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known definition

known (nōn)

transitive verb, intransitive verb

know

adjective

  1. within one's knowledge, understanding, etc.; familiar
  2. recognized, proven, etc. a known expert, a known theory

noun

a known person or thing

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known Synonyms

known

modif.

  1. Open

    discovered, disclosed, revealed; see observed 1, obvious 1, public 1.

  2. Established

    well-known, published, recognized, notorious, received, accepted, noted, proverbial, hackneyed, certified, down pat*; see also established 3, familiar 1.


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known Usage Examples

Modifying Another Word

  • now: MAFF or DEFRA as it is now known, have the power to enforce this work.

Modifies a noun

  • carcinogen: There are also worries about generating ozone gas and then using it, since it is a known carcinogen.

Used with adjective complement

  • become: The Kinder Trespass as it became known marked the start of the access debate that continues to this day.
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known quotes

Have ye not known? have ye not heard? hath it not been told you from the beginning? have ye not understood from the foundations of the earth?

-Bible (Old Testament)

If you would be known, and not know, vegetate in a village; if you would know, and not be known, live in a city.

-Colton, Charles Caleb

For I have known them all already, known them allö Have known the evenings, mornings, afternoons, I have measured out my life with coffee spoons; I know the voices dying with a dying fall Beneath the music from a farther room.

-Eliot,T(homas) S(tearns)

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