/nowˈn/ - [nown] - known
We found 8 definitions of known from 5 different sources.
Adjectiveknown, knowner, knownest |
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known - apprehended with certainty; "a known quantity"; "the limits of the known world"; "a musician known throughout the world"; "a known criminal" | ||
unknown not known; "an unknown amount"; "an unknown island"; "an unknown writer"; "an unknown source" | ||
acknowledged recognized or made known or admitted; "the acknowledged leader of the community"; "a woman of acknowledged accomplishments"; "his acknowledged error" | ||
familiar having mutual interests or affections; of established friendship; "on familiar terms"; "pretending she is on an intimate footing with those she slanders" | ||
glorious having great beauty and splendor; "a glorious spring morning"; "a glorious sunset"; "splendid costumes"; "a kind of splendiferous native simplicity" | ||
best-known most familiar or renowned; "Stevenson's best-known work is probably `Treasure Island'" | ||
better-known more familiar or renowned than the other of two; "the better-known book of the two" | ||
famed, famous, far-famed, renowned, celebrated, illustrious, notable, noted having an illustrious past | ||
identified having the identity known or established; "the identified bodies were released for burial" | ||
legendary so celebrated as to having taken on the nature of a legend; "the legendary exploits of the arctic trailblazers" | ||
proverbial widely known and spoken of; "her proverbial lateness"; "the proverbial absentminded professor"; "your proverbial dizzy blonde" |