Definitions for unknown
ʌnˈnoʊnun·known

Princeton's WordNet(3.80 / 5 votes)Rate this definition:

1. unknown, unknown region, terra incognitanoun

   an unknown and unexplored region

   "they came like angels out the unknown"

2. stranger, alien, unknownnoun

   anyone who does not belong in the environment in which they are found

3. unknown, unknown quantityadjective

   a variable whose values are solutions of an equation

4. unknownadjective

   not known

   "an unknown amount"; "an unknown island"; "an unknown writer"; "an unknown source"

5. 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"

6. unknownadjective

   not known to exist

   "things obscurely felt surged up from unknown depths"

7. obscure, unknown, unsungadjective

   not famous or acclaimed

   "an obscure family"; "unsung heroes of the war"

8. 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(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. unknownnoun

   A variable (usually x, y or z) whose value is to be found.

2. unknownnoun

   Any fact or place about which nothing is known (as in the phrase "into the unknown").

3. unknownnoun

   A person of no identity; a nonentity

4. unknownadjective

   Not known; unidentified; not well known.

Samuel Johnson's Dictionary(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. Unknownadjective

   1. Not known.

   ’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.

   2. Greater than is imagined.

   The planting of hemp and flax would be an unknown advantage to the kingdom. Francis Bacon.

   3. Not having cohabitation.

   I am yet
   Unknown to woman; never was forsworn. William Shakespeare.

   4. Without communication.

   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.

Webster Dictionary(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. Unknownadjective

   not known; not apprehended

Dictionary of Military and Associated Terms(3.00 / 1 vote)Rate this definition:

1. unknown

   1. A code meaning

Suggested Resources(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. unknown

   unknown poems -- Explore a large selection of poetry work created by unknown on Poetry.net

2. unknown

   Quotes by unknown -- Explore a large variety of famous quotes made by unknown on the Quotes.net website.

3. unknown

   Song lyrics by unknown -- Explore a large variety of song lyrics performed by unknown on the Lyrics.com website.

Who Was Who?(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. Unknown

   The man who painted thousands of pictures in art galleries.

Matched Categories

1. • Region

British National Corpus

1. Spoken Corpus Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'unknown' in Spoken Corpus Frequency: #2303

2. Adjectives Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'unknown' in Adjectives Frequency: #315

How to pronounce unknown?

1. Alex

   US English

   David

   US English

   Mark

   US English

   Daniel

   British

   Libby

   British

   Mia

   British

   Karen

   Australian

   Hayley

   Australian

   Natasha

   Australian

   Veena

   Indian

   Priya

   Indian

   Neerja

   Indian

   Zira

   US English

   Oliver

   British

   Wendy

   British

   Fred

   US English

   Tessa

   South African

How to say unknown in sign language?

Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of unknown in Chaldean Numerology is: 9

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of unknown in Pythagorean Numerology is: 4

Examples of unknown in a Sentence

1. Tony Perkins:

   Today Josh Duggar made the decision to resign his position as a result of previously unknown information becoming public concerning events that occurred during his teenage years.

2. 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.

3. Parks Department boss Del Barton:

   We’ve had incidents in the past where, for some unknown reason, people decide to put post seeds in the downtown—we have these large 100-gallon flower pots—and for some reason people like to put weed seeds in the flower pots.

4. Ambrose Gwinett Bierce:

   Genius - To know without having learned to draw just conclusions from unknown premises to discern the soul of things.

5. Unknown:

   Everyone hates change because change brings the unknown.

Popularity rank by frequency of use