KNEW

Definition: KNEW

KNEW

Imperative

1. Of Know

2. Of Know.

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
 

Date "KNEW" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1010. (references)

Crosswords: KNEW

And that's the day I knew there was this entire life behind things, and this incredibly benevolent force, that wanted me to know there was no reason to be afraid, ever (American Beauty; writing credit: Alan Ball)

I knew what I was supposed to do, but I didn't (The Matrix Reloaded; writing credit: Andy Wachowski; Larry Wachowski)

You are a vampire who never knew what life was until it ran out in a big gush over your lips (Interview With the Vampire; writing credit: Anne Rice)

She's been a lot better to me than any woman I ever knew. Keep your shirt on, old-timer (The Treasure of the Sierra Madre; writing credit: B. Traven; John Huston)

Never knew I could feel like this (Moulin Rouge!; writing credit: Baz Luhrmann; Craig Pearce)

I knew I loved you before I met you (I Knew I Loved You; performing artist: Savage Garden)

After all I knew it had to be something to do with you. (Kryptonite; performing artist: 3 Doors Down)

I realized quickly when I knew I should (What's up; performing artist: 4 Non Blondes)

If I knew I would tell you (The Look Of Love; performing artist: ABC)

'cause she knew what she was doin' ("Walk This Way"; performing artist: Aerosmith)

What a good thing Adam had. When he said a good thing, he knew nobody had said it before. (references; author: Mark Twain)

I could have become a soldier if I had waited; I knew more about retreating than the man who invented retreating. (references; author: Mark Twain)

There was never a century nor a country that was short of experts who knew the Deity's mind and were willing to reveal it. (references; author: Mark Twain)

The world would run a lot smoother if more men knew how to dance. (references; author: unknown)

If You Only Knew (2000)

The Girl Who Knew Too Much (1969)

If You Knew Tomorrow (1958)

The Man Who Knew Too Much (1956)

They Knew Mayakovsky (1955)

I Knew I Loved You (performing artist: Savage Garden)

Never Knew Love Like This Before (performing artist: Stephanie Mills)

I NEVER KNEW LOVE LIKE THIS BEFORE  (performing artist: Stephanie Mills )

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Books

• The Interview Rehearsal Book: 7 Steps to Job-Winning Interviews Using Acting Skills You Never Knew You Had (reference)

• Twenty Things Adopted Kids Wish Their Adoptive Parents Knew (reference)

• If I Knew Then What I Know Now: Ceos and Other Smart Executives Share Wisdom They Wish They'd Been Told 25 Years Ago (reference)

• I Knew All Along and Other Stories (reference)

• September 12th: We Knew Everything Would Be All Right (reference)

  (more book examples)

Theater & Movies

• Man Who Knew Too Much (1934) (reference)

• The Man Who Knew Too Little (reference)

  (more DVD examples; more video examples)

Music

• If I Knew Now What I Knew Then (reference)

• If You Only Knew (reference)

  (more classical music examples; more popular music examples)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Leveling crew entering tunnel on velocipede Hope they knew the train schedule Level party of Herman Odessey. Credit: Coast & Geodetic Survey Historical Image Collection.

... One hundred pounds th' paymaster knew,... / [John Collier] T. Sanders sculp. Credit: National Library of Medicine.

"I knew him, Horatio; a fellow of infinite jest . . . where be your gibes now?--"Hamlet, Act IV, Scene 1". Credit: Library of Congress.

In Memoriam Brigham Young / "And the place which knew him once shall know him no more". Credit: Library of Congress.

He knew all at once that he himself had wrought this ruin. Credit: Library of Congress.

Beatrice knew that it was for her to speak : she nerved herself : "Mercy, Malatesta! -- for us both!". Credit: Library of Congress.

General, you may have thought you knew what war is ... Credit: Library of Congress.

Al, ol boy, I never knew you could do anything to please me so much!. Credit: Library of Congress.

Production. Subchasers. These two men, cutting steel for the making of subchasers in a Southern shipyard, knew nothing of their new trade a short time ago. One was a farmer, the other an engineer on a fishing boat. Both were trained at the shipyard which. Credit: Library of Congress.

Bob Lemmons, Carrizo Springs, Texas. Born a slave about 1850, south of San Antonio, Texas. Came to Carrizo Springs during Civil War with white men seeking new range for their cattle. In 1865, with his master was one of the first settlers. He knew Billy th. Credit: Library of Congress.

Source: pictures compiled by the editor from various references; see picture credits.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

Men always knew that where force and injury was offered, they might be defenders of themselves; they knew that however men may seek their own commodity, yet if this were done with injury unto others, it was not to be suffered, but by all men, and all good means to be withstood. (Second Treatise of Government)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

She knew a family near Maple Grove who had tried it, and been obliged to separate before the end of the first quarter

Yet knew not what he meant to say.

The yard was so dark that even Scrooge, who knew its every stone, was fain to grope with his hands

I knew it too, but could never quite find in my heart to act upon the knowledge

Night, probably, knew more of his doings than day

Dante knew a lot of things

I would I knew thy heart

They knew that a man so hurt and so perplexed may turn in anger, even on people he loves

I believe it was near a minute before any one knew what was become of me, for I thought it below me to cry out.

