified, or not understood. It often applies to information, facts, variables, or situations that are yet to be determined or revealed.
Webster Dictionary
Unknownadjective
not known; not apprehended
Dictionary of Military and Associated Terms
unknown
1. A code meaning
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Unknown
The man who painted thousands of pictures in art galleries.
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Rank popularity for the word 'unknown' in Spoken Corpus Frequency: #2303
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Rank popularity for the word 'unknown' in Adjectives Frequency: #315
Numerology
Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of unknown in Chaldean Numerology is: 9
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of unknown in Pythagorean Numerology is: 4
Examples of unknown in a Sentence
Assistant Chief Constable Mark Hamilton:
I can confirm there are 2 fatalities at this stage and a small number of other casualties, at this stage the cause of the incident is unknown, however police have commenced a full investigation into the circumstances.
This is a momentous occasion, and I am honored to take this role for the impact that I can make and for the historic nature of what it symbolizes, i stand on the shoulders of those LGBTQ + individuals who came before me -- both those known and unknown.
Everyone who achieves success in a great venture, solved each problem as they came to it. They helped themselves. And they were helped through powers known and unknown to them at the time they set out on their voyage. They kept going regardless of the obstacles they met.
Whatever proportion of disease is transmitting from asymptomatic individuals, as Maria said, that is unknown, i'm absolutely convinced that that is occurring. The question is how much.
Former CIA officer Henderson Cooper:
There can and certainly will come a time when our tools are smarter than our users, when machines become our key tools, and the machine surpass our ability to think and react, we begin to approach a point where we could in fact lose control. When those machines begin to act autonomously from the humans then we are in an area of the unknown.
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- غير معروف, مجهولArabic
- desconegutCatalan, Valencian
- neznámýCzech
- ukendt, ubekendtDanish
- Unbekannter, unbekannt, UnbekannteGerman
- άγνωστοςGreek
- nekonataEsperanto
- incógnita, ignoto, desconocidoSpanish
- مجهولPersian
- tuntematonFinnish
- inconnue, inconnuFrench
- anaithnidIrish
- descoñecidoGalician
- अनजानHindi
- idegen, ismeretlenHungarian
- tak diketahuiIndonesian
- ókunnur, óþekktur, óþekkt stærðIcelandic
- sconosciuto, ignotoItalian
- לא ידועHebrew
- 未知, わからない, 知られざる, 名無しJapanese
- უცნობიGeorgian
- ಅಜ್ಞಾತKannada
- 알 수 없는Korean
- نهناسراوKurdish
- obscurus, ignotus, ignoratus, nescitus, incognitusLatin
- nepazīstams, svešsLatvian
- onbekend, ongeweten, ongekendDutch
- ukjentNorwegian
- nieznanyPolish
- desconhecido, desconhecidaPortuguese
- necunoscut, neștiut, obscurRomanian
- неизвестныйRussian
- непозната, nepoznataSerbo-Croatian
- neznanoSlovene
- panjohurAlbanian
- okändSwedish
- తెలియదుTelugu
- BilinmeyenTurkish
- אומבאַקאַנטYiddish
- 未知Chinese
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