What does unknown mean?

Definitions for unknown
ʌnˈnoʊnun·known

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Princeton's WordNet

  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

  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

  1. Unknownadjective

    ’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.

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

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

    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.

ChatGPT

  1. unknown

    Unknown refers to something that is not known, not discovered, not identified, or not understood. It often applies to information, facts, variables, or situations that are yet to be determined or revealed.

Webster Dictionary

  1. Unknownadjective

    not known; not apprehended

Dictionary of Military and Associated Terms

  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

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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. Frank Outlaw:

    When we walk to the edge of all the light we have and take the step into the darkness of the unknown, we must believe that one of two things will happen. There will be something solid for us to stand on or we will be taught to fly.

  2. Kathleen Ho:

    The level of this contaminant poses a public health threat, and is considered unsafe to drink, this news is concerning -- especially as the cause of the petroleum release into the Navy's water system remains unknown. We will continue to take all possible action to protect public health and the environment.

  3. Steven Bertolino:

    He's a private citizen that's not a suspect. be advised that the whereabouts of Brian Laundrie are currently unknown.

  4. Edgar Albert Guest:

    Columbus dreamed of an unknown shore at the rim of a far flung sky.

  5. Chris Gray:

    There is that fear of the unknown. What is going to happen?

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