Know (noun) Definition, Meaning & Examples

verb (used with object), knew, known, know·ing.
  1. to perceive or understand as fact or truth; to apprehend clearly and with certainty: I know the situation fully.
  2. to have established or fixed in the mind or memory: to know a poem by heart; Do you know the way to the park from here?
  3. to be cognizant or aware of: I know it.
  4. be acquainted with (a thing, place, person, etc.), as by sight, experience, or report: to know the mayor.
  5. to understand from experience or attainment (usually followed by how before an infinitive): to know how to make gingerbread.
  6. to be able to distinguish, as one from another: to know right from wrong.
  7. to have sexual intercourse with.
verb (used without object), knew, known, know·ing.
  1. to have knowledge or clear and certain perception, as of fact or truth.
  2. to be cognizant or aware, as of some fact, circumstance, or occurrence; have information, as about something.
noun
  1. the fact or state of knowing; knowledge.
Idioms
  1. possessing inside, secret, or special information.
  2. to understand or be familiar with the particulars of a subject or business: He knew the ropes better than anyone else in politics.
noun Scot. and North England.
  1. knoll1.
verb knows, knowing, knew (njuː) or known (nəʊn) (mainly tr)
  1. to be or feel certain of the truth or accuracy of (a fact, etc)
  2. to be acquainted or familiar with
  3. to have a familiarity or grasp of, as through study or experience
  4. to understand, be aware of, or perceive (facts, etc)
  5. to be sure or aware of (how to be or do something)
  6. to experience, esp deeply
  7. to be intelligent, informed, or sensible enough (to do something)
  8. to be able to distinguish or discriminate
  9. to have sexual intercourse with
  10. I have an idea
  11. to know how one thing or things in general work
  12. a parenthetical filler phrase used to make a pause in speaking or add slight emphasis to a statement
  13. things are uncertain
noun
  1. aware or informed
Know (noun) Definition, Meaning & Examples

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