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Definition: Know

Know

Verb

1. 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".

2. Know how to do or perform something; "She knows how to knit"; "Does your husband know how to cook?".

3. 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".

4. 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".

5. 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".

6. Discern; "His greed knew no limits".

7. Have fixed in the mind; "I know Latin"; "This student knows her irregular verbs"; "Do you know the poem well enough to recite it?".

8. Have sexual intercourse with; "This student sleeps with everyone in her dorm"; "Adam knew Eve" (know is archaic); "Were you ever intimate with this man?".

9. Know the nature or character of; "we all knew her as a big show-off".

10. : be able to distinguish. recognize as being different; "The child knows right from wrong".

11. : perceive as familiar; "I know this voice!".

Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
 

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

Note: Know \Know\, transitive verb. [imperfect Knew; past participle Known; Knowing.]. (references)

 

Synonyms: Know

Synonyms: acknowledge (v), bang (v), be intimate (v), bed (v), bonk (v), cognize (v), do it (v), eff (v), experience (v), fuck (v), get it on (v), get laid (v), have a go at it (v), have intercourse (v), have it away (v), have it off (v), have sex (v), hump (v), jazz (v), lie with (v), live (v), love (v), make love (v), make out (v), recognise (v), recognize (v), screw (v), sleep with (v). (additional references)
Antonym: ignore (v). (additional references)

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Synonyms within Context: Know

ContextSynonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus).

Certainty

Render certain; Adjective: insure, ensure, assure; clinch, make sure; determine, decide, set at rest, " make assurance double sure "; know; (believe).

Information

Be informed of; know; learn; get scent of, get wind of, gather from; awaken to, open one's eyes to; become alive, become awake to; hear, overhear, understand.

Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus.

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Crosswords: Know

English words defined with "know": To know how, To know of, To know one's own limitations. (references)
Specialty definitions using "know": If you want X, you know where to find it.Know as, Know the Fitting Moment, Know Thyself, know whether one is coming or going/not toright to knowYou know you've been hacking too long when, You know you've been hacking too long when.... (references)
Etymologies containing "know": Ywis. (references)
Non-English Usage: "Know" is also a word in the following languages with English translations in parentheses.

German (manducated), Pidgin English (to know).

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Modern Usage: Know

DomainUsage

Screenplays

You know what I mean (On the Town; writing credit: Adolph Green and Betty Comden)

You have some real issues with women, you know that (Batman & Robin; writing credit: Akiva Goldsman)

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)

It never would've behaved this way and you know it. (Driving Miss Daisy; writing credit: Alfred Uhry)

You know, one of those manure spreaders jackknifed on the Santa Ana. God-awful mess (Fletch; writing credit: Andrew Bergman)

Lyrics

I want you to know that I'm happy for you (You Oughta Know; performing artist: Alanis Morissette)

I KNOW, I KNOW, I KNOW WHERE IT'S AT (I Know Where It's At; performing artist: All Saints)

Don't, don't let me be the last to know (Don't Let Me Be The Last To Know; performing artist: Britney Spears)

It's the world I know. (The World I Know; performing artist: Collective Soul)

Now girl I know the difference between right and wrong ("If You Don't Know Me By Now"; performing artist: Harold Melvin/Blue Notes)

Clever

Faith is believing what you know ain't so. (references; author: Mark Twain)

You know you're getting old when the candles cost more than the cake. (references; author: Bob Hope)

If your fear that people will know, don't do it. (references; author: Chinese Proverb)

Don't throw away the old bucket until you know whether the new one holds water. (references; author: Swedish Proverb)

I am a poet and did not know it. (references; author: unknown)

Movie/TV Titles

Get to Know Your Rabbit (1972)

Everything You Always Wanted to Know About Sex (1972)

I Don't Know (1971)

The Only Thing You Know (1971)

Do You Know This Voice? (1964)

Song Titles

I Want To Know What Love Is (performing artist: Foreigner)

I Know There's Something Going On (performing artist: Frida)

How Do They Know (performing artist: Giles & Fripp Giles)

If You Don't Know Me By Now (performing artist: Harold Melvin and The Blue Notes)

I Know a Heartache When I See One (performing artist: Jennifer Warnes)

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

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Commercial Usage: Know

DomainTitle

Books

  • Colleges That Change Lives: 40 Schools You Should Know About Even If You're Not a Straight-A Student (reference)

  • Everything You Ever Wanted to Know About Cosmetic Surgery but Couldn't Afford to Ask: A Complete Look at the Latest Techniques and Why They Are safer (reference)

  • The Low-Carb Cookbook: The Complete Guide to the Healthy Low-Carbohydrate Lifestyle: With over 250 Delicious Recipes, Everything You Need to Know Ab (reference)

  • The Best Home Businesses for the 21st Century: The Inside Information You Need to Know to Select a Home-Based Business That's Right for You (reference)

