Know

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

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.

Crosswords: Know

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

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)

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)

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)

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)

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.

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

• Community Right To Know Manual - Diskette (reference)

• Right To Know Planning Guide (reference)

• What A Foreman Should Know (reference)

  (more periodical examples)

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

• Don't Want You to Know (reference)

  (more classical music examples; more popular music examples)

High Tech

• You Don't Know Jack 5th Dementia (reference)

• You Don't Know Jack: Louder! Faster! Funnier! (reference)

• WWE SmackDown! 2: Know Your Role (reference)

• You Don't Know Jack: The Irreverent Collection (reference)

• You Don't Know Jack Mock 2 (reference)

  (more camera examples; more video game examples; more computer examples; more electronic examples; more software examples)

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

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.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

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)

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)

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)

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.

I know enough of music to speak decidedly on that point

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

It was the Parrot, you know.

There are none in this land that know me.

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

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

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

They know he got to go on.

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

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.

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)

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.

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.

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.

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)

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; see credits.

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

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 (additional references); see credits.

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Direct Anagrams: wonk.

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

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

+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.