What part of speech is unknown?

Unknown can be categorized as a noun and an adjective.

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Parts of speech

  • 1. unknown is a noun, singular of unknowns.
  • 2. unknown is an adjective.

Inflections

Noun

Adjective

  • Positive
    Comparative
    Superlative
  • more unknown
    most unknown
  • Positive: unknown 
  • Comparative: more unknown
  • Superlative: most unknown

What does unknown mean?

Definitions

Adjective

unknown - not known; "an unknown amount"; "an unknown island"; "an unknown writer"; "an unknown source"
unknown - not known to exist; "things obscurely felt surged up from unknown depths"
unknown - not famous or acclaimed; "an obscure family"; "unsung heroes of the war"
unknown - not known before; "used many strange words"; "saw many strange faces in the crowd"; "don't let anyone unknown into the house"
unknown - being or having an unknown or unnamed source; "a poem by an unknown author"; "corporations responsible to nameless owners"; "an unnamed donor"

Noun

unknown - a variable whose values are solutions of an equation
unknown - an unknown and unexplored region; "they came like angels out the unknown"
unknown - anyone who does not belong in the environment in which they are found

Examples of unknown

#   Sentence  
1. noun They came like angels out the unknown.
2. noun The known must be separated from the unknown.
3. noun There any many answers to this question, and people create many legends about the Devil’s stone: the human mind cannot calm down until it explains to itself the dark, the unknown, and the vague.
4. noun Everything unknown is doubted.
5. noun Fear comes from the unknown.
6. noun The oldest and strongest emotion of mankind is fear, and the oldest and strongest kind of fear is fear of the unknown.
7. noun Believe me, children only love the unknown.
8. noun "Lo, now to Priam, with exulting cries, / the Dardan shepherds drag a youth unknown, / with hands fast pinioned, and in captive guise. / Caught on the way, by cunning of his own, / this end to compass, and betray the town. / Prepared for either venture, void or fear, / the crafty purpose of his mind to crown, / or meet sure death."
9. noun Courage is a love affair with the unknown.
10. noun Man is fascinated by the unknown.
11. noun There is nothing quite as scary as the unknown.
12. noun Yanni was afraid of the unknown.
13. adj. An unknown amount.
14. adj. An unknown island.
15. adj. An unknown writer.
16. adj. An unknown source.
17. adj. Things obscurely felt surged up from unknown depths.
18. adj. Don't let anyone unknown into the house.
19. adj. A poem by an unknown author.
20. adj. This is not unknown to New Delhi.
21. adj. It has never properly declared its holdings of chemical weapons, and the status of its biological weapons programs is unknown."
22. adj. territory is very important to cats, and they are very nervous when they go into a new place - a new house could be full of predators, or unknown menaces - well at least he thinks so.
23. adj. he will feel much safer in that one room, than in a huge unknown house.
24. adj. Hmmm... A person cannot call a company, if you have no idea its name (since the designer is unknown... SUPPOSEDLY), and order a gown without a dress name or style number.
25. adj. A known mistake is better than an unknown truth.
26. adj. The origin of the fire is unknown.
27. adj. Sophie had been looking forward to getting another letter from the unknown sender.
Sentence  
noun
They came like angels out the unknown.
The known must be separated from the unknown.
There any many answers to this question, and people create many legends about the Devil’s stone: the human mind cannot calm down until it explains to itself the dark, the unknown, and the vague.
Everything unknown is doubted.
Fear comes from the unknown.
The oldest and strongest emotion of mankind is fear, and the oldest and strongest kind of fear is fear of the unknown.
Believe me, children only love the unknown.
"Lo, now to Priam, with exulting cries, / the Dardan shepherds drag a youth unknown, / with hands fast pinioned, and in captive guise. / Caught on the way, by cunning of his own, / this end to compass, and betray the town. / Prepared for either venture, void or fear, / the crafty purpose of his mind to crown, / or meet sure death."
Courage is a love affair with the unknown.
Man is fascinated by the unknown.
There is nothing quite as scary as the unknown.
Yanni was afraid of the unknown.
adj.
An unknown amount.
An unknown island.
An unknown writer.
An unknown source.
Things obscurely felt surged up from unknown depths.
Don't let anyone unknown into the house.
A poem by an unknown author.
This is not unknown to New Delhi.
It has never properly declared its holdings of chemical weapons, and the status of its biological weapons programs is unknown."
territory is very important to cats, and they are very nervous when they go into a new place - a new house could be full of predators, or unknown menaces - well at least he thinks so.
he will feel much safer in that one room, than in a huge unknown house.
Hmmm... A person cannot call a company, if you have no idea its name (since the designer is unknown... SUPPOSEDLY), and order a gown without a dress name or style number.
A known mistake is better than an unknown truth.
The origin of the fire is unknown.
Sophie had been looking forward to getting another letter from the unknown sender.

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