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Meaning know meaning

What does know mean?
Definitions in simple English

know Verb

— When you know something, you have facts or ideas in your mind. I knew more things after I went to school. I know a little Spanish. I think I can do it, but I don't know. — You know a person, if you have met him or her. Yes, I know John. I met him in class last week. We want you to know that it will be OK.

know

— verb 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 — verb know how to do or perform something She knows how to knit Does your husband know how to cook? — verb 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 — verb 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 — verb (= live) 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 — verb (= acknowledge, recognize, recognise) accept (someone) to be what is claimed or accept his power and authority The Crown Prince was acknowledged as the true heir to the throne We do not recognize your gods — verb have fixed in the mind I know Latin This student knows her irregular verbs Do you know the poem well enough to recite it? — verb perceive as familiar I know this voice! — verb be able to distinguish, recognize as being different The child knows right from wrong — verb know the nature or character of we all knew her as a big show-off — noun the fact of being aware of information that is known to few people he is always in the know — verb (= sleep with) have sexual intercourse with This student sleeps with everyone in her dorm Adam knew Eve Were you ever intimate with this man?

Synonyms know synonyms

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know English » English

understand recognize knowledgeable realize perceive comprehend learn see be acquainted with think recognise know how be aware experience knowledge identify feel acquainted with remember acknowledge notice hear find out familiar with be aware of acquainted sense make out have knowledge of get to know distinguish can be knowledgeable ascertain admit wit tell sleep with sleep together realise live lie with know how to how grasp discriminate aware of apprehend able understood

Topics know topics

What do people use know to talk about?
Language and thought Think

Know
Social behavior Relationships

Know someone
Grammar Semantic constituents related to verbs Epistemic moods

Sure
Language and thought Think Remember

Recognize
Language and thought Communication Say Ask

Answer
Grammar Connected with, related Discourse markers

Markers of emphasis
Language and thought Want Influence

Advise
Language and thought Soul, spirit Mental state

Ignore
Language and thought Think Mind

Instinct
Language and thought Communication Say Voice

Speak poorly
Social behavior

Relationships
Social behavior Prosperity, trouble Trouble

Suffer
Social behavior Prosperity, trouble Chance

Lucky
Physical actions Move Travel

Way, route
Physical actions Move Travel

Lose your way
Grammar

General words
Grammar Semantic constituents related to verbs Agent-oriented modalities

Can
Grammar Semantic constituents related to verbs Epistemic moods

Unsure
Grammar Semantic constituents related to verbs Epistemic moods Unsure

Think so
Grammar Semantic constituents related to verbs Epistemic moods Unsure

Maybe
Grammar Connected with, related

Discourse markers

Conjugation know conjugation

How do you conjugate know?

know · verb

Examples know examples

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Simple sentences

I just don't know what to say.
I don't know if I have the time.
I didn't know where it came from.
I don't know what you mean.
I don't know what to do anymore.
Let me know if there is anything I can do.
Let me know if I need to make any changes.
What do you mean you don't know?!
I don't know what to say to make you feel better.
You don't know who I am.
All I need to know about life, I learned from a snowman.
I don't know him.
I don't know what to say.
I simply don't know what to say.
I simply don't know what to tell.
If anyone was to ask what the point of the story is, I really don't know.
If you didn't know me that way then you simply didn't know me.
I do not know what you mean.
I don't like it when mathematicians who know much more than I do can't express themselves explicitly.
I don't like it when mathematicians who know much more than I do can't express themselves clearly.
I don't know how to demonstrate it, since it's too obvious!

Movie subtitles

But how'd he know where I live?
You know how much I worked to get that shirt?
Is seems like she didn't know. Why don't you forgive her.
Don't you know the danger of another scandal broke loose? -I got it.
Do you know someone who lives here?
You don't even know anyone and yet you still came for me?
Someone I sort of know.
Didn't you know your mom was stupid?
If she doesn't know, you can just keep telling her.
You know I'm a gangster, right? Do you want to get hit or do you want to eat?
Did you not know that?
I need to know..!
Do you know how to use?
You know you have housing, nothing sucks.
Do you know if there are call logs?
I know!
I don't know yet.
Did you know that, Lloyd-san?
At a farm? But I did not know any farmers.
We had to know exactly in which direction the instrument would be pointing.
The Netherlands continue to play an important role in an area where new discoveries are still being made, new instruments are being developed and the frontiers of our know-how and knowledge are constantly being pushed out.
Hello, Ferdinand. Mother, you know Ferdinand de Lesseps.
I don't know that friend. - He's a new one.
The French government doesn't know what it wants.
I know. Hubert will treat everyone equally.
We now know it spreads through water. We'll find a cure.
They know very special tricks.
I know.
Do you know anyone who's got any strawberry milk?
Hey, do we know anyone who has strawberry milk?
And, like, you know, when you're sitting around with your friends playing video games and it's fun, but if you munch a nice, big PBJ first, it's even awesomer.
The catchers know that going in.
So, anyway, my cousin's best friend's older brother's girlfriend's sister is gonna be bringing some by this afternoon, and I know it sounds a little stupid, but I'm kind of nervous to pick them up myself.
You know, in case a teacher sees or something. But you got this invisibility ring, right?
I don't know, Patti.
I know it's some kind of napkin.
But Frankie, I didn't know it was your money, and I thought I was getting PBJs.
Know what, pal D Don't worry about paying me back.
I know you'd help me out if I needed it. Oh, you bet, Frankie.
You wanna know who my brother's using to get sandwiches into the yard?
You know what? I don't even know why I told him.

News and current affairs

Wouldn't you know it?
Deductive inference enables us to predict effects if we know the principles (the rule) and the cause.
By inductive reasoning, if we know the cause and effects, we can infer the principles.
So far as we know, its leaders have kept their word.
We now know that the professor had broken into his own home, with the help of his chauffeur, because the door was jammed.
We already know this.
African farmers know that they need fertilizer; they just can't afford it.
Governments must not be given the power to control its citizens' moral code - we know that if they had such power, they would misuse it.
We don't yet know what is possible.
According to Gleb Pavlovsky, the Putin regime's leading ideologist, the current Russian system is perfect in all respects but one: it doesn't know its enemies.
Yet their regime is in crisis, and they know it.
The country is unruly, and its rulers know it.
Fortunately, he is smart enough to know this.
Yet we also know that individual views are remarkably heterogeneous.
MOSCOW - Most people who know of me think of me as an information-technology expert, someone who probably lives in California and invests in edgy Internet start-ups.
Most people in the US know that if you talk back to the police, they will get nasty very fast.
One thing to be learned, if we didn't know this already, is how close racial sensitivities are to the surface of US life, despite the election of a black president.
Indeed, we don't even know for certain whether this was such an instance.
Sarkozy, of all people, should know that a large part of the gravitas of office derives from pomp and circumstance.
Now that we have seen the costs of giving absolute priority to safety, we know that this is not only a technical question.

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