Definitions for Know
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Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:2.8 / 13 votes

1. knowverb

   the fact of being aware of information that is known to few people

   "he is always in the know"

2. know, cognize, cogniseverb

   be cognizant or aware of a fact or a specific piece of information; possess knowledge or information about

   "I know that the President lied to the people"; "I want to know who is winning the game!"; "I know it's time"

3. knowverb

   know how to do or perform something

   "She knows how to knit"; "Does your husband know how to cook?"

4. knowverb

   be aware of the truth of something; have a belief or faith in something; regard as true beyond any doubt

   "I know that I left the key on the table"; "Galileo knew that the earth moves around the sun"

5. knowverb

   be familiar or acquainted with a person or an object

   "She doesn't know this composer"; "Do you know my sister?"; "We know this movie"; "I know him under a different name"; "This flower is known as a Peruvian Lily"

6. know, experience, liveverb

   have firsthand knowledge of states, situations, emotions, or sensations

   "I know the feeling!"; "have you ever known hunger?"; "I have lived a kind of hell when I was a drug addict"; "The holocaust survivors have lived a nightmare"; "I lived through two divorces"

7. acknowledge, recognize, recognise, knowverb

   accept (someone) to be what is claimed or accept his power and authority

   "The Crown Prince was acknowledged as the true heir to the throne"; "We do not recognize your gods"

8. knowverb

   have fixed in the mind

   "I know Latin"; "This student knows her irregular verbs"; "Do you know the poem well enough to recite it?"

9. sleep together, roll in the hay, love, make out, make love, sleep with, get laid, have sex, know, do it, be intimate, have intercourse, have it away, have it off, screw, fuck, jazz, eff, hump, lie with, bed, have a go at it, bang, get it on, bonkverb

   have sexual intercourse with

   "This student sleeps with everyone in her dorm"; "Adam knew Eve"; "Were you ever intimate with this man?"

10. knowverb

    know the nature or character of

    "we all knew her as a big show-off"

11. knowverb

    be able to distinguish, recognize as being different

    "The child knows right from wrong"

12. knowverb

    perceive as familiar

    "I know this voice!"

WiktionaryRate this definition:4.7 / 3 votes

1. knownoun

   knowledge

2. knowverb

   To be certain or sure about.

3. knowverb

   To be acquainted or familiar with; to have encountered.

   I know your mother, but I've never met your father.

4. knowverb

   To have knowledge of; to have memorised information, data, or facts about.

5. knowverb

   To understand (a subject).

   She knows chemistry better than anybody else.

6. knowverb

   To be informed about.

   Do you know that Michelle and Jack are getting divorced? Yes, I know.

7. knowverb

   To experience.

   Their relationship knew ups and downs.

8. knowverb

   To have sexual relations with.

9. Etymology: From knowen, from cnawan, from knēanan, from ǵenə-. Cognate with knaw, kná.

Samuel Johnson's DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. To KNOWverb

   preter. I knew, I have known.

   Etymology: cnawan Saxon.

   1. To perceive with certainty, whether intuitive or discursive.

   O, that a man might know
   The end of this day’s business ere it come! William Shakespeare.

   The memorial of virtue is immortal, because it is known with God and with men. Wisd. iv. 1.

   The gods all things know. John Milton.

   Not from experience, for the world was new,
   He only from their cause their natures knew. Denham.

   We doubt not, neither can we properly say we think we admire and love you above all other men: there is a certainty in the proposition, and we know it. Dryden.

   When a man makes use of the name of any simple idea, which he perceives is not understood, or is in danger to be mistaken, he is obliged by the laws of ingenuity, and the end of speech, to declare his meaning, and make known what idea he makes it stand for. John Locke.

   2. To be informed of; to be taught.

   Ye shall be healed, and it shall be known to you why his hand is not removed from you. 1 Sa. vi. 3.

   Led on with a desire to know
   What nearer might concern him. John Milton.

   One would have thought you had known better things than to expect a kindness from a common enemy. Roger L'Estrange.

   3. To distinguish.

   Numeration is but the adding of one unit more, and giving to the whole a new name, whereby to know it from those before and after, and distinguish it from every smaller or greater multitude of units. John Locke.

   4. To recognise.

   What a monstrous fellow art thou, thus to rail on me, that is neither known of thee, nor knows thee? William Shakespeare.

   They told what things were done in the way, and how he was known of them in breaking of bread. Lu. xxiv. 35.

   At nearer view he thought he knew the dead,
   And call’d the wretched man to mind. Thomas Flatman.

