can
Meaning
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- To know how to; to be able to.
- (informal) May; to be permitted or enabled to.
- To have the potential to; be possible.
- Used with verbs of perception.
- (obsolete) To know.
- To be (followed by a word like able, possible, allowed).
Synonyms
able to
be able
hind end
tooshie
capable of
know how to
give the sack
be possible
be capable of
beverage can
ability
best effort
I can
chimney-pot
to know how
be successful
be allowed to
water-can
be allowed
drinking vessel
have knowledge of
I can not
milk can
water-closet
be powerful
W.C.
be competent
calcium ammonium nitrate
film holder
receiver element
dish ware
sealed outer housing
tin case
aluminum can
aluminium can
the ladies’ room/the mens’ room
the ladies’/the gents’
morning toilet
Frequency
Etymology
From Middle English can, first and third person singular of connen, cunnen (“to be able, know how”), from Old English can(n), first and third person singular of cunnan (“to know how”), from Proto-West Germanic *kunnan, from Proto-Germanic *kunnaną, from Proto-Indo-European *ǵneh₃- (whence also know). Doublet of con. See also: canny, cunning.
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