know
Nouns
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(n) the fact of being aware of information that is known to few people
- he is always in the know
Verbs
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(v) 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
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(v) know how to do or perform something
- She knows how to knit
- Does your husband know how to cook?
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(v) 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
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(v) 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
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(v) 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
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(v) 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
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(v) have fixed in the mind
- I know Latin
- This student knows her irregular verbs
- Do you know the poem well enough to recite it?
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(v) have sexual intercourse with
- This student sleeps with everyone in her dorm
- Adam knew Eve
- Were you ever intimate with this man?
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(v) know the nature or character of
- we all knew her as a big show-off
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(v) be able to distinguish, recognize as being different
- The child knows right from wrong
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(v) perceive as familiar
- I know this voice!