   Tell me how I may know him. John Milton.

   5. To be no stranger to.

   What are you?
   —— A most poor man, made tame to fortune’s blows,
   Who, by the art of known and feeling sorrows,
   Am pregnant to good pity. William Shakespeare, King Lear.

   6. To converse with another sex.

   And Adam knew Eve his wife. Gen. iv. 4.

   7. To see with approbation.

   They have reigned, but not by me; they have set a seigniory over themselves, but I knew nothing of it. Hosea.

2. To Knowverb

   1. To have clear and certain perception; not to be doubtful.

   I know of a surety that the Lord hath sent his angel, and delivered me out of the hand of Herod. Acts xii. 11.

   2. Not to be ignorant.

   When they know within themselves they speak of that they do not well know, they would nevertheless seem to others to know of that which they may not well speak. Francis Bacon, Essays, №. 27.

   Not to know of things remote, but know
   That which before us lies in daily life,
   Is the prime wisdom. John Milton.

   In the other world there is no consideration that will sting our consciences more cruelly than this, that we did wickedly, when we knew to have done better; and chose to make ourselves miserable, when we understood the way to have been happy. John Tillotson, Sermons.

   They might understand those excellencies which they blindly valued, so as not to be farther imposed upon by bad pieces, and to know when nature was well imitated by the most able masters. John Dryden, Dufresnoy.

   3. To be informed.

   The prince and Mr. Poins will put on two of our jerkins and aprons, and sir John must not know of it. William Shakespeare, Henry IV.

   There is but one mineral body, that we know of, heavier than common quicksilver. Boyle.

   4. ToKnow for. To have knowledge of. A colloquial expression.

   He said the water itself was a good healthy water; but for the party that own’d it, he might have more diseases than he knew for. William Shakespeare, Henry IV.

   5. ToKnow of.In William Shakespeare, is to take cognisance of; to examine.

   Fair Hermia, question your desires;
   Know of your youth, examine well your blood,
   Whether, if you yield not to your father’s choice,
   You can endure the livery of a nun,
   For ay to be in shady cloister mew’d. William Shakespeare.

WikipediaRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. know

   KNOW-FM (91.1 FM) is the flagship radio station of Minnesota Public Radio's news and information network, primarily broadcasting a talk radio format to the Minneapolis-St. Paul market. The frequency was the original home of KSJN, but the purchase of a commercial station at 99.5 MHz in 1991 allowed MPR to broadcast distinct talk radio and classical music services. KNOW-FM's studios are located in the MPR Broadcast Center on Cedar Street in downtown St. Paul, while its transmitter is located on the Telefarm Towers in Shoreview.

ChatGPTRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. know

   Know can be generally defined as having information, understanding, or awareness about something. It involves acquiring knowledge through learning, experience, observation, or other forms of gaining information about a particular subject or concept. Knowing typically implies possessing a certain level of familiarity, comprehension, or expertise in a specific area.

Webster DictionaryRate this definition:5.0 / 1 vote

1. Knownoun

   knee

2. Knowverb

   to perceive or apprehend clearly and certainly; to understand; to have full information of; as, to know one's duty

3. Knowverb

   to be convinced of the truth of; to be fully assured of; as, to know things from information

4. Knowverb

   to be acquainted with; to be no stranger to; to be more or less familiar with the person, character, etc., of; to possess experience of; as, to know an author; to know the rules of an organization

5. Knowverb

   to recognize; to distinguish; to discern the character of; as, to know a person's face or figure

6. Knowverb

   to have sexual commerce with

7. Knowverb

   to have knowledge; to have a clear and certain perception; to possess wisdom, instruction, or information; -- often with of

8. Knowverb

   to be assured; to feel confident

9. Etymology: [OE. knowen, knawen, AS. cnwan; akin to OHG. chnan (in comp.), Icel. kn to be able, Russ. znate to know, L. gnoscere, noscere, Gr. gighw`skein, Skr. jn; fr. the root of E. can, v. i., ken. 45. See Ken, Can to be able, and cf. Acquaint, Cognition, Gnome, Ignore, Noble, Note.]

