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    [Adjective]  | "known" | \ ˈnōn \


    1: generally recognized


    Origin: 14th century ;

    [Adjective]  | "well-known" | \ ˈwel-ˈnōn \


    1: fully or widely known


    Origin: 15th century ;

    [Verb]  | "know" | \ ˈnō \


    1: to perceive directly : have direct cognition of

    2: to have understanding of

    3: to recognize the nature of : discern


    Origin: before 12th century ;

     Middle English, from Old English cnāwan; akin to Old High German bichnāan to recognize, Latin gnoscere, noscere to come to know, Greek gignōskein;

    [Noun]  | "known quantity" 


    1: someone or something whose abilities or characteristics are well known

    [Idiom]  | "let it be known" 


    1: to tell people (something)

    [Idiom]  | "make oneself known" 


    1: to introduce oneself : to cause people to know who one is

    [Idiom]  | "make (something) known" 


    1: to tell people (something)

    [Idiom]  | "might/should have known" 


    1: —used to say that one is not surprised to learn of something

    [Idiom]  | "otherwise known as" 


    1: —used to indicate a different name that people know or that a person uses

    [Idiom]  | "make one's presence felt/heard/known" 


    1: to make people aware of one by gaining power or influence over them

    [Adjective]  | "known" 


    1: as in named, specified;




    [Adjective]  | "well-known" 


    1: widely known;


      * e.g., " ... an anchorwoman so well-known that she passes for a local celebrity "





    [Verb]  | "known" 


    1: to have a practical understanding of;


      * e.g., " ... a career diplomat who knows several languages "





    2: to come to a knowledge of (something) by living through it;


      * e.g., " ... knows full well how nerve-racking it can be to speak in public "



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    3: to have a clear idea of;


      * e.g., " ... I think I know what you're trying to say "



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    [Verb]  | "know" 


    1: to have a practical understanding of;


      * e.g., " ... a career diplomat who knows several languages "



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    •  miss





    2: to come to a knowledge of (something) by living through it;


      * e.g., " ... knows full well how nerve-racking it can be to speak in public "



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    3: to have a clear idea of;


      * e.g., " ... I think I know what you're trying to say "



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     [ "known" ]

    1: (adj) To be known is to be popular (good or bad) for one reason or another. Like the guy who fell off the top of the BMW, or the girl who accidentally had sex with a watermelon.

      * e.g.,  ... "You've been known ever since you said ZOMG in your sleep at band camp." 

     [ "known known" ]

    1: Something that one knows they know

      * e.g.,  ... There are known knowns, that is to say that there are things we know that we know. 

     [ "It is known." ]

    1: an expression indicating that a given idea is based more on superstition or outright bullshit than on fact \ derived from dialogue in TV series “Game of Thrones”

      * e.g.,  ... Global warming is naturally caused by the Sun - just as the Moon is a goddess and the Sun's wife; it is known. 

     [ "Known" ]

    1: Someone you know is known. When you know somebody, you don't have to test them to know who they always were.

      * e.g.,  ... 1) The guy was a relative of him/her, so he didn't need to test him/her to know who he/she really was, he had known him/her growing up. 2) The guy had spent years around him/her at work, so he knew who he/she really was without having to test him/her. The other worker/coworker was known to him. 

     [ "the known" ]

    1: A guy who dunked on john and tony and then proceed to steal their job and ban them

      * e.g.,  ... guy 1: what just happened everything changed? 

     [ "Also Known As" ]

    1: This is a phrase used to introduce aliases, nicknames, working names, legalised names, author’s pen names and so on. Identical in meaning to the old English word Yclept, it is often abbreviated to AKA.

      * e.g.,  ... Politicians, also known as two-faced exponents of weasel words. 

     [ "wikipedia-known" ]

    1: The act of being on Wikipedia.

      * e.g.,  ... Nowadays, any loser can be wikipedia-known for bizarre endeavors such as coconut palm climbing and having a porn video on the internet 

     [ "known issue" ]

    1: A fault or defect in a system or machine that has been documented, but not yet fixed. A "known issue" differs from a "bug" in the sense that "bugs" are unknown, or at the very least undocumented.

      * e.g.,  ... "Customer Service, how may I help you?" 

     [ "Pocket known" ]

    1: Its a simpler way to say that you know an area as well as the inside of your pocket.

      * e.g.,  ... Can I help you to explain where you should go? You know, Im pocket known in this area. 

     [ "to be known to the Unforegivables" ]

    1: (Unforegiveables always with a capital u): to have a criminal record, most likely in the United States

      * e.g.,  ... To be known to the Unforegivables,, as a phrase, comes from the fact that if you have a criminal record in the United States it almost certainly is for life. 

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