What does known mean?
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Princeton's WordNet
known(adj)
apprehended with certainty
"a known quantity"; "the limits of the known world"; "a musician known throughout the world"; "a known criminal"
Wiktionary
known(Noun)
In algebra, a variable or constant whose value is already determined.
Etymology: From the , from past participle cnawen.
known(Noun)
Any fact or situation which is well-researched or familiar.
Etymology: From the , from past participle cnawen.
known(Adjective)
Someone or something that many people know about, renowned, famous.
Etymology: From the , from past participle cnawen.
Webster Dictionary
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Editors Contribution
known
To feel, know and understand intuitively.
It was well known that love can change everything from one situation to peace, joy, harmony etc.
Submitted by MaryC on January 31, 2020
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Spoken Corpus Frequency
Rank popularity for the word 'known' in Spoken Corpus Frequency: #356
Written Corpus Frequency
Rank popularity for the word 'known' in Written Corpus Frequency: #867
Adjectives Frequency
Rank popularity for the word 'known' in Adjectives Frequency: #611
Numerology
Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of known in Chaldean Numerology is: 7
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of known in Pythagorean Numerology is: 5
Examples of known in a Sentence
What makes this case unique is the individual does not have any of the known risk factors we have seen with Zika virus.
Senator Leahy was tested for COVID-19 earlier today since Senator Leahy attended the Senate Judiciary Committee hearing on Thursday, where it is now known that two senators were present who have tested positive for the virus. While Senator Leahy did not come into close contact with these two senators for an extended period of time, Senator Leahy took the test at the advice of the Capitol Physician.
Someone asked me, ‘What’s your favorite thing about being married?’ and I said, ‘I just learned so much about myself. I didn’t know these things. I would have never known them if I didn’t have my husband to help me,’.
We have known that plastic production has increased, and although there are a number of studies that have shown increased concentrations of plastic up to the 1990s, these studies have not been able to demonstrate the expected increase in plastics in open ocean surface waters.
It's been known that China's economy is not in a good shape. What markets don't like above all is that there is no telling what the Chinese central bank is trying to do on the yuan.
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- معلوم, معروفArabic
- conegutCatalan, Valencian
- známýCzech
- kendtDanish
- bekanntGerman
- γνωστόςGreek
- conocidoSpanish
- شناختهPersian
- tunnettuFinnish
- connuFrench
- मालूम, ज्ञातHindi
- 知られているJapanese
- kjentNorwegian
- conhecidoPortuguese
- riqsisqaQuechua
- известныйRussian
- kändSwedish
- அறியப்பட்டTamil
- bilinenTurkish
- відомийUkrainian
- معلومUrdu
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