Chambers 20th Century DictionaryRate this definition:4.0 / 1 vote

1. Know

   nō, v.t. to be informed of: to be assured of: to be acquainted with: to recognise: (B.) to approve: to have sexual commerce with.—v.i. to possess knowledge:—pr.p. knōw′ing; pa.t. knew (nū); pa.p. known (nōn).—n. (Shak.) knowledge.—adj. Know′able, capable of being known, discovered, or understood.—ns. Know′ableness; Know′-all, one who thinks he knows everything; Know′er.—adj. Know′ing, intelligent: skilful: cunning.—adv. Know′ingly.—ns. Know′ingness, the quality of being knowing or intelligent: shrewdness; Know′-noth′ing, one who is quite ignorant: a member of the native American party (1854-56).—adj. completely ignorant.—Know a move or two, to be forearmed against trickery by a knowledge of the tricks; Know on which side one's bread is buttered, to be fully alive to one's own interest; Know the ropes, to understand the detail of any matter, as a sailor does his rigging; Know what's o′clock, Know what's what, to be thoroughly acquainted with something: to be wide awake. [A.S. cnáwan; Ice. kná, L. noscĕre for gnoscere, Gr. gignōskein.]

Editors ContributionRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. know

   Be aware of.

   They did know how many people went to the GAA match as they had the amount of tickets sold to inform them of the total amount.

   
   

   Submitted by MaryC on January 20, 2020  

2. ---

   know

   To perceive or understand as fact or truth.

   They knew they would marry and their relationship was forever.

   
   

   Submitted by MaryC on January 20, 2020  

3. ---

   know

   To sense with our soul.

   We know intuitively where each person is on the earth, it just requires peace and conscious use of our senses.

   
   

   Submitted by MaryC on September 12, 2020  

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1. KNOW

   What does KNOW stand for? -- Explore the various meanings for the KNOW acronym on the Abbreviations.com website.

Surnames Frequency by Census RecordsRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. KNOW

   According to the U.S. Census Bureau, Know is ranked #118853 in terms of the most common surnames in America.
   
   The Know surname appeared 146 times in the 2010 census and if you were to sample 100,000 people in the United States, approximately 0 would have the surname Know.
   
   50.6% or 74 total occurrences were White.
   34.2% or 50 total occurrences were Black.
   8.2% or 12 total occurrences were Asian.
   4.7% or 7 total occurrences were of Hispanic origin.

Matched Categories

1. • Accept
   • Copulate
   • Distinguish
   • Recognize
   • Remember

British National Corpus

1. Spoken Corpus Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'Know' in Spoken Corpus Frequency: #113

2. Written Corpus Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'Know' in Written Corpus Frequency: #31

3. Verbs Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'Know' in Verbs Frequency: #12

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Anagrams for Know »

1. wonk

How to pronounce Know?

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

   US English

   Tessa

   South African

How to say Know in sign language?

Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of Know in Chaldean Numerology is: 2

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of Know in Pythagorean Numerology is: 9

Examples of Know in a Sentence

1. Nancy Mace:

   My opponent has stated my name hundreds of times, attacking me online, on social media, since she announced her run for Congress just under a year ago. And she has stated things that just aren't truthful, she has attacked me as a victim of rape about my work to protect women who've been raped. And you can't come out and say, you know, woe is me after you've been attacking me negatively for almost a year, saying my name repeatedly on social media. And then the first time I say your name literally cry foul, literally show up to an event in tears and then say, I put your life in danger. I have not. It would never do that.

2. Robert Travis:

   The yellow jackets, they like to sting me more than the honey bees, you get stung enough times you know what’s coming.

3. Juwan Howard:

   As a Michigan Man I know the place our program has in college basketball and I embrace the chance to build onto that history and lead us to championships both in the Big Ten and national level, we will continue to develop young men on the court, in the classroom and in the community that our fan base will continue to be proud of.

4. George Papadopoulos:

   I sat down and, you know, I looked at the candidate, i looked at candidate Trump directly in his eyes and said,' I can do this for you if it's in your interest and if it's in the campaign's interest.' And the collective energy in the room, of course, there were some dissenters, but the collective energy in the room seem to be interested.

5. President Trump:

   I know your pain. I know your hurt. But you have to go home now.

Popularity rank by frequency of use

References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=Know
2. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Know
3. ^ Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
   https://johnsonsdictionaryonline.com/views/search.php?term=Know
4. ^ Wikipedia
   https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Know
5. ^ ChatGPT
   https://chat.openai.com
6. ^ Webster Dictionary
   https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/Know
7. ^ Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
   https://www.gutenberg.org/files/37683/37683-h/37683-h.htm#:~:text=Know
8. ^ Surnames Frequency by Census Records
   https://www.census.gov/topics/population/genealogy/data/2010_surnames.html
9. ^ Usage in printed sources
   https://books.google.com/ngrams/graph?content=Know