know

IPA: nˈoʊ

noun

  • (rare) Knowledge; the state of knowing.
  • Knowledge; the state of knowing. (Now confined to the fixed phrase in the know.)
  • Alternative form of knowe (“hill, knoll”) [(chiefly Scotland and Ulster) A small hill; a knoll.]

verb

  • (transitive) To perceive the truth or factuality of; to be certain of or that; to correctly believe with justified confidence via reliable methods.
  • (intransitive) To be or become aware or cognizant.
  • (transitive) To be aware of; to be cognizant of.
  • (intransitive, obsolete) To be acquainted (with another person).
  • (transitive) To be acquainted or familiar with; to have encountered.
  • (transitive, archaic, biblical, euphemistic) To have sexual relations with. This meaning normally specified in modern English as e.g. to ’know someone in the biblical sense’ or to ‘know biblically.’
  • (transitive) To experience.
  • To understand or have a grasp of through experience or study.
  • (transitive) To be able to distinguish, to discern, particularly by contrast or comparison; to recognize the nature of.
  • (transitive) To recognize as the same (as someone or something previously encountered) after an absence or change.
  • (intransitive) To have knowledge; to have information, be informed.
  • (transitive) To be able to play or perform (a song or other piece of music).
  • (transitive) To have indexed and have information about within one's database.
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Examples of "know" in Sentences

  • No one knows the truth.
  • Who knows this sneaker
  • They know that no source is irreproachable.
  • She learned the importance of knowing about the past.
  • Knowing this, I fail to understand your ceaseless efforts to do so.
  • Bill says icily that she already knows everything he can teach her.
  • I don't know a whole lot about the locative but I know the endings.
  • Although I don't understand the political mumble jumble, I do know that.
  • You need to understand the intention of the author to know the signification.
  • I know three shiftless farmhands that'll be out of a job before they know it.

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