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.

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

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

1. Unknown

   The man who painted thousands of pictures in art galleries.

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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

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   Tessa

   South African

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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. Gavin Newsom:

   Were making progress, were moving forward. Were not looking back, but we are walking into the unknown, the untested... and we have to be guided by the data that broughtusbackto this place.

2. Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu:

   For me, it was jumping into an unknown territory, which is the comedy and shooting it in an unprecedented way, i was jumping into something that I was very ignorant about how difficult it was.

3. John McCain:

   The agreement reached in Minsk freezes the conflict at a time of separatist advantage, solidifies the gains of Russian aggression and leaves Ukraine's border with Russia firmly under Moscow's control pending a comprehensive political settlement whose content is unknown and feasibility is unclear.

4. Saul Williams:

   The wind is the moon's imagination wandering. It seeps through cracks, ripples the grass, explores the unknown. My love is my soul's imagination.

5. Mehmet Murat ildan:

   Future is an unknown country which requires tough visas for anyone to enter. Not all of us will get the chance to visit it.

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