  • War on Iraq: What Team Bush Doesn't Want You To Know (reference)

    (more book examples)

  

Periodicals

  

Theater & Movies

  • Sleep Like A Baby-What Every Parent Needs To Know About Babies & Sleep (reference)

  • You Know My Name (reference)

    (more DVD examples; more video examples)

  

Music

  

High Tech

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

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Image Slideshow: Know

Computer Images:
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Photo Album: Know

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Five illustrations showing the methods of surgical treatment that may be used: lumpectomy; modified radical mastectomy; partial mastectomy (also called segmental mastectomy), radical mastectomy (also called Halsted radical mastectomy), and total (simple) mastectomy. These illustrations appeared in "What You Need to Know About Breast Cancer." See artwork WYTK-05. Credit: Jeanne Kelly (Artist).

Also known as Aedes triseriatus, and commonly known as the "treehole mosquito", this species has been identified in mosquito pools reported as positive for the West Nile Virus, and is also a know vector for the La Crosse virus. Credit: CDC.

There may be a row of closely set teeth, or spines on each side of the siphon near the ventral margin, otherwise know as "pectin". Aedes aegypti is a vector for Dengue and Dengue Hemorrhagic Fever (DHF), as well as Yellow Fever. Credit: CDC.

Seastar doen't know what hit it -- arm of a NURP submersible. Credit: National Undersea Research Program (NURP).

Small coral colonies were collected on pipe surfaces of know age to determine growth rate of corals on the artificial reef. Credit: The Coral Kingdom.

Figure 23. Cable ship stopcock sounder. This instrument is saved in the Oceanographic Museum under this name. Its invention is attributed to Rendle in certain articles without precisely being able to know its history. Credit: Sailing for Science - the NOAA Fleet Then and Now.

Are you among the many American adults who have trouble digesting lactose? Then you may already know about the lactose-free products that we've developed by altering a bacterium used to make cheese and yogurt. It produces an enzyme that in turn breaks down the milk's lactose, sparing you and upset stomach. P. Credit: USDA ARS News; photo by Scott Bauer..

Warning signes are posted to let visitors know of dangers in the surrounding areas in the Iornwood Forest National Monument. Credit: Chris Tincher.

Quoth Hal to Dick, I know its true... / [John Collier]. Credit: National Library of Medicine.

Love Carefully AIDS Infection May Come From A Single Sexual Contact! Preserve Your Heritage Know Your Partner!. Credit: National Library of Medicine.

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

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Digital Photo Gallery: Know
 

"I Don't Know These People" by Kelly Abbott
Commentary: "It was a party."
"Naturally Twisting" by John W. Thompson
Commentary: "Some interesting plants I found one day whilst walking in Fussa City, Japan. A lot of green I know, but please view this in the large version. ."

Source: photographs selected by the editor, with permission from the photographers.

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Familiar Quotations: Know

AuthorQuotation

Aristotle

All men by nature desire to know.

Emo Philips

You know what I hate? Indian givers.

Francois De La Rochefoucauld

Few people know how to be old.

Francois Villon

I know all except myself.

Joseph Joubert

Ask the young. They know everything.

Karl Marx

All I know is I'm not a Marxist.

Mencius

Rats know the way of rats.

Oscar Wilde

Only the shallow know themselves.

Virgil

From a single crime know the nation.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

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Historic Usage: Know

AuthorDateQuotation

Magna Carta

1215

We will appoint as justices, constables, sheriffs, or bailiffs only such as know the law of the realm and mean to observe it well. (reference)

John Locke

1690

This constrained them to come unto laws, wherein all men might see their duty beforehand, and know the penalties of transgressing them. (Second Treatise of Government)

Winston S. Churchill

1946

We all know the frightful disturbances in which the ordinary family is plunged when the curse of war swoops down upon the bread-winner and those for whom he works and contrives. ("Iron Curtain" Speech)

John F. Kennedy

1961

And let every other power know that this hemisphere intends to remain the master of its own house. (reference)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

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Use in Literature: Know

TitleAuthorQuote

Emma

Austen, Jane

I know enough of music to speak decidedly on that point

Alice in Wonderland

Carroll, Lewis

She felt very curious to know what it was all about, and crept a little way out of the wood to listen

A Christmas Carol

Dickens, Charles

It was the Parrot, you know.

Scarlet Letter

Hawthorne, Nathaniel

There are none in this land that know me.

Les Miserables

Hugo, Victor

On the supposition that I should let her go and sacrifice my own feelings, I should want to know where she is going

Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man

Joyce, James

But Wells must know the right answer for he was in third of grammar

King Richard III

Shakespeare, William

Lady, you know no rules of charity, Which renders good for bad, blessings for curses

Grapes of Wrath

Steinbeck, John

They know he got to go on.

