What does unbeknown mean?

Definitions for unbeknown
ˌʌn bɪˈnoʊn; -ˈnoʊnstun·be·known

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Princeton's WordNet

  1. unbeknown(p), unbeknownst(p)adverb

    (usually used with `to') occurring or existing without the knowledge of

    "a crisis unbeknown to me"; "she had been ill for months, unbeknownst to the family"

  2. unbeknown, unbeknownstadverb

    without someone's knowledge

    "unbeknownst to me, she made all the arrangements"

Wiktionary

  1. unbeknownadjective

    Not beknown

ChatGPT

  1. unbeknown

    Unbeknown means happening or existing without the knowledge of someone specified, typically occurring or done without someone's awareness or notice.

Webster Dictionary

  1. Unbeknownadjective

    not known; unknown

Chambers 20th Century Dictionary

  1. Unbeknown

    un-bē-nōn′, adj. (prov.) unknown.—Also Unbeknownst′.

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of unbeknown in Chaldean Numerology is: 7

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of unbeknown in Pythagorean Numerology is: 2

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