What part of speech is know?

Know can be categorized as a noun and a verb.

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Parts of speech

  • 1. know is a verb, present, 1st person singular of know (infinitive).
  • 2. know is a verb (infinitive).
  • 3. know is a noun, singular of knows.

Inflections

Verb

Noun

What does know mean?

Definitions

Verb

know - 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"
know - 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"
know - 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"
know - know how to do or perform something; "She knows how to knit"; "Does your husband know how to cook?"
know - have fixed in the mind; "I know Latin"; "This student knows her irregular verbs"; "Do you know the poem well enough to recite it?"
know - perceive as familiar; "I know this voice!"
know - be able to distinguish, recognize as being different; "The child knows right from wrong"
know - 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"
know - know the nature or character of; "we all knew her as a big show-off"

Noun

know - the fact of being aware of information that is known to few people; "he is always in the know"

Examples of know

#   Sentence  
1. noun He is always in the know.
2. noun Soldiers with vital training and know-how are refusing to re-enlist.
3. verb I know that the President lied to the people.
4. verb I want to know who is winning the game!
5. verb I know it's time.
6. verb I know the feeling!
7. verb I know that I left the key on the table.
8. verb Does your husband know how to cook?
9. verb I know Latin.
10. verb Do you know the poem well enough to recite it?
11. verb I know this voice!
12. verb She doesn't know this composer.
13. verb Do you know my sister?
14. verb We know this movie.
15. verb I know him under a different name.
16. verb Baghdadis don't venture much out of their neighbourhoods any more, you never know where you might get stuck.
17. verb What irritates me is this sudden false 'solidarity' between Sunni and Shi'ite clerics, we all know that they would be glad to get at each others throats when they have the chance, and Shia clerics were describing Fallujan insurgents as 'Ba'athists', 'Saddamites', 'Wahhabis', and 'terrorists' just a few days ago.
Sentence  
noun
He is always in the know.
Soldiers with vital training and know-how are refusing to re-enlist.
verb
I know that the President lied to the people.
I want to know who is winning the game!
I know it's time.
I know the feeling!
I know that I left the key on the table.
Does your husband know how to cook?
I know Latin.
Do you know the poem well enough to recite it?
I know this voice!
She doesn't know this composer.
Do you know my sister?
We know this movie.
I know him under a different name.
Baghdadis don't venture much out of their neighbourhoods any more, you never know where you might get stuck.
What irritates me is this sudden false 'solidarity' between Sunni and Shi'ite clerics, we all know that they would be glad to get at each others throats when they have the chance, and Shia clerics were describing Fallujan insurgents as 'Ba'athists', 'Saddamites', 'Wahhabis', and 'terrorists' just a few days ago.

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