Definitions for unknown
ʌnˈnoʊnun·known

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

1. unknown, unknown region, terra incognita(noun)

   an unknown and unexplored region

   "they came like angels out the unknown"

2. stranger, alien, unknown(noun)

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

3. unknown, unknown quantity(adj)

   a variable whose values are solutions of an equation

4. unknown(adj)

   not known

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

5. nameless, unidentified, unknown, unnamed(adj)

   being or having an unknown or unnamed source

   "a poem by an unknown author"; "corporations responsible to nameless owners"; "an unnamed donor"

6. unknown(adj)

   not known to exist

   "things obscurely felt surged up from unknown depths"

7. obscure, unknown, unsung(adj)

   not famous or acclaimed

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

8. strange, unknown(adj)

   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. unknown(Noun)

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

2. unknown(Noun)

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

3. unknown(Noun)

   A person of no identity; a nonentity

4. unknown(Adjective)

   Not known; unidentified; not well known.

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

1. Unknown(adj)

   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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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

   

   Daniel

   British

   

   Karen

   Australian

   

   Veena

   Indian

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. Dan Swangard:

   It's this big unknown.

2. Cometan:

   I learned to love The Unknown.

3. French Prime Minister Manuel Valls:

   The cause is at present unknown.

4. Muhammad Ali Jinnah:

   Failure is a word unknown to me.

5. Kevin Boyle:

   The (man's) prognosis is unknown.

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