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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