Gulliver's Travels

Swift, Jonathan

He was wholly at a loss to know what could be the use or necessity of practicing those vices

Walden

Thoreau, Henry David

At last, we know not what it is to live in the open air, and our lives are domestic in more senses than we think

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

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Non-Fiction Usage: Know

SubjectTopicQuote

Health

You can get to know other patients. (references)

Know which noises can cause damage. (references)

In most cases doctors don't know the cause. (references)

Business

Established importers know the market and have well-established banking connections. (references)

Know the strengths and capabilities of your products and the capabilities of your company. (references)

They are more interested in providing relevant know how and services, including the electric energy. (references)

Children

Colombia

In 70 to 80 percent of cases, children know their abusers. (references)

Pakistan

In August a former provincial official reported that a survey revealed that half of the third grade teachers at one school in Punjab did not know their multiplication tables. (references)

Civil Liberties

Congo

The four claimed that they did not know why they had been arrested. (references)

Economic History

Brazil

Brazilian companies know they must rush to do their homework. (references)

Finland

Finns know how to do business in Russia and the Baltic States. (references)

Portugal

Your customers want to get to know you before they will trust you. (references)

Human Rights

Mauritius

Minors and those who did not know their rights were more likely not to be provided prompt access. (references)

Bulgaria

Defendants have the right to know the charges against them and are given ample time to prepare a defense. (references)

Mozambique

Justice Ministry officials say that some police lack adequate training and do not know how to charge a person properly. (references)

Minorities

Moldova

Accordingly, officials are required to know both Russian and Moldovan/Romanian "to the degree necessary to fulfill their professional obligations." Many Russian speakers, including well-educated professionals, either do not speak Moldovan/Romanian, or do not speak it well, while most educated Moldovans speak both languages. (references)

Political Economy

Indonesia

It is too early to know whether or not President Megawati will be effective at promoting respect of human rights.. Human rights advocates were pleased when she decreed that longstanding human rights cases predating East Timor's independence, as well as the 1984 shooting of unarmed civilians at Tandjung Priok, be heard in an ad hoc human rights tribunal. (references)

Trade

Vietnam

Many Vietnamese just do not want the bank, the government and others to know the value of their assets. (references)

Travel

Guinea

Businesses should know the language and the market. (references)

Russia

It is very important to know your sponsor and how he or she can be contacted. (references)

Egypt

If going to an area you do not know well, a map may help both you and the driver, who won't have one. (references)

Women

Bolivia

Many women do not know their legal rights. (references)

Togo

The law rarely is applied because most FGM cases occur in rural areas where neither the victims nor police know the law. (references)

Turkey

One reason for the higher rate is that men must serve in the army; if they do not know how to read, they are taught upon entry. (references)

Worker Rights

Moldova

Workers often do not know their rights in this area. (references)

Moldova

Allegedly, traffickers know when orphan girls are to be turned out of their institutions and are waiting for them. (references)

Madagascar

Although most employees know what the legal minimum wage rates are, such rates are not respected always in practice. (references)

Lexicography

Devil's Dictionary

POVERTY, n. A file provided for the teeth of the rats of reform. The number of plans for its abolition equals that of the reformers who suffer from it, plus that of the philosophers who know nothing about it. Its victims are distinguished by possession of all the virtues and by their faith in leaders seeking to conduct them into a prosperity where they believe these to be unknown.

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

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Spoken Usage: Know

SpeakerPhrase(s)

Ann Richards

Very good. The answer is that I am so proud of all those women in the Senate, I don't know what to do.

Dennis Miller

We as a nation need to know that someone is in charge of our safety.

Erin Runnion

Right, right. Well, you know, I didn't want cameras in the courtroom because this case isn't just murder.

Gerald Ford

Some call me an elder statesman. I don't know. I don't mind telling you that I'm not ready to quit yet!

Martin Scorsese

Tough neighborhood but it was a working class, working class, but it was right off the bowery too, you know.

Mikhail Baryshnikov

Three children together. My oldest daughter with Jessica Lange, you know, next year she will be to college.

Prince Albert of Monaco

Yeah. I mean, obviously, you know. And it's incredible to see how she touched the lives of so many people around her.

Rush Limbaugh

Global warming may be good, for all we know.

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

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Speeches: Know

SpeakerTermPhrase(s)

George Washington

1789-1797The accomplishment of this work, if practicable, will reflect undecaying luster on our national character and administer the most grateful consolations that virtuous minds can know.

Thomas Jefferson

1801-1809At home, fellow-citizens, you best know whether we have done well or ill.

Dwight Eisenhower

1953-1961May we know unity--without conformity.

John F. Kennedy

1961-1963Chairman, both of our countries have great unfinished tasks and I know that your people as well as those of the United States can ask for nothing better than to pursue them free from the fear of war.

Lyndon B. Johnson

1963-1969Therefore, to know war is to know that there is still madness in this world.