I should not talk so much about myself if there were anybody else whom I knew as well

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Health

They also knew that another enzyme, alpha secretase, clipped APP in the middle of the amyloid region, preventing beta-amyloid from being formed. (references)

Physicians knew very little about the cause of stroke and the only established therapy was to feed and care for the patient until the attack ran its course. (references)

After 4 hours of reading slumped in bed, she knew she had overdone it. Her tensed head and neck muscles felt as if they were being squeezed between two giant hands. (references)

Business

Chefs as well as restaurant owners tended to stick to what they knew in cooking equipment. (references)

At that time Greek businessmen knew very little about franchising and Greek consumers equally little about hamburgers. (references)

Civil Liberties

Venezuela

On one such occasion, President Chavez asked his audience if they knew a particular owner and threatened to show a photograph of that person. (references)

Economic History

Venezuela

The main reason was that they knew the companies were going to be sold off and expected the new owners to do the necessary repairs and maintenance. (references)

Mauritius

While Arab and Malay sailors knew of Mauritius as early as the 10th century AD and Portuguese sailors first visited in the 16th century, the island was not colonized until 1638 by the Dutch. (references)

Human Rights

Guatemala

The timing of the event, combined with the fact that the assailants conducted prior surveillance of FAMDEGUA's offices and knew the victims whom they abducted, strongly suggests a planned attack. (references)

Guatemala

On May 8, the Human Rights Ombudsman's Office concluded that the April 2000 disappearance of University of San Carlos professor Mayraz Gutierrez Hernandez was a "crime of passion" committed by someone who knew Gutierrez. (references)

Political Economy

Cote D'ivoire

Houphouët-Boigny's successor, President Henri Konan Bédié, knew the United States from his time as Côte d'Ivoire's Ambassador to Washington and later as special adviser to the President of the World Bank. (references)

Women

Nepal

In a 1996 survey, 50 percent of respondents stated that they knew someone who was the victim of domestic violence. (references)

Kazakhstan

Of these cases, the Ministry reported that 80 percent occurred at work or in educational institutions, and that the majority of victims knew their rapist. (references)

Botswana

By law the minimum sentence for rape is 10 years, with the minimum increasing to 15 years with corporal punishment if the offender is HIV-positive, and to 20 years with corporal punishment if the offender knew of his or her HIV status. (references)

Worker Rights

Japan

Most trafficked women also knew that they were subject to arrest if found without their passports or other identification documents. (references)

Ireland

Ruhama estimated that of the 400 prostitutes they knew to be in Dublin, 134 were Eastern European women, and because illegal immigrants and asylum seekers are in a vulnerable position, they may be more subject to being forced into prostitution. (references)

Russia

Using fraud laws, Kareliya oblast authorities attempted to prosecute individuals who trafficked young women to the U.S. Oblast authorities were unable to establish that the Russia-based company knew that the women would be defrauded once they were in the U.S. The authorities consider that most of the illegal activity such as forced labor, sexual abuse, and deprivation of wages, takes place outside the country's borders and therefore is not within their jurisdiction. (references)

Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

Ending with "KNEW": half-knew, he-knew, myself-knew, she-knew, sister-knew.

Containing "KNEW": i-knew-the-great-man-personally, who-knew-what.

Chinese 

知道 (know, knowing, known, Tell, telling, Told). (various references)

Czech

min.èas od know. (various references)

Farsi 

دانست . (various references)

Finnish

tunsin hänet heti (I knew him at once), toivoisin tietäväni (I wish I knew), tiesihän sen (I knew as much), pä (if I only knew), jospa tietäisin (if I only knew), hänen riemunsa oli rajaton (his joy knew no bounds), hän ei ole siitä tietääkseenkään (he acts as if he knew nothing about it). (various references)

French

sut, surent, sûmes, connut, connurent, connûmes. (various references)

German

wusste (intuited), gewusst. (various references)

Greek 

γνώριζα, ήξερα, αόρ. του know. (various references)

Hungarian

tudta. (various references)

Korean 

알았다. (various references)

Pig Latin

ewknay.(various references)

Romanian

trecut de la know. (various references)

Russian 

от know, знать (be acquainted with, be aware, gentlefolk, gentlefolks, know, like the book, notables, wis, wot). (various references)

Serbo-Croatian

proš. vreme od know. (various references)

Spanish

sabia, supo, pret de know. (various references)

Swedish

visste. (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Derivations

Words ending with "KNEW": foreknew, misknew. (additional references)

Misspellings

"KNEW" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: cnw, enew, Ennew, kelw, Kenwa, kew, kewk, kewl, kewt, kiew, kn, kna, kne, kneer, knef, kneh, knes, knet, knev, knewt, knex, kniv, kniwn, knix, kniz, knnes, knod, knoq, knowd, knowe, knowk, Knowl, knowt, knowy, knu, knud, knue, knwi, Krew, Kunev, naw, Ndegwa, ne, neh, neiw, nej, nelw, nem, neq, nerw, Newc, newf, newo, newp, newx, newz, nez, Nieuw, niw, nke, nkew, Nkweto, nwe, onew. (additional references)

Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits.

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

-1 letter: ken, new, wen.

-2 letters: en, ne, we.

+1 letter: waken, woken.

+2 letters: awaken, awoken, knawel, knower, wakens, weaken, welkin, winked, winker, winkle.

+3 letters: awakens, chewink, eyewink, inkwell, knawels, knowers, misknew, network, rewaken, rewoken, skewing, swanked, swanker, swinked, twinkle, wakened, wakener, weakens, weekend, welkins, winkers, winkled, winkles, wonkier, workmen, wrinkle, wryneck.

+4 letters: awakened, awakener, chewinks, crewneck, dawnlike, eyewinks, fawnlike, foreknew, foreknow, hawknose, inkwells, knapweed, knitwear, knotweed, knowable, neckwear, networks, newshawk, newspeak, openwork, reawaken, reawoken, rewakens, rewaking, skewness, snowlike, swankest, swankier, swanlike, takedown, twankies, tweaking, twinkled, twinkler, twinkles, unawaked, unworked, wakeners, wakening, weakened, weakener, weakling, weakness, weekends, weeklong, wineskin, winglike, wonkiest, wreaking, wrecking, wrinkled, wrinkles, wrynecks.