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known
- /nəʊn/ UK
- /naːn/ Northumbria
- /noʊn/ US
- /ˈnɐʉn/ New Zealand
- /ˈnɐʉ.wən/ New Zealand
Sounds like none · Rhymes with -əʊn
Where it comes from
From Middle English knowen, from Old English cnāwen (past participle).
Morphologically know + -n.
adjective better known · best known · knowne
- Identified as a specific type; famous, renowned. He was a known pickpocket.
- Accepted, familiar, researched. At the time, Einstein's theory was unknown to most other scientists.
noun knowns
- Any fact or situation which is known or familiar. You have to tell the knowns from the unknowns.
- A constant or variable the value of which is already determined.
verb
- past participle of know