Richard Nixon

1969-1974Let all nations know that during this administration our lines of communication will be open.

Ronald Reagan

1981-1989Now we know that deficits are a cause for worry.

George Bush

1989-1993So if you know how to read, find someone who can't.

Bill Clinton

1993-2001All of you know I believe we were right to do it.

George W. Bush

2001-2005Well, we don't know exactly, and that's the problem.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

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Usage Frequency: Know

"Know" is generally used as a lexical verb (base form) -- approximately 56.98% of the time. "Know" is used about 123,144 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted)
Parts of SpeechPercentUsage per
100 Million Words
Rank in English
Lexical Verb (base form)56.98%70,164121
Lexical Verb (infinitive)43.02%52,978162
                    Total100.00%123,144N/A

Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.

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Expressions: Know

Expressions using "know": a full stomach does not know what hunger is accountants who know the price of everything and the value of nothing all i know as far as i know as far as know be glad to know smb. be in the know be overjoyed to know smb. before you know where you are come to know damned if i know desire to know don't know for all i know for aught i know get to know he does not know what is right from what is wrong he doesn't know his place het to know how the devil do you know that? i am blest if i know what to do! i am glad to know it! i do not know i do not know him from adam i don't know i don't know him well i don't know how to put it i hardly know him i know better i know english i know her but she doesn't i know its worth i know my business! i wouldn't know if don't i know it! i'll be blest if i know what to do! in the know it imports us to know it is important to know it might please you to know it's useful to know that know a lot know a place well know about know all know all the tricks of the trade know apart know better know better than know better than to know by experience know by heart know by name know by repute know by sight know each other know for certain know from know how know how to behave know nothing know of know on which side one's bread is buttered know one's limit know one's limitation know one's mind know one's onion know one's onions know one's own mind know one's place know one's stuff know one's way about know one's way around know smb. like a book know smb.'s mind know smb.'s whereabouts know smth. backwards know smth. before know smth. by mere report know the ins and outs of know the inside of an affair know the job know the roots know the ropes know the score know the stones know the time of day know thyself know what is what know what it is know what one is about know what to do know what's going on know what's what know what's what! know when one has had enough know whether one is coming or going/not to know which is which let know let me know let me know if i can be of service. Additional references.

Hyphenated Usage

Beginning with "know": know-all, know-alls, Know-forder, know-hanky, know-how, know-how, know-it-all, know-it-alls, Know-ke-mulla, know-ledge, know-note, Know-nothing, Know-Nothing Party, Know-nothingism, know-nothings, know-that, know-the, know-whether, know-your-customer.

Ending with "know": need-to-know.

Containing "know": getting-to-know-you, you-know-what, you-know-who.

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

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Frequency of Internet Keywords: Know

The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com.
 
ExpressionFrequency
per Day
ExpressionFrequency
per Day

what i want you to know

1,044

busta i know rhyme want

89

you don t know jack

442

busta carey edit featuring flipmode i know lyrics mariah radio rhyme squad want

87

know

414

can i i know lyrics nas

85

i know i can

319

i dont know

84

i know what you did last summer

281

don know lyrics t why

74

i know lyrics want

270

don t know

73

you dont know jack

220

can i i know nas

72

did you know

198

know your pregnant

67

i wanna know

181

know ll lyrics someday we

65

i know

160

mary did you know

62

don t know why

155

to know what love is

62

i know why the caged bird sings

150

i still know what you did last summer

61

busta i know lyrics rhyme want

149

what you already know

60

right to know

113

if know pregnants

56

i know u want

106

game get know

56

can i i know lyrics

100

it know yeah yeah

55

and you will know us by the trail of dead

97

to know you

55

b don jon know lyrics t they

96

know if i am pregnant

51

you know if you are pregnant

95

know ll someday we

50

don i know t

93

to know you lyrics

50
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Modern Translation: Know

Language Translations for "know"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.

Afrikaans

  

weet (know how), ken (be acquainted with). (various references)

   

Albanian

  

di (be acquainted with, be privy to, can, cognize, come to know, consider, have, Ken, wot). (various references)

   

Arabic 

  

‏فهم (accept, apprehend, apprehension, brain, catch, comprehend, comprehension, conceive, conception, discern, discernment, grasp, hear, hear of, intelligence, know of, learn, learn about, make out, penetrate, perceive, perception, pick out, pierce, put across, puzzle out, realization, realize, see, see daylight, see the light, seeing, sense, skulk, sort out, take in, twig, understand, understanding, understood), ‏ميز (characterize, confer distinction upon, differentiate, discern, discriminate, distinguish, favor, favour, grant a special privilege, honor, identify, label, make a distinction, mark, notice, observe, perceive, prefer, privilege, realize, recognize, segregate, separate, set above others, set apart, set aside, single, single out, stamp), ‏علم (adudicate, advertise, advertize, advise, apprise, apprize, banner, bar, bunting, coach, cognizance, cognize, drill, educate, flag, indoctrinate, inform, instruct, knowledge, learning, let know, locate, mark, mark out, notify, post, profess, read, scholarship, school, science, standard, teach, tell, tick), ‏عانى (bear, brook, experience, pain, stick, suffer), ‏عرف جيدا (be familiar with), ‏عرف شخص, ‏عرف (acquaint, constitution, convention, custom, define, figure out, form, habit, impart, know what's what, locate, manners, mores, realize, rule, savvy, see, sort out, tradition, usage, use), ‏درى (have knowledge). (various references)

   

Asturian

  

saber como (to know how), saber (to know). (various references)

   

Aymara

  

yatiña (to know). (various references)

   

Basque

  

ezagutzen. (various references)

   

Bemba

  

ukwishiba ifyo (to know how), ukwishiba (to know). (various references)

   

Blackfoot

  

ssksini (to know). (various references)

   

Breton

  

gouzout (to know). (various references)

   

Bulgarian 

  

умея, разбирам от, разпознавам (discern, distinguish, pick out, recognize, spot, tell, tell apart), общувам (associate, assort, consort, converse, fraternize, intercommunicate, intermingle, mate, mingle, mix, mix up, socialize, sort), мога (can, may), зная какво е, зная от опит, зная (can, known, savvy, wist, wit, wot, wottest), посещавам (attend, call on, resort, see, visit), познавам се с (be acquainted with, have met), познавам (be familiar with, cognize, guess, recognize, tell), имам работа с (deal). (various references)

   

Catalan

  

saber (know how). (various references)

   

Cebuano

  

mahibalo (to know), magtuon kon unsaon (to know how). (various references)

   

Chamorro

  

para ma tungó taimanu (to know how), para ma tungó (to know). (various references)

   

Chinese 

  

知道 (be aware of). (various references)

   

Cornish

  

gothvos (to know). (various references)

   

Czech

  

znát. (various references)

   

Danish

  

vide (know how), kende (be acquainted with). (various references)

   

Dutch

  

weten (know how, knowledge, to know), kennen (be acquainted with, be master of, know how). (various references)

   

Ecuadorian Quechua

  

yachana (to know how), ricsina (to know). (various references)

   

Esperanto

  

koni (be acquainted with), konas, scii (know how), povoscii (be master of). (various references)

   

Estonian

  

oskan. (various references)

   

Faeroese

  

kenna (be acquainted with, feel, go through, live to see, sense, teach), vita (know how). (various references)

   

Farsi 

  

اگاه بودن , شناختن (Identify, Notice, Recognize), دانستن (Account, Adjudge, Aim, Ascribe, Cognize, Con, Have, Learn, Wit). (various references)

   

Finnish

  

tuntea (be acquainted, be acquainted with, feel, recognize, sense), tietää (be aware, be conscious of, have knowledge of, know how, mean, signify). (various references)

   

French

  

savoir (know how, knowing how to, knowledge, to know how), connaître. (various references)

   

French Canadian

  

connaissez-vous (do you know). (various references)

   

Frisian

  

kenne (be acquainted with), witte (know how, to know). (various references)

   

Galician

  

sabe, coñeces. (various references)

   

German

  

wissen (aware, know how, knowledge, known, realize, remember, tell, to aware, to know, veda), kennen (aware, be acquainted with, know of, known, knows, recognize, to aware), können (ability, be able, be able to, be allowed, be capable, be permitted, can, known, mastery, may, proficiency, prowess, savvy, skill, to be able). (various references)

   

Greek 

  

γνωρίζω (acquaint, conscious of, recognize, wit), ξέρω (know about). (various references)

   

Guarani

  

roikuaávo (when I know you), reikuaápa (do you know), ndaikuaái (I don't know), aikuaa (I know). (various references)

   

Haitian Creole

  

konnen (to know). (various references)

   

Hawaiian

  

di (be acquainted with). (various references)

   

Hebrew 

  

ידע (expertise, know how, knowledge), להכיר (ascertain, find out, make out, realize, recognize, spot, tell, understand), להבין (apprehend, comprehend, follow, gather, grasp, make out, realize, see, see daylight, see the light, take, take in, understand), להבחין (discern, discriminate, make out, notice, observe, perceive, recognize, spot, spy, tell), לדעת (comprehend, grasp, knowhow, perceive, understand), הכיר (recognize). (various references)

   

Hungarian

  

tud (can, one can, to ken, to savvy, to tell, told, wit, wot), ismer (to ken), ért valamihez (be good at). (various references)

   

Icelandic

  

þekkja (be acquainted with). (various references)

   

Indonesian

  

tahu, mengetahui (detect, ken), mengenali (identify), mengenal (conversant, ken, recognize), maklum (understand, well-known). (various references)

   

Inuktitut

  

qaujivaa (to know), qaujisaqpaa (to know how). (various references)

   

Italian

  

sapere (be able, can, hear, know how, knowledge, learn, think, understand, veda), conoscere (be acquainted with, distinguish, experience, hear, know each other, listen to, meet, recognize, to know, understand). (various references)

   

Japanese Kanji 

  

ノイマン型 (christmas, fungo, Hague, heart, Hercules, hook, knob, knock, knockdown, knocker, knocking, knock-on, knockout, knot, know-how, knowledge, nautical mile per hour, Neumann-type, neuron, neurosis, no, noctovision, nocturne, nominal, nominal price, nominate, nomination, nomogram, nomograph, non career, non cling, non store retailing, non troppo, non-attachment disease, nonbank banking, nonbook, nonchalant, non-conforming design, nonfiction, nonius, nonpolitical, non-professional, nonrun, non-sectarian, nonsense, nonslip, nonstop, non-terminal, nontitle match, non-verbal, non-verbal communication, Noraism, Nordic, Norma, Normandy, Norway, nostalgia, nostalgic, nostalgie, notation, notch, notchback, notch-filter, nova, Nova Scotia, novel, novelty, nozzle, number, swastika, unaffiliated, vernier calipers, vernier micrometer). (various references)

   

Japanese Katakana 

  

ノウ . (various references)

   

Kongo

  

ku-zaya (to know). (various references)

   

Korean 

  

아십시요. (various references)

   

Luganda

  

simanyi (I don't know), omanyi (do you know). (various references)

   

Luxembourgish

  

kennt. (various references)

   

Macedonian

  

znae kako (to know how), znae (to know). (various references)

   

Malagasy

  

mahay. (various references)

   

Malay

  

tahu (know how). (various references)

   

Manx

  

yn cheird (know-how), schlei (ability, adroitness, art, attainment, flair, forte, know-how, skill, talent, virtuosity), oayllys (awareness, dope, guidance, information, know-how, knowledge, lore), dy ve oayllagh rish (know about). (various references)

   

Maori

  

moohio-tia (to know how), maatau-ria (to know). (various references)

   

Maya

  

sah (to know how), oohel (to know). (various references)

   

Mohawk

  

-ewennahnotha' (to know how). (various references)

   

Norwegian

  

kunne, kjenne til, kjenne (be acquainted with, feel), vite. (various references)

   

Occitan

  

saupre, conéisser. (various references)

   

Papago

  

mahch (to know). (various references)

   

Papiamen

  

konosé (be acquainted with), sabi (know how), sa (know how). (various references)

   

Pidgin English

  

know (to know), no (no, to know). (various references)

   

Pig Latin

  

owknay.(various references)

   

Polish

  

znać (be acquainted with), wiedzieć (know how). (various references)

   

Portuguese

  

saber (guideline, have, instruction, know how, knowledge, learning, lore, savvy, scholarship, science, to know), conhecer (cognize, experience, have at one's fingertips, ken, know how, to know, understand). (various references)

   

Portuguese Brazilian

  

conhecem. (various references)

   

Provencal

  

saber far (to know how), saber (to know). (various references)

   

Quechua

  

yachankichu (do you know), reqsinakuykuchu (we know each other), reqsinakuycheq (get to know one another), reqsinakusuncheq (we will know each other), reqsinakusqancheqmanta (because wehave gotten to know each other, because wehave met each other). (various references)

   

Romanian

  

cunoaşte (acquaint oneself with, be acquainted with, Ken, know how, meet, possess, recognize, see, taste), şti (be acquainted with, have, know how, remember, understand). (various references)

   

Romansch

  

savair (to know). (various references)

   

Romany

  

poongaràva (to know). (various references)

   

Ruanda

  

kumenya (to know), kemenya ingene wogira (to know how). (various references)

   

Russian 

  

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

   

Samoan

  

e fiailoa le faiga (to know how), e fiailoa (to know). (various references)

   

Scottish

  

mothaich (feel, notice, observe, perceive, take notice), fidir, aithnich (recognise). (various references)

   

Sepedi

  

kgona (to know how), tseba (to know). (various references)

   

Serbo-Croatian

  

znati (ken, wot), umeti (can), poznavati. (various references)

   

Shona

  

-ziva (to know). (various references)

   

Sicilian

  

sapiri (to know). (various references)

   

Sotho

  

tsebe, tseba. (various references)

   

Spanish

  

saber (be conscious of, can, go around, hear, know how, knowledge, learn, learning, realize, savor, savour, taste, tell, to know, to know how, visit, wisdom, wit), conocer (become acquainted, getting toknow, Ken, learn, meet, recognize, see, taste, tell). (various references)

   

Sranan

  

sabi (know how, science). (various references)

   

Swazi

  

kw-áti (to know). (various references)

   

Swedish

  

veta (Ken, know how, knowing, understand, wit), känna (be acquainted with, feel, recognize, sense, whiff), kunna (be able, be able to, can, could, have, may, might, will, would). (various references)

   

Tagalog

  

makilala (to know), málaman (know how), alam. (various references)

   

Thai

  

ความรู้และทักษะ (know-how), จริงเหรอ (Don't know it!). (various references)

   

Tswana

  

itse (know you, meet him, meet you, met). (various references)

   

Turkish

  

tatmak (die, experience, extract, sample, taste, try), tanimak (be acquainted with), tanımak (acknowledge, affiliate, be acquainted with, be recognizant of, charter, get to know, identify, Ken, legitimatize, legitimize, own, recognize, spot), ilişkisi olmak (concern, do with, have smth. to do with, interrelate, relate, tie in), farketmek (become aware of, catch sight, descry, detect, discern, discover, distinguish, espy, make a difference, make out, note, notice, observe, perceive, realize, recognize, remark, see, take notice), bilmek (be onto, be privy to, be up, be up to, be wise to, Ken, savvy, understand, wise up, wise up to, wit), bílmek (know how), başından geçmek (experience, fare, happen, live through, pass through), ayırt etmek (contradistinguish, contradistinguish from, descry, differentiate, discriminate, distinguish, individuate, pick out, recognize, separate, spot, tell, tell apart, tell the difference). (various references)

   

Turkmen 

  

bilmek (be able to). (various references)

   

Ukrainian

  

усвідомлювати (acknowledge, apperceive, appreciate, be aware of, be conscious of, figure out, recognize, sense, understand), уміти (be able to, possess), розуміти (appreciate, catch on, grip, perceive, take, think, understand), знати. (various references)

   

Vietnamese 

  

khả năng biết làm thế nào bí quyết sản xuất (know-how), sự biết làm (know-how), phương pháp sản xuất (know-how), người tự cho cái gì cũng biết (know-all), người ngu dốt (blockhead, ignoramus, know-nothing, light-brain, pudding-head), người cái gì cũng biết (know-all). (various references)

   

Welsh

  

gwybod (know how, knowledge, studies), adnabod (recognize). (various references)

   

Wolof

  

xam. (various references)

   

Xhosa

  

uyazazi (You know), ndikwazi (I can, I know). (various references)

   

Zulu

  

-azi (be acquainted with, know how). (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

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Ancestral Language Translations: Know

LanguagePeriodTranslations
Latin500 BCE-Modern

calle, calles, norant, norunt, nosse, nossent, nosset, nosti, nostis, nota, notae, notam, notas, noti, notis, noto, notos, notum, notus, noverant, noverat, noverim, noverint, noveris, noverit, noveritis, noverunt, novi, novimus, novisset, novisti, novit, sapio, sciam, sciamus, sciant, scias, sciat, sciatis, sciatur, sciebam, sciebant, sciebas, sciebat, sciemus, sciendam, sciens, scient, sciente, scientem, scientes, scienti, scientia, scientibus, scientium, scientque, scieris, scierunt, scies, sciet, scietis, scietisque, scietur, scimus, scio, scire, scirem, scirent, scires, sciret, sciretis, sciri, scis, scisti, scit, scita, scitis, scito, scitote, scitur, sciunt, scivi, scivit, teneo. (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

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Bible Trace: Know

LanguageDateSourceMatthew Chapter 7, Verse 20
Greek (transliterated)250 BCSeptuagintArage apo twn karpwn autwn epignwsesqe autouV
Latin405VulgateIgitur ex fructibus eorum cognoscetis eos
Old English990West SaxonWitodlice be heora wæstman ge hyoon-cnawað.
Middle English1395WyclifTherfor of her fruytis ye schulen knowe hem.
Renaissance English1526TyndaleWherfore by their frutes ye shall knowe the.
Jacobean English1611King JamesWherefore by their fruits ye shall know them.
Victorian English1833WebsterWherefore by their fruits ye shall know them,
Basic English1964OgdenSo by their fruits you will get knowledge of them.

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

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Matched Bible Translations: Know

LanguageMatthew Chapter 7, Verse 20
CebuanoSa ingon niana, maila ninyo sila pinaagi sa ilang mga bunga.
Chinese所 以 憑 著 他 們 的 果 子 、 就 可 以 認 出 他 們 來 。
CroatianDakle: po plodovima æete ih njihovim prepoznati."
DanishAltså skulle I kende dem af deres Frugter.
DutchZo zult gij dan dezelve aan hun vruchten kennen.
FinnishNiin te siis tunnette heidät heidän hedelmistään.
FrenchC`est donc à leurs fruits que vous les reconnaîtrez.
GermanDarum an ihren Früchten sollt ihr sie erkennen.
Haitian CreoleKonsa tou, n'a rekonèt fo pwofèt yo sou sa y'ap fè.
HungarianAzért az õ gyümölcseikrõl ismeritek meg õket.
Indonesian-Bahasa Sehari-hariBegitu pula dengan nabi-nabi palsu. Kalian akan mengenal mereka dari hasil perbuatannya."
Indonesian-Terjemahan LamaSebab itu daripada buah-buahannya kamu akan mengenali dia.
ItalianDai loro frutti dunque li potrete riconoscere.
Korean이 러 므 로 그 의 열 매 로 그 들 을 알 리 라
LatvianTâtad pçc to augïiem jûs pazîsiet tos.
Manx GaelicShen-y-fa liorish nyn messyn ver shiu enney orroo.
MaoriIna, ma o ratou hua ka mohiotia ai ratou e koutou.
NorwegianDerfor skal I kjenne dem av deres frukter.
PortuguesePortanto, pelos seus frutos os conhecereis.   
RumanianAwa cq dupq roadele lor ki veyi cunoawte.
ShuarTuma asamtai Wáitrin ainia nuka Túramujai nekanattawai.'
SpanishAsí que, por sus frutos los conoceréis.
SwahiliKwa hiyo, mtawatambua kwa matendo yao. ic
SwedishAlltså skolen I känna dem av deras frukt. --
UmaKaju to uma mowua' lompe', bate ratoki pai' raropu. Wae wo'o Alata'ala bate mpohuku' nabi to boa' toera. Ta'inca kaboa' -ra ane tanaa wua' pobago-ra.

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

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Derivations & Misspellings: Know

Derivations

Words beginning with "know": knowable, knower, knowers, knowing, knowinger, knowingest, knowingly, knowingness, knowingnesses, knowings, knowledge, knowledgeabilities, knowledgeability, knowledgeable, knowledgeableness, knowledgeablenesses, knowledgeably, knowledges, known, knowns, knows. (additional references)

Words ending with "know": foreknow, misknow. (additional references)

Words containing "know": acknowledge, acknowledged, acknowledgedly, acknowledgement, acknowledgements, acknowledges, acknowledging, acknowledgment, acknowledgments, foreknowing, foreknowledge, foreknowledges, foreknown, foreknows, misknowing, misknowledge, misknowledges, misknown, misknows, unacknowledged, unbeknown, unbeknownst, unknowabilities, unknowability, unknowable, unknowing, unknowingly, unknowings, unknowledgeable, unknown, unknowns. (additional references)


Misspellings

"Know" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: cnw, ekow, enow, kanof, kenlow, khow, kinoa, kinow, kknow, kn, kna, kndo, knewt, kno, knoc, knod, knoe, knog, knook, knop, knoq, knos, knowd, knowe, knowk, Knowl, knowt, knowy, knu, knud, knwi, knwo, Konh, kow, Kowa, kowk, koz, krow, kyow, Naow, Ndow, nk, noow, nopw, nopwc, norw, Notw, nowa, nowl, Nowr, nowu, nowv, nowy, Nugw, nuw, nwo, Okonkwo. (additional references)

Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

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Rhyming with "Know"

# of Phoneme MatchesPronunciationWord(s) rhyming with "know" (pronounced nō")
2n ō"no, Noh, snow.

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

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Anagrams: Know

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Direct Anagrams: wonk.

Words within the letters "k-n-o-w"

-1 letter: now, own, wok, won.

-2 letters: no, on, ow, wo.

 Words containing the letters "k-n-o-w"
 

+1 letter: known, knows, woken, wonks, wonky.

 

+2 letters: awoken, knower, knowns.

 

+3 letters: bowknot, cowskin, howking, inkwood, knowers, knowing, misknow, network, nonwork, pinwork, rewoken, tinwork, unknown, winnock, wonkier, working, workman, workmen.

 

+4 letters: bowknots, cowskins, downlink, downtick, foreknew, foreknow, handwork, hawknose, hoodwink, inkwoods, ironwork, kingwood, knotweed, knowable, knowings, kotowing, linkwork, lockdown, lookdown, markdown, misknown, misknows, moonwalk, networks, openwork, pinworks, reawoken, snowbank, snowlike, snowpack, takedown, tinworks, townfolk, unknowns, unworked, weeklong, windsock, winnocks, wonkiest, woolskin, workings.

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

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INDEX

1. Definition
2. Synonyms
3. Crosswords
4. Usage: Modern
5. Usage: Commercial
6. Images: Slideshow
7. Images: Photo Album
8. Images: Digital Art
9. Quotations: Familiar
10. Quotations: Historic
11. Quotations: Fiction
12. Quotations: Non-fiction
13. Quotations: Spoken
14. Quotations: Speeches
15. Usage Frequency
16. Expressions
17. Expressions: Internet
18. Translations: Modern
19. Translations: Ancient
20. Bible Trace
21. Derivations
22. Rhymes
23. Anagrams
24. Bibliography